3397 - Paediatric Coordinator

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Barnsley is seeking an experienced Children's Nurse to become a Paediatric Coordinator. This role involves managing patient journeys across various children's services while ensuring high standards of clinical practice. Candidates should possess strong communication and organisational skills and the ability to thrive under pressure. This position offers substantial opportunities for developing managerial skills alongside clinical competencies.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Children's Nurse with a readiness to transition into a paediatric coordination role.
• Strong communication skills for interaction with patients, families, colleagues at all levels, external agencies, and senior leadership.
• Ability to work under pressure, make sound decisions, and coordinate safe staffing and patient flow.
• Organised and capable of responding to changing clinical situations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the patient journey through the Children's Services Pathways.
• Monitor and escalate the ED 4-hour target.
• Support clinical practice to alleviate patient volume pressures.
• Provide the senior leadership team with staffing updates daily.
• Liaise with the site team for escalation.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Organisational skills

Team-working skills

Education

Experience as a Children's Nurse

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Childrens Nurse to transition into the role of paediatric coordinator. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop both your managerial and leadership skills whilst maintaining your clinical competencies. As Paediatric Coordinator, you will have an overview of the service from both a clinical and operational perspective on each shift. You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to effectively manage each patient's journey through the organisation. Excellent communication skills are essential as you will communicate with patients and their families, liaise with colleagues at all levels, external agencies and provide daily reports to the senior leadership and site teams. You must be organised and able to make sound decisions under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the patient journey through the Children's Services Pathways, including but not exclusively, the Paediatric Emergency Department, Children's Assessment Unit, Children's Ward, Neonatal Unit and Children's Community Nursing Team.
• Monitor and escalate the ED 4-hour target.
• Support clinical practice where required to alleviate pressures created by acuity and volumes of patients within Children's Services.
• Respond in a supporting capacity to emergency and non-emergency situations.
• Provide the senior leadership team with information about staffing, staff movements, and bed occupancy daily.
• Liaise with the site team/matrons for escalation.
• Respond to referrals from outside agencies with signposting to the relevant department.
• Support data collection and audits.
• Assist with service improvement plans and contribute to the development of the role.
• Signpost and refer service users as needed; demonstrate flexible team-working skills to work independently and across multiple clinical areas.
• Support the delivery and achievement of high standards of clinical practice across the Children's service pathway.
• Engage in ongoing opportunities to contribute to a dynamic and varied daily work pattern.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Experience as a Children's Nurse with a readiness to transition into a paediatric coordination role.
• Strong communication skills for interaction with patients, families, colleagues at all levels, external agencies, and senior leadership.
• Ability to work under pressure, make sound decisions, and coordinate safe staffing and patient flow.
• Organised and capable of responding to changing clinical situations.

Additional Information

We reserve the right to close positions early.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives. We encourage equality of opportunity and fair treatment for all applicants. For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please check eligibility. The cost of the DBS for Band 6 and above roles will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.