Job summary
This is an exiting opportunity to join the Children's Palliative Care and Short Breaks Team that provides periods of short break care and family support to children and young people with life limiting conditions within the child or young person's home. This will include evenings, occasional nights, occasional weekends and before school visits. The care provided is child and family-centered to allow them to use their allocated time as they would wish. The aim of the service is to provide high quality short break care/palliative care to children whilst enhancing the quality of life for the whole family. The team are based at Grantham Hospital but cover the whole County of Lincolnshire so applicants are welcome from all areas. This is a 2 year fixed term opportunity whilst the current post holder undertakes Nursing Associate training within the Trust.
Please note this position will not commence until April 1st or after.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will perform specific interventions as identified by competency achievement to enhance the delivery of care such as, but not exclusively: enteral feeding, tracheostomy care, invasive and non-invasive ventilation, medication administration- oral, enteral, rectal, sublingual and buccal, physiological observations, wound management.
You will receive training in moving and handling, life support, and any other areas that are identified as necessary to meet the individual child's care needs. This will include nasogastric feeding, gastrostomy care, ventilator care, airway management including tracheostomy care and seizure management.
The role requires the applicant to travel across Lincolnshire so it is essential that you have the ability to travel independently throughout Lincolnshire. You must hold a current driving license and be a car user.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 2 or 3, Diploma, foundation degree or equivalent qualification in health, Social care or child care or willing to undertake.
- Achieved a grade 'C' or above in Maths and English.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people with life limiting/life threatening conditions
- 2 years' experience of working with children within a healthcare, community or social setting
- Experience of working within a team
- Awareness of safeguarding procedure
- Proven record of continuing personal development
Desirable
- Recent / current experience of working within the community
Skills
Essential
- Effective Communication skills, verbal, written and direct
- Ability to organise own workload and manage time effectively
- Ability to work within a team
- Ability to work as a role model
- Ability to cope with change
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to cope well under pressure
Desirