Integrated Nursing Associate (37.5 hours)

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an Integrated Nursing Associate at a leading children’s hospice in Sheffield, focused on providing high-quality, holistic care to children with life-limiting conditions. You will collaborate with a dedicated team to deliver essential clinical care in both hospice and community settings, ensuring the wellbeing and dignity of every child and their family.

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nursing Associate required.
• GCSEs in Maths and English or equivalent qualifications needed.
• Experience working with children or in palliative care is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned and responsive direct clinical care.
• Provide high-quality care to babies, children, and young people.
• Work collaboratively within a nurse-led service.

Skills

Confidence

Engagement

Flexibility

Communication

Education

NMC Registered Nursing Associate

GCSEs Grade C or above in Maths and English

Job description

Integrated Nursing Associate (37.5 hours)

Hours 37.5 (part time may also be considered at 24, 30 or 36 hours)

Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice is excited to announce a further jobopportunity to develop our workforce of Nursing Associates who will workflexibly between hospice and community settings. Join our dedicated team andspearhead our innovative approach to delivering both planned and responsive,direct clinical care.

Oursupport services are wide-ranging and bespoke to each family and includeend-of-life care, symptom management, post-death care, short breaks,counselling, sibling support groups, music therapy, counselling, and more. Wework with staffing ratios that allow us to deliver high-quality, holistic care tailoredfor each child and family.

Main duties of the job

As an Integrated Care Team Nursing Associate, you will work collaboratively as part of a nurse-led service to provide high-quality care to babies, children, and young people in their preferred location.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivering planned and responsive direct clinical care.
• Working collaboratively within a nurse-led service.
• Providing high-quality care to babies, children, and young people.
• Flexibly working in different settings, including community and hospice environments.

Key Attributes:

• Confidence, engagement, and flexibility are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications:

• NMC Registered Nursing Associate.

If you are passionate about making a difference and have the skills and attributes listed above, we look forward to hearing from you.

About us

At Bluebell WoodChildrens Hospice, we support babies, children and young people withlife-limiting conditions. Our aim is to reach every family that needs ourhelp and to offer them the very best choice of care. Every year we need toraise £6.7m to keep our doors open and only around 17% of our income comes fromgovernment sources, the rest must be raised through fundraising activity. Ouruncompromisable support services are wide ranging and bespoke to each familyand include overnight care, music therapy, counselling, sibling support groups,end of life care and home visits.

We support familiesfrom a large geographical area, including South Yorkshire, NorthNottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and parts of North Lincolnshire. The hospiceis easily accessible from Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Sheffield and NorthNotts. We have free secure on-site parking for families and staff to use.

Job responsibilities

Main purpose of the job

As a Bluebell Wood nursing associate, you will:

provideand ensure a high standard of holistic care to babies, children and youngpeople (children) with life limiting/life threatening conditions.

create and provide opportunitiesfor children and young people to experience play, social interaction andlearning.

deliverchild-focused, family centred palliative and end of lifecare, alongside other members of the interdisciplinary team.

To work flexibly betweenthe hospice and community to independently care for children in the mostappropriate setting to their needs.

Clinical:

Act as an advocate for babies, children and youngpeople, and their families, maintaining professional boundaries.

Implement, in conjunction with parents and carers, a plan of care tomeet the identified needs of children in your care.

Provide emotional and psychological support to children and their family,adjusting to illness, disability, end of life issues and bereavement.

Assist in maintaining and developinghigh standard of care, by awareness of individual needs, following definednursing care plans and working within related policies and procedures.

Meetthe nursing needs of children, whilst promoting comfort and well-being,ensuring their personal and social needs are met.

Safely undertake procedures to meet the child'snursing needs for which you have attained competence, for example recording andinterpreting vital signs, continence care, bladder and bowel care, pressurearea care, wound care, nutrition, hydration, skin integrity.

Deliver complex technical interventionsto support children with complex health needs, such as tracheostomy andventilators, gastrostomy, jejunostomy and suctioning, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse or alliedhealthcare professional.

Prioritiseand manage own workload, recognising where elements of care can safely bedelegated to other colleagues.

Support the delivery of palliative andend of life care both in the hospice and at home.

Support opportunities for children and young people building memoriesand experiences.

Keep clear, accurate care records, reporting any deterioration, concernsor incidents to the nurse in charge.

Provide nursing care and support to childrenboth at home and in the hospice.

To safely administer medicinesto children in line with the Bluebell Wood medicines management policy.

