Clinical Team Leader - band 7 equivalent

Clinical Team Leader - band 7 equivalent

Wessex Children’s Hospice Trust (Naomi House)

Naomi House and Jacksplace provide palliative and end of life care, symptom management and respite for children and young people with life limiting conditions. Our holistic approach embraces the clinical, emotional and social needs of the child or young person and their families. Our innovative and enthusiastic team respond to both changing clinical needs, play and activity requests and memory making.

As a qualified paediatric or dual registered nurse with proven clinical leadership skills, you must have up to date competence in a range of clinical skills such as invasive and non-invasive respiratory support; IV and central line management; and end of life care. Excellent interpersonal skills are also important.

We are looking for a senior nurse to work within our team of Clinical Team Leaders providing support and leadership to the Care Team. Your role will be demonstrating excellent clinical practice and providing leadership and mentorship whilst managing the needs of our children and young people.

Day/night/flexible hours contracts available, applications from registered adult or children's nurses or learning disabilities nurses welcome.

Main duties of the job

As part of the senior clinical team, you will ensure day-to-day review of skill mix and care needs to ensure our high standards of care are maintained; and have direct line management responsibility for a team of nurses and carers. You will work alongside our Practice Education team to ensure staff maintain clinical competence and confidence, and work with the Care Management team in developing our services across both hospices and the community.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide clinical leadership across care services and undertake responsibility for line management of a group of nurses and carers. They will ensure communication is maintained across the care leadership team involving Site Coordinators, Clinical Team Leaders and Care Managers, and will take responsibility for the effective organisation and delivery of care across all services on a day-to-day basis.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide clinical leadership to members of the Care Team, including clinical supervision, practice audit, development and training.
• To provide line management, guidance and support to a team of nurses and carers.
• To provide clinical expertise, advice and guidance across the care team as required.
• To support the effective and efficient running of all Naomi House & Jacksplace care services.

To liaise fully with Site Coordinators/Clinical Team Leaders/Care Managers.

Managerial Responsibilities

To lead and coordinate the provision of care to the children, young people and their families in both houses by working as part of the Care Management team.

To be responsible for ensuring a holistic assessment is completed for all children and young people to enable up to date care plans incorporating all necessary risk assessments.

To ensure excellent and timely communication with the wider Care Management Team in house or on call and to escalate any concerns appropriately.

• To provide effective line management, support and guidance to a group of care staff (nurses and carers) taking responsibility for appraisals, absence management, personal development, and staff communication in line with the Trust's people strategies.

To provide support and supervision to staff and students across the wider care team.

To work in partnership with the hospice multidisciplinary team as well as any other agencies involved in the care, to ensure the delivery of seamless services.

To ensure all resources, human, financial and environmental, are used in the most economic, efficient and equitable way.

To ensure that Health and Safety requirements are met and that risks to service users and staff are assessed and action taken to minimise these.

To participate in the development, monitoring and audit of policies and SOPs relating to clinical practice and care, and ensure that these are adhered to across all areas of work with children, young people and families.

• To act as a representative of the organisation taking part in professional relationships, collaborative working and external promotional activities as appropriate.

Clinical Responsibilities

• To provide advice and guidance based on best evidence to all members of the care team.
• To act as a resource to care staff regarding aspects of clinical practice and care.
• To act as a Site Co-ordinator and/or in support of care staff as appropriate, spending approximately 80% working time on clinical care.
• To participate in the on-call system in support of care at Naomi House & Jacksplace.

To ensure a high standard of individualised holistic care and support is delivered to children, young people and their families, promoting empowerment, advocacy and partnership.

To ensure that clinical documentation is up to date and adheres to record keeping standards.

To support the Practice Education team to embed evidence based nursing care.

To monitor standards of care, participating in audit and required actions.

To maintain agreed governance processes through incident reporting and risk assessment.

To recognise the need for psychological support and work appropriately alongside the Family Support Team.

To maintain an up to date knowledge and awareness of issues around the safeguarding of children and young adults, ensuring effective communication across multidisciplinary agencies and adherence to agreed safeguarding policies.

To be aware of the safety needs of children, young adults and families and other staff and to comply with:

• The Children Act 2004
• DoH No Secrets Guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse
• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• NMC codes and guidelines

Personal Responsibilities

• To be responsible and proactive in personal professional development by:

Maintaining awareness of current developments in palliative care for children, young people and families.

Maintaining clinical skills identified in the Competency Framework.

Ensuring timely revalidation with the NMC.

Demonstrating commitment to the Trust's values.

All staff are reminded of their responsibility to adhere to Trust and Departmental Infection Protection Policies, including PPE use, cleaning and decontamination of the environment and equipment in order to protect their own health and that of service users, other employees and visitors.

Person Specification

Interpersonal skills

• Ability to cope with stressful situations and support staff in this.
• Personal grief/loss resolved sufficiently to perform and cope in an environment that has likely exposure to bereavement concerns.
• Willingness to work flexibly and adapt to changing service needs.
• Able to work independently, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Drive for improved outcomes for children, young people and families.
• Enthusiasm, professionalism, positivity and good work ethic.
• Ability to cover full 24 hr shift patterns and on call including weekends and Bank Holidays.

Qualifications

• REGISTERED NURSE with valid up to date registration with NMC.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• RSCN/RN Child.
• Education to degree or Masters level.
• Palliative care course.

Experience

• Relevant experience of caring for children/young people with highly complex care needs and disability.
• Experience of holistic assessment and individualised planning of care.
• Experience of effective collaborative working with professionals from other agencies and disciplines.
• Experience of clinical audit.
• Experience and good understanding of clinical supervision and reflective practice.
• Evidence of change management, leadership and innovation.
• Experience of line management of clinical staff including appraisals and sickness/absence, and performance management.
• Experience of working with children/young people with palliative care needs.
• Experience of child protection and vulnerable adult procedures, report writing and conferences.

Skills

• Competent clinical skills based on current best evidence, to include: medicine management; IV therapy; symptom management; respiratory support including invasive and non-invasive ventilation; nutritional care/enteral feeding; neurological care/seizure management.
• Ability to gather information quickly, make decisions and communicate appropriately.
• Ability to manage own time and workload effectively.
• Ability to support and supervise junior staff.
• Enhanced communication skills including Makaton, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), PECS.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and experience of various physical and mental health conditions associated with children, young people with life limited diagnosis and palliative care.
• Knowledge of relevant guidance/NMC/local policies to support clinical practice. Clear understanding of professional accountability.
• Understanding of the impact on the child or young person of living with a disability and on families caring for a child with complex needs.
• Good understanding of safeguarding children policies and procedures- with safeguarding experience including Child in Need, Child Protection, Looked after Children.
• A working understanding of Clinical Governance and Care Quality Commission standards.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Wessex Children’s Hospice Trust (Naomi House)

Head of Naomi House & Paediatric Services

£44,331 to £53,080 a year plus unsociable hours payments, retention package up to £5,000.