Band 6 Palliative Care Oncology Children's Nurse Specialist

Children's Palliative Oncology Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled, motivated and compassionate nurse with relevant experience in caring for children with life threatening/limiting conditions.

Focus of care will be on quality of life, supporting the child/young person and family through their palliative care journey and end of life phase whilst in their own home. We require someone who is passionate about palliative care and is able to make a difference to the lives of children and young people (CYP) and their family.

The post holder will be required to support families to ensure all aspects of social, emotional, practical and nursing needs are met.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide professional support to the Children’s Community Nurses who they will work in partnership with to provide a 24hr on call service to CYP at end of life and act as a role model for the delivery of excellent palliative care.

The Palliative Care Service works alongside other Specialist Nursing Services including Children’s Rapid Response, Children’s Complex Care and Special School Nursing.

If you have a passion for ensuring that CYP and their family are well supported at home during the palliative and terminal phase of their care and have the necessary knowledge and skills as identified in the person specification then we would be very interested in receiving an application from you.

Qualifications

Registered Children’s Nurse

Applicants must be independently mobile with ability to travel to fulfil job requirements.
Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

1. Work in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Practice and Scope of Professional Practice. Professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all activities.
2. Manage a caseload of life limited children and their families who require additional support.
3. Holistically assess the situation and needs of children with life limiting conditions inclusive of family needs.
4. Provide nursing services to life limited children and those on the PC caseload in their own homes e.g. injections, passing feeding tubes, dressings.
5. Provide nursing and psychological support to parents of life limited children and those on the PC caseload, in their own homes.
6. Ensure the delivery of care is of the highest standard taking into account the environment in which the care is being delivered.
7. Work in partnership with children, families and carers, to provide optimum outcomes for each child by acknowledging individual preferences and lifestyles.
8. Recognise situations which may be detrimental to a child’s wellbeing and deal with individual situations according to organisational and local agency policies, for example, child protection issues, e.g. initiation of fCAF referral to Social Care & Health services.
9. Review, discuss and facilitate fulfilment of Advanced Care Plans for children and families with life limiting/threatening conditions.
10. To be aware of all policies/guidelines pertinent to working practice and to keep up to date with changes to ensure that practice is evidence based.
11. To maintain confidentiality of children and their families at all times.
12. Work autonomously and as part of a team to deliver care.
13. To promote and contribute to effective team working.
14. To participate in the on-call rota to provide telephone advice to families across both CCN and Palliative caseloads and then conduct home visits for children at end of life.
15. Manage clinical risk within own caseload.
16. To visit children and their families at the end stages of their child’s life and/or to meet the needs of the service
17. To maintain a non judgmental approach when working with the children and their families.
18. Initiate, organise and liaise with the PC team leader and other service providers to address the needs of life limited children and their families.
19. Liaise with the Children’s Palliative Care Clinical Lead to holistically support families and carers responding to individual needs.
20. Liaise with other professionals e.g. social workers, medical and nursing staff both internally and externally with those involved with life limited children and their families in a key worker capacity in respect of health and wellbeing needs of child.
21. Access team reflection/debriefs and staff support as required to manage the emotional impact of the role.
22. Plan and participate in teaching packages to families and carers to ensure effective care is delivered safely.
23. Travel to visits within patient homes throughout Birmingham and adhere to BCHC lone working policy.
24. Undertake appropriate risk assessments to ensure safety during visits ensuring effective liaison with colleagues to ensure their safety especially during unsociable hours.
25. Work autonomously and act independently working within BCHC Policy, procedures and guidelines.
26. Promote and support effective discharge planning to avoid prolonged hospital admission.
27. Support families in a variety of settings in breaking bad news and in challenging situations such as end of life care.
28. Following appropriate nurse prescribing training, assess, implement and evaluate an episode of care, prescribing appropriate treatment as required