PATCH Nurse - Paediatric Hospital at Home
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Job summary
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a qualified Children's Nurse to join the PATCH home-care team at West Middlesex University Hospital. The post involves assessing and treating acutely unwell children at home, with face-to-face, virtual or telephone consultations and hospital liaison to ensure timely care.
The role requires professional UK registration, safeguarding competencies, and a driving licence.
Qualifications
- Part 1 Registered Nurse - Child or equivalent required.
- Level 3 Safeguarding and PILS certificate expected.
- Mentoring/Assessing Qualification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality, compassionate care to acutely unwell children at home.
- Conduct assessments and manage treatment using face-to-face, virtual or phone contacts.
- Escalate care with hospital teams to ensure timely treatment.
- Maintain meticulous clinical records and support safeguarding.
- Work off-site when needed, including home visits, per policy.
- Lead and collaborate with the nursing team to ensure safety and quality care.
Skills
Education
Job description
This position offers the post holder an exciting opportunity to be part of a an innovative model of nursing care at West Middlesex University Hospital - PATCH team "Providing Assessment and Treatment for Children at Home", with support from the NWL PATCH Team, the Virtual Wards Programme and West London Children's Healthcare.
The post holder will use their clinical experience and skills to independently assess and manage acutely unwell children, ensuring all children referred to the PATCH team receive high quality, compassionate and effective care at home.
The post holder will utilise face to face, virtual and telephone consultations and where escalation of treatment is required, liaise with the hospital teams ensuring timely care is maintained.
A driving license is necessary for this role.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed.
If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites
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- Ensure high standards of patient care at all times challenging and ensuring others challenge poor practise, in accordance with the NMC Professional Code of Conduct.
- Ensure local plans support all clinical quality external accreditation, for example the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- Ensure agreed systems and process to consistently provide safe, effective high quality patient care and embed a culture of quality improvement
- Through visible clinical leadership ensure that the delivery of kind, compassionate and respectful care takes place, in line with the Trust values.
- Ensure that the delivery of care meets the individual needs of all patients and families.
- Ensure that all patient care is assessed, planned, prioritised and high quality, both physical and psychological delegating to support staff as required. Seek advice and support from other staff as required.
- In accordance with the individualised patient care, ensure clinical assessments are taken, results recorded and any appropriate actions taken based on the results.
- Ensure the maintenance of professional contemporaneous records at all times, document all actions and interventions in a clear and honest and timely manner in line with Trust policy.
- Ensure nursing team monitors patient progress, working towards safe and timely intervention.
- Using professional judgement be prepared to intercede and act as patient advocate to clarify prescribed plans of care.
- Manage concerns raised by patients and visitors in a proactive manner, review patient feedback results and update patient experience improvement plans, as needed.
- Champion a safeguarding culture, which meets the needs of all vulnerable patient groups.
- Ensure relatives and other staff are engaged in a professional manner and the team act in a courteous and polite manner at all times, thereby ensuring good public relations between patients, public and staff.
- Store, check and administer drugs in accordance with the Trust Medicines policy.
- Work off site when required with the possibility of conducting home visits, in line with the Trust lone worker policy
- Ensure nursing documentation is maintained
Please see attached job description for more information on the roles and responsibilities of the post holder
- Part 1 Registered Nurse - Child or equivalent
- Level 3 Safeguarding
- PILS certificate
- Mentoring/Assessing Qualification
- Advanced/Enhanced Assessment Course
- Evidence of further study
- Minimum 3 years post qualification
- Experience working in a Hospital @ Home team
- Experience working in the Emergency Department
- Community nursing experience
- Clinical assessment skills
- Clinical documentary competence in IV Drug Administration
- UK Driving License or equivalent
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills necessary to interact with the patients; the multidisciplinary team; emergency services; and the outside agencies necessary for the efficient running of the service
- Ability to manage own time and prioritise
- Ability to deal with relatives in a stressful situation, giving a high level of support and advice
- Able to recognise the potential for physical or verbal violence and take action to defuse the situation.
- Ensure correct use of IT systems and awareness of the importance of information governance
- Be aware of role in a major incident and be capable of managing the department response to an incident.
- An understanding of professional issues relating to safeguarding the child and family.
- Proven leadership qualities
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
- Putting patients first
- Responsive to patients and staff
- Open and honest
- Unfailingly kind
- Determined to develop
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
West Middlesex University Hospital
Twickenham Road
Isleworth
TW7 6AF
United Kingdom
https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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