Job overview
We are looking to appoint a Secondment to our Bereavement and Palliative Care CNS to cover maternity leave for a year. As the Bereavement and Palliative Care lead, the post holder will be responsible to support families with complex end of life care needs, to offer up to date expert knowledge on palliative care pathways and bereavement care demonstrating advanced communication with good decision making skills and nursing skills. To be the point of contact for members of the MDT including internal and external palliative care teams, ensuring the baby and family are being cared for in the most appropriate environment.
Main duties of the job
To facilitate the provisions of support to babies and their family with complex end of life care ensuring decisions are reached with all relevant and necessary information while supporting families to reach these decisions. To offer up to date expert knowledge on palliative care pathways and bereavement care demonstrating advanced communication with good decision making skills and nursing skills. To be the point of contact for members of the MDT including internal and external palliative care teams, ensuring the baby and family are being cared for in the most appropriate environment.
Provide formal and informal teaching sessions to all neonatal staff to facilitate change in clinical practice to ensure these babies and their families receive excellent care that is evidence based.
Develop and maintain guidance for neonatal staff in all aspects of neonatal palliative and end of life care within the Trust.
Develop robust systems to ensure data quality pertaining to bereavement, palliative and complex care is auditable.
It is expected that this role will be 70% working as a Bereavement/Palliative nurse but will be expected to work 30% on the clinical floor. You will also be expected to liaise with all education teams to enable a general information knowledge base and information sharing within the NICU and possibly PICU areas.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse, Children’s Nurse/ Adult Nurse
2. Mentorship and assessment in public services.
3. Neonatal course (all modules)
Desirable criteria
4. BLS for parents - Train the trainer
5. NLS
Experience
Essential criteria
6. Proven managerial and professional experience at band 6 level with good experience of discharge planning for complex babies
7. Neonatal experience at staff nurse level in intensive care or local neonatal unit
8. Proven professional competence
9. Awareness of research and audit
10. Evidence of continuing education in relevant field of practice
Desirable criteria
11. Counselling skills/courses
Skills
Essential criteria
12. Ability to prioritize well with good problem solving skills
13. Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
14. Good level of skill in computer usage – able to use NHS data bases, input data and retrieve information
15. Awareness of current issues and reforms in the NHS and neonatal services.
16. Awareness of the Toolkit for high quality neonatal services
17. Excellent understanding of safeguarding issues.
Desirable criteria
18. Proven skills at working at senior nurse level within a level 3 neonatal unit
19. Shows desire to implement new ideas and improvements
**Visa Sponsorship Information**
Recent changes to UK immigration policy on the Health and Care Visa and Skilled Worker Visa could mean that this role is not eligible for sponsorship or that you may not meet the eligibility criteria.
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To be eligible for sponsorship, the following conditions must be met:
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21. Salary threshold: The role must meet the minimum salary set by the Home Office. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.
22. Skill level: The role must meet the minimum skill requirement of RQF Level 6 or above (graduate level).
23. English language: Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency at CEFR level B1 or higher.
24. Other criteria: Applicants must meet all other criteria as set out by the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)