Job overview
Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 8a
UCLH under 13 years paediatric palliative care improvement project
(18 Month Secondment) Full-time
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Children’s Palliative Care Nurse to join the Louis Dundas Palliative care team in a lead nursing role for an 18-month project designed to address the longstanding shortfall in provision of specialist palliative care and symptoms management for children under 13 years of age at UCLH. The successful candidate will take responsibility for effective leadership; provision of expert specialist palliative care and advice; supporting the project team and ensuring the provision of high-quality care to patients and families.
You will be part of the Louis Dundas specialist palliative care team GOSH working as part of the project team as the nursing lead to scope, identify the needs, leading innovation and managing sustainable change, including service development with view to sustainable NHS funding of this resource. The post holder will act as a clinical and educational resource for palliative care for under 13 years at UCLH alongside the GOSH project medical lead and project team.
The lead CNS role will involve working across both UCLH and GOSH site. There may be some contribution to the GOSH Louis Dundas specialist palliative care out of hours on-call service.
Main duties of the job
· Act as the nursing lead for the project designed to address the longstanding shortfall in provision of specialist palliative care and symptom management for children, teenagers and young adults who have unique need as they navigate cancer treatments or approach the end of life.
· To scope, identify the needs, leading innovation & managing sustainable change, including service development with view to sustainable NHS funding of this resource.
· Leads by role modelling, acts as a clinical and educational resource for palliative care in the under 13’s with the project medical lead.
· Leads in contributing to risk management, clinical audit & research.
· Determine palliative pathways of care for the under 13 year olds.
· Benchmarking and developing a wider evidence base for safe practice
· Contribute to collecting evidence for a business case for change.
· Negotiation & influencing skills/ networking
· Provides palliative care resources & expertise for all staff demonstrating advanced knowledge of practice, clinical skills, high level problem solving & critical thinking
· Involvement working group for the
· Embraces a positive culture of questioning practice, self-reflection to improve safety, quality of care & effective care delivery
· Promoting team working in all aspects of the role
· Maintains an up-to-date professional portfolio and core professional revalidation requirements
Working for our organisation
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
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
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential criteria
* Our Always values
* Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
* Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace
* Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
* 1st level registration with NMC
* Degree level education
* Educated to master’s level or working towards
* Leadership qualification
* Demonstrable practice development and evidence/ portfolio of embedding paediatric palliative care into clinical practice
* Children’s Cancer Course qualification or equivalent
* Assessing & mentoring qualification
* Skills relevant to the role PCA’; s
* Evidence of advanced communication skills and/or working towards relevant training
Desirable criteria
* Registered qualification with your core professional group, as a non-medical prescriber (independent prescriber) & actively practicing
* Teaching qualification
* Attendance on a clinical leadership programme
* Research module
* Evidence of ongoing, dynamic continuous professional development, with demonstrable clinical competencies, relevant to the area and role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in palliative care
* Non-medical Prescribing course or willingness to undertake
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Thorough knowledge relevant to the specialty/ department / field of practice – CYP cancer
* Thorough knowledge of professional & current issues in children’s healthcare needs, ACP health agenda
* Detailed understanding of change management, audit & research methodologies. Evidence of project management.
* Safeguarding Children & Adults procedures & responsibilities
* Ability to articulate a personal philosophy of ACPs & the role of the ACP in the future of the NHS
* Relevant experience at a senior level in a relevant paediatric palliative care team
* Experience of working clinically as an CNS in specialist paediatric palliative care centre and PTC
* Evidence of working with babies, children, or young people & their families to improve patient experience
* Experience & evidence of sustaining change / quality improvement
* Using outcome measures & key performance indicators to demonstrate the quality and efficiency of clinical care
* Experience of clinical & formal teaching
* Awareness of equality, diversity & cultural diversity
* Band 7 experience
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of clinical governance & improvement agenda
* Knowledge of the importance of evidence-based practice & how quality improvement, audit & research improves care outcomes
* Experience of taking charge of a department and/or of leading or managing a team
* Knowledge of undertaking audit & utilizing research findings, including presentation and publication
* Knowledge of developing practice standards, clinical audit, benchmarking & clinical / quality improvement
* Experience of handling clinical incidents & complaints & implementation of subsequent learning
* Abstract submission and presenting at conferences, willingness to publish
* Partakes in professional development groups
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
* Demonstrates an ability to provide autonomous expert clinical care
* Professional credibility, relevant evidence of advanced clinical skills within paediatric oncology
* Excellent leadership & organizational skills
* Consistently demonstrable interpersonal, leadership negotiation & influencing skills
* Excellent communication & listening skills
* Able to contribute to the development & implementation of the trust strategic vision for nursing role development
* Evidence of effective team leadership, able to motivate & develop a team & maintain constructive, professional working relationships
* Evidence of personal insight & sound judgment
* Able to demonstrate critical thinking, high level decision making & problem solving in clinical practice
* Self-discipline & good time management to support periods of lone working & ensure robust safe practice
* Appraisal & assessment skills
* Ability to delegate & prioritise
* Excellent teaching, training & assessment skills
* Able to work across professional team & organizational boundaries
Desirable criteria
* Able to utilize audit & research evidence to support sustained change in practice
* Independent nurse (non-medical prescriber) prescribing
* Quality improvement, practice development and service improvement skills