Nurse Band 6

NHS Jobs; Cambridge; Vor Ort; GBP 32.000 - 43.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced nurse to deliver holistic care to babies, children and young people with complex health needs, including palliative and end-of-life care. You will lead shifts, coordinate the on-duty team and support families in hospital and at home, with bespoke training provided.

The role involves clinical assessment, symptom management, escalation planning and close collaboration with families and a multi-professional team to

Aufgaben

• Lead and co-ordinate shifts and undertake day-to-day operational duties as required, including providing the initial response to accidents, incidents and complaints.
• Delegate nursing care to other nurses, senior care assistants and care assistants following EACH guidelines.
• Maintain clinical records using paper-based and SystmOne electronic care records system and liaise with families and multi-professional meetings.

Jobbeschreibung

Deliver holistic nursing care and support to babies, children and young people with long term complex health needs, palliative and end of life care needs and their families. Leading shift, including taking responsibility for coordinating the team on duty, ensuring that all required care is allocated and actioned for that shift and to undertake day-to-day operational duties as required. You will be required to provide care at the hospice and support families in their homes and occasionally in other settings. Responsibilities With bespoke training provided, deliver safe and effective nursing care involving use of a wide range of clinical skills including, but not limited to; clinical assessment and monitoring, subcutaneous syringe drivers, long-term ventilation and tracheostomy care. Support to babies, children and young people whose conditions are stable, unstable, deteriorating and in need of end of life care. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans to meet the diverse and individual needs of babies, children, young people and their families, ensuring holistic care provided is family centred, needs led, evidence informed and meets all statutory requirements. Provide support to the children, young people and family members to promote their resilience and wellbeing, including at the end of life and during bereavement, giving advice on practical issues and undertaking memory making activities, seeking support from wellbeing staff when necessary. Maintain clinical records using both paper-based and SystmOne electronic care records system in accordance with best practice guidance. Use clinical judgement and interpret clinical data to inform decision making, in consultation with others, to provide nursing care that meets the complexity of the palliative care needs. Implement symptom management, escalation and advance care plans, evaluating them in partnership with the children or young people and their families under the direction of a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Matron, Head of Nursing & Therapies or Head of Performance & Delivery. Lead and co-ordinate shifts and undertake day-to-day operational duties as required, including providing the initial response to all accidents, incidents and complaints reported during shifts, ensuring immediate follow up actions are taken as required. Delegate nursing care to other nurses, senior care assistants and care assistants following EACH guidelines providing:

• o Assessment and ongoing clinical review of the babys, childs or young persons needs and the appropriateness of delegation of care.
• o Oversight of practice and responding to queries from the senior care assistants and care assistants delivering care.

Liaise with families, maintaining regular contact with them and actively participating at care co-ordination team and locality multi-professional meetings, ensuring any significant changes identified for designated families are discussed and followed up with any action required. Attend external multidisciplinary, discharge planning, review and debrief meetings representing EACH to maintain positive and effective communication with other agencies involved with families receiving our services. Contribute to quality and safety groups and assist with audits and evaluations. Mentor new care staff and students, providing support, training and sharing professional expertise. Participate in regular management, clinical and safeguarding supervision sessions. Model and reinforce EACHs values, providing guidance and feedback to staff who do not align with these standards. Ensure timely completion of all mandatory training requirements in line with EACH requirements. Participate in regular employee meetings and training.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust