Hospital @ Home Nurse

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust in east London is recruiting a Band 6 Children's Nurse to cover maternity leave for its hospital at home service. The role supports acutely unwell children in the community to avoid hospital admission and facilitates safe, timely discharge.

You will work autonomously with strong teamwork, leadership and decision-making skills, following WeCare values, and contribute to developing new care pathways and evaluation of the service.

Qualifications

• CN or RN (Child) with current registration
• Significant post-registration experience in acute or community nursing
• Experience in facilitating clinical decision making and the application of professional judgement in clinical situations
• Knowledge of patient safety and ability to work within WeCare values

Responsibilities

• Facilitate efficient and effective patient flow from attendance to hospital to referral home, helping to meet the 4-hour ED target.
• Provide highly skilled acute nursing care and assessment for children at home.
• Work with ward managers, paediatricians, matrons and flow team to expedite referrals home.
• Model leadership and support to all staff.
• Contribute to development of new pathways of care and service evaluation.

Skills

Excellent clinical nursing skills

Prioritise workload

Autonomy

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

CN or RN (Child)

First level degree or masters

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

Are you an acute children's nurse who's looking to branch out into community nursing? Or a Children's Community nurse looking for more acute focussed nursing care at home?

The Royal London Children's Hospital is looking to recruit or second a band 6 children's nurse to cover maternity leave to support delivery of the innovative and exciting hospital @ home service commissioned by Tower Hamlets CCG. The team visit acutely unwell children in the community to offer treatment preventing them from attending hospital and/or staying in longer than needed. The H@H team forms part of the Pan London H@H forum with its additional support and links that helps to provide a cohesive and high quality service to the children of Tower Hamlets.

The successful candidate will have excellent team working and decision making skills and put their patients first. We are looking for experienced and highly skilled children's nurses who can work autonomously to care for acutely unwell children at home. Bart's health has a wealth of learning and career development opportunities that will support you in your career aspirations.

Will you take the leap?

Main duties of the job

• To facilitate efficient and effective patient flow from attendance to hospital to referral home, helping to ensure that we meet the 4 hour wait target in the emergency department.
• To perform highly skilled acute nursing care and assessment for children at home
• To work closely with the ward managers, paediatricians, matrons and flow team on a daily basis to expedite referrals home
• To act as an excellent role model and leader to all staff
• To participate in the development of new pathways of care
• To support the evaluation of the service regularly and adapt as necessary

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• CN or RN (Child)
• Relevant First level degree or masters in appropriate subject or working towards

Desirable criteria

• Recognised teaching/ mentorship qualification
• Previous audit experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of Work based learning and ability to meet competencies
• Significant post registration experience within an acute or community nursing setting.
• Experience of facilitating clinical decision making and the application of professional judgement in clinical situations
• Awareness of professional responsibilities

Desirable criteria

• Completion the Advanced assessment of the presenting child Module at MSc level
• Community Qualification
• Independent prescribing or commitment to work towards

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of current issues relating to patient safety
• Knowledge of current legislation affecting healthGood knowledge of anatomy and physiology and the management of an acutely unwell child

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent clinical nursing skills pertinent to the role
• Ability to effectively prioritise and organise own workload
• Assertively manages situations which may be complex and involve conflict or crisis.
• Experience of the application, of professional judgement in a range of clinical and non-clinical situations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, is engaged and able to negotiate and mediate
• Communicates with clarity and direction, both written and verbally
• Analyses and identifies trends in clinical information, identifies issues and proposes solutions to problems

Desirable criteria

• IT skills, use of data and spread sheets, production of clear reports, action plans and presentations
• Venepuncture and Cannulation skills

Other

Essential criteria

• Adaptable and responsive to changing needs of the service
• Ability to accept wide responsibility and use own initiative
• Ability to identify and prevent stress in self and others, also taking effective action to manage the situation when it does impact on capability.
• Able to cope with and confidently work in adverse situations, being able to rapidly appraise and manage situations

Visa Sponsorship Information

This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.