Maintain confidentiality in all mattersrelating to children and their families.

Work as an assistant in therapeuticactivities, group work and life skills with the support and guidance of registeredprofessionals.

Education:

Maintain and improve your ownprofessional competence by keeping up to date with clinical developments, andby attending in-house and external training sessions.

Assist in the education and practical training of colleagues, studentsand trainees.

Supervise and orientate learners and new staff.

Participate in surveys, audit, research and facilitating clinical trialsas required.

Professional requirements:

Comply with the requirements for NMCRevalidation, identifying own learning needs and ensuring own professionaldevelopment is maintained by keeping up to date with practicedevelopments.

Participate in clinical supervision andappraisals.

Successfully complete requiredcompetences as defined by Bluebell Wood.

Governance:

To welcome and respect diversity and contribute positively toanti-discriminatory practice, actively promoting equality and diversity.

Ensure a consistent approach to all aspects of care delivery byfollowing protocols and prescribed care, recommending changes to advancepractice.

Report all incidents/accidents and near misses in line withreporting procedures to facilitate opportunities to advance practice.

Actively contribute to employee consultation around policy andprocedure development and highlight any areas of concern or suggestions forimprovement.

Thisjob description is intended as an outline of the areas of activity and can beamended in the light of the changing needs of the service and will be reviewedas necessary in conjunction with the post-holder.

Allstaff:

Safeguarding:

All hospice staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children, youngpeople and adults at risk, which includes:

an understanding of relevant hospice policies

ensuring that any safeguarding and childprotection or vulnerable adults concerns are both recognised and acted onappropriately

attendance at mandatory safeguarding children andadults training and updates at the competency level appropriate to their roleand in accordance with the Bluebell Wood safeguarding training guidance.

Confidentiality:

On appointment you may be given access to confidential information whichmust only be disclosed to parties entitled to receive it. Information obtainedduring the course of employment should not be used for any purpose other thanthat intended. Unauthorised disclosure of information is a disciplinary offence.

Equality,diversity and inclusion:

At Bluebell Wood, we value and respectdifference, where families, visitors, our staff and volunteers can feelwelcomed and confident to be themselves. We ensure this by delivering ourvalues:

Wevalue diversity and recognise that different people bring differentperspectives, ideas, knowledge and insights that will benefit all.

Werespect the rights of individuals, including the right to hold different viewsand beliefs. We will not allow these differences to be displayed in a way thatis hostile or degrading to others.

Generalrequirements:

All Bluebell Wood employees are required to:

Abide by the Health and Safety at Work Act

Work within hospice policies and procedures

Demonstrate understanding and application of the provisions of GDPR andinformation security

Comply with the hospice no smoking policy

Participate in and contribute to team meetings

Cooperate and liaise with colleagues

Behave in a professional manner at all times

Act as an ambassador forBluebell Wood Childrens Hospice, reflecting the objectives and values, and toalways work in the best interests of the charity.

Make a positive contribution to fundraising and raising theprofile of the Hospice

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
• Experience of working with babies, children or young people
• Experience of caring for people with complex and palliative care needs
• Community experience

Personal qualities and values

• Committed to family centred care
• Committed to the values of Bluebell Wood
• Commitment to the ongoing development of both self and the service.
• Full driving licence with access to a reliable vehicle and business insurance cover
• Able to travel extensively to meet the needs of all our children, young people and their families.

Personal qualities and values

• Committed to family centred care
• Committed to the values of Bluebell Wood
• Commitment to the ongoing development of both self and the service.
• Full driving licence with access to a reliable vehicle and business insurance cover
• Able to travel extensively to meet the needs of all our children, young people and their families.

Skills / Knowledge

• understanding of the scope of the role of the nursing associate in the context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team, and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
• Understands and acts in line with the NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code
• Understand requirements for NMC professional revalidation
• Ability to prioritise own workload and use initiative
• Communicate factual information in a timely manner
• Basic information and communications technology (ICT) skills.
• Has the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Effective organisational skills.
• Knowledge of complex conditions and how this can impact the whole family
• Understanding of health and well-being in relation to health promotion and prevention.
• Understanding of evidence based practice.
• Able to demonstrate practical skills to others.
• Evidence of involvement in supporting/developing less experienced staff.

Other

• Legally entitled to work in this country

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
• GCSEs Grade C or above in Maths and English Language / New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language OR Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Equivalent (not entry level 2)

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.

£27,795 a yearPay progression points to £32,700