- Assess, deliver and evaluate planned programmes of care to meet the patient's health needs and general well-being during nurse led clinics.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups overcoming any problems in communication.
- Contribute to the development of services.
- Must work well with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients have a safe and effective journey throughout the service.
- Will play a key role in the supervision and assessment of pre and post basic learners and unregistered staff providing a teaching role and acting as named supervisor.
- Promote people's equality, diversity and rights.
- Maintain and support the efficient use of physical and /or financial resources.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families and colleagues
- Pro-actively personalise the service, connecting with patients and carers
- Adopt and practice the 'safe, clean, personal' ethos.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care programmes.
- To obtain peoples informed consent and discuss the implications of the whole assessment process.
- To practice in accordance with the professional, ethical and legal framework for nursing.
- To undertake nursing interventions consistent with evidence-based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet patients needs
- To monitor the effectiveness of nursing care and adjust the programmes of care where indicated.
- To refer people to other practitioners when needs and risks are beyond ones own scope of practice or require longer term support.
- To utilise clinical skills Venepuncture, Skin Prick Testing, Inhaler technique, wound care.
- To offer advice and support regarding acute and long term paediatric continence.
- To support patients/carers, encouraging them to promote their own health and wellbeing and to express their interests and concerns.
- To evaluate the effectiveness of all interventions in meeting prior agreed goals and making any necessary modifications.
- To review all aspects of the care plan and identifying when it is not addressing the patients needs and renegotiating the care plan to meet the childs needs.
- To maintain accurate and legible patient notes (written and electronic) in accordance with Trust and national professional policies and guidelines.
- Registered paediatric nurse
- Practice assessor/supervisor/mentorship
- Minimum of 12 months post registration experience
- Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge required through CPD
- Confident communicating with children & young people and families via telehealth technology, telephone, and face to face
- Knowledge of local & national safeguarding policies and practices
- IT/Computer literate: able to word process, input data and use basic spreadsheets
- Excellent report writing skills, demonstrating sound clinical knowledge, with clear and succinct rationale
- Car driver with own vehicle for use
- Previous Outpatients experience
- Knowledge of treatment & management options for bowel and bladder
- Knowledge of dermatology, diabetes and allergy
- Venepuncture competent
Paediatric Staff Nurse Childrens Outpatient Department - Bury, United Kingdom - Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
A exciting opportunity has opened on the Children's Outpatient Department.
You will be responsible for the management and co-ordination of patients attending the Children's Outpatients Department, undertaking a variety of nurse led clinics, including Phlebotomy, Allergy, growth clinic and Botox clinic.
The post holder will work closely with the clinical specialists to provide treatment, assessment and expertise for a diverse group of children and young people.
You will supervise and support junior members of the team and pre-registration nursing students to ensure safe and effective care is delivered at all times.
Main Tasks & Overview of Responsibilities
Main duties of the job
Our Values We have four core values which are a focus for how our staff and volunteers work with each other to provide care for our patients. We think of our values as a set of guiding principles to refer to when making decisions and interacting with people and they help us to work together to continuously improve the organisation and ourselves.
Patient & People Focus
This value enables us to place the
patient first we everything we do.
All staff are required to demonstrate that they:
Continuous Improvement
This value ensures that the organisation including individual staff are always moving forwards and improving the ways things are done.
Accountability This value enables us all to recognise our own part in keeping our organisation 'safe, clean and personal' in the way we care for people.
Respect This value is about respecting patients and colleagues alike, and also the on-going reputation of the organisation.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website:
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Responsibility for Patient Care (including monitoring, diagnostics + investigations)
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and were always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website:
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receivea full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website:
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