Job overview
We are excited to announce an opportunity for an experienced and innovative Paediatric Nurse to lead the Palliative and End of Life (EoL) Diana Nursing Pathway within the Newham Children’s Community Nursing Service. This role places you at the center of compassionate, community-based care, providing support to children with life-limiting conditions and their families during the most critical moments of their journey.
As the Palliative and EoL Pathway Lead, you will collaborate closely with the Core Nursing Pathway Lead and the Complex Care Pathway Lead, and work as part of a broader multi-disciplinary team that includes Nursing (Specialist School Nursing, Asthma, Epilepsy, Continuing Care) and Community Paediatric Dietitians. The Pathway Lead is expected to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care, integrating psychology and play therapy services.
You will oversee the care of palliative and EoL patients in the community, which may involve managing your own caseload while also supporting and supervising band 6 children's community nurses in delivering palliative nursing care to children and their families.
For more information, please reach out to. Our proposed interview date is Wednesday, June 9th.
Main duties of the job
To offer expert nursing guidance and support to children with life-limiting conditions or those needing end-of-life care, as well as their families throughout the borough of Newham.
In the role of nurse lead for the palliative and end-of-life nursing pathway for children, I will serve as a knowledgeable resource for staff across all teams within the Children’s Community Nursing Service (CCNS).
I am committed to overseeing end-of-life care planning and delivering exceptional care for children in their final stages.
Collaborating with the Symptom Control team at Great Ormond Street Hospital (or other relevant organizations), I will provide advice and support to children and young people facing life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses, as well as their parents, carers, and community professionals.
I will also take on the responsibility of line management for junior team members who are delivering nursing care along the palliative and end-of-life pathway.
Additionally, I will partner with the Complex Health Needs Nursing Pathway lead and the Core Nursing Pathway lead within CCNS to ensure that children and their families receive suitable nursing care and interventions.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There is a full job description and person specification attached to this vacancy. Please refer to this while completing your application form.
Person specification
Education, Qualification and Training
Essential criteria
1. RSCN/ RN Child Branch
2. Evidence of continued professional development
3. Degree level qualification
Desirable criteria
4. Community nursing qualification
5. Qualification in palliative and end of life care
Experience
Essential criteria
6. Significant experience at Band 6 working with palliative children & young people.
7. Significant experience of working with children complex health care needs
8. Experience of supporting children and families through the child protection process
9. Experience of leading interagency working
10. Experience of working in the community setting
Desirable criteria
11. Experience of working as a band 7
12. Experience of pathway / service leadership
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
13. Excellent knowledge and skills in paediatric nursing, including enteral, respiratory, oncology, invasive and non invasive ventilation, tracheostomy and Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs)
14. Knowledge and understanding of the child health needs of a racially and culturally diverse population
15. Ability to work flexibly, prioritise and respond to changing demands in workload.
16. Excellent organisational and time management skills and ability to facilitate these skills in others
17. Ability to support the implementation of successful change management
18. Ability to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
19. Excellent clinical knowledge of palliative and end of life care for children and young people, including dying at home
Other
Essential criteria
20. Excellent teaching skills with an ability to adapt these for use with health care support workers, parents, children and young people.
21. Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for choices made.
22. Excellent verbal / written communication and interpersonal skills