About this role
Job summary
We are excited to announce an opportunity for an experienced and innovative Paediatric Nurse to lead the Palliative and End of Life (EoL) Diana Nursing Pathway within the Newham Children's Community Nursing Service. This role places you at the center of compassionate, community-based care, providing support to children with life-limiting conditions and their families during the most critical moments of their journey.
As the Palliative and EoL Pathway Lead, you will collaborate closely with the Core Nursing Pathway Lead and the Complex Care Pathway Lead, and work as part of a broader multi-disciplinary team that includes Nursing (Specialist School Nursing, Asthma, Epilepsy, Continuing Care) and Community Paediatric Dietitians. The Pathway Lead is expected to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care, integrating psychology and play therapy services.
You will oversee the care of palliative and EoL patients in the community, which may involve managing your own caseload while also supporting and supervising band 6 children's community nurses in delivering palliative nursing care to children and their families.
For more information, please reach out to [email protected]. Our proposed interview date is Wednesday, June 9th.
Main duties of the job
To offer expert nursing guidance and support to children with life-limiting conditions or those needing end-of-life care, as well as their families throughout the borough of Newham.
In the role of nurse lead for the palliative and end-of-life nursing pathway for children, I will serve as a knowledgeable resource for staff across all teams within the Children's Community Nursing Service (CCNS).
I am committed to overseeing end-of-life care planning and delivering exceptional care for children in their final stages.
Collaborating with the Symptom Control team at Great Ormond Street Hospital (or other relevant organizations), I will provide advice and support to children and young people facing life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses, as well as their parents, carers, and community professionals.
I will also take on the responsibility of line management for junior team members who are delivering nursing care along the palliative and end-of-life pathway.
Additionally, I will partner with the Complex Health Needs Nursing Pathway lead and the Core Nursing Pathway lead within CCNS to ensure that children and their families receive suitable nursing care and interventions.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description Job responsibilities
There is a full job description and person specification attached to this vacancy. Please refer to this while completing your application form.
Person Specification
Education, Qualification and Training Essential
RSCN/ RN Child Branch Evidence of continued professional development Degree level qualification
Desirable
Community nursing qualification Qualification in palliative and end of life care
Experience Essential
Significant experience at Band 6 working with palliative children & young people. Significant experience of working with children complex health care needs Experience of supporting children and families through the child protection process Experience of leading interagency working Experience of working in the community setting
Desirable
Experience of working as a band 7 Experience of pathway / service leadership
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Excellent knowledge and skills in paediatric nursing, including enteral, respiratory, oncology, invasive and non invasive ventilation, tracheostomy and Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs) Knowledge and understanding of the child health needs of a racially and culturally diverse population Ability to work flexibly, prioritise and respond to changing demands in workload. Excellent organisational and time management skills and ability to facilitate these skills in others Ability to support the implementation of successful change management Ability to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible. Excellent clinical knowledge of palliative and end of life care for children and young people, including dying at home
Other Essential
Excellent teaching skills with an ability to adapt these for use with health care support workers, parents, children and young people. Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for choices made. Excellent verbal / written communication and interpersonal skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Appleby Health Centre,
63 Appleby Road
London
E16 1LQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)