Senior Practitioner Children's Continuing Care - London, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

Whittington Health NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to join the complex care team.

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.

If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.

Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.

We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

To establish and monitor appropriate health care packages for children with continuing care needs
To use the Assess, Plan, Implement and Review model in conjunction with the child and family and other involved professionals, creating plans of care and protocols relevant to each child.
To participate in the negotiation of service level agreements with external providers.
To ensure that agencies contracted to deliver nursing care are maintaining their responsibility and adhering to agreed protocols.
Monitor agencies delivering care are meeting Key Performance Indicators and provide regular reports to the CCG.
To maintain up to date accurate records, provide written reports as needed and complete statistical returns as required.
To act in accordance with Trust policies in relation to Child Protection issues.
To manage risk and incidents, seeking advice and support managerially or clinically as appropriate.
To attend training courses as required and extend knowledge and skills in line with service requirements to maintain your NMC registration and revalidation.
To be aware of and act in accordance with agreed policy, procedures, legislation and NMC standards.
To work in partnership with social care and education teams, ensuring that holistic needs are met for children and families.
To undertake other duties and tasks as requested by the Community Matron for Children's Complex and Continuing Care

OTHER

To meet regularly with the Community Matron to discuss, plan and coordinate service development in area of responsibility.
To lead and/or participate in professional development/training as identified by clinicians or national directives.
To foster and develop effective working relationships within the service.
To contribute to the identification of the health needs of sick children and bring unmet needs to the attention of the Community Matron for Children's Complex and Continuing Care.
To ensure financial transactions are carried out in accordance with the Trust's instruction.
To participate in the negotiation of service level agreements.
To contribute to clinical audit and encourage research based practice.
To participate in the recruitment, selection and appointment of nursing staff where appropriate.
To work collaboratively with Disabled Children's Teams and CCG to ensure effective information sharing and planning respite or additional support/nursing care at home, ensuring an equitable service is offered to families.
To develop policies and guidelines for this clinical area ensuring they are communicated and evaluated to ensure a dynamic, safe and responsive environment for the child and family.
To facilitate transition to adult services when appropriate.
To monitor the stock of consumables, being mindful of the changing equipment needs of the client group