PATCH Nurse - Paediatric Hospital at Home

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• • 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

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Part 1 Registered Nurse - Child or equivalent
• Level 3 Safeguarding
• PILS certificate
• Mentoring/Assessing Qualification

Desirable criteria

• Advanced/Enhanced Assessment Course
• Evidence of further study

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum 3 years post qualification

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in a Hospital @ Home team
• Experience working in the Emergency Department
• Community nursing experience

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.

Trust Values

Essential criteria

• Putting patients first
• Responsive to patients and staff
• Open and honest
• Unfailingly kind
• Determined to develop

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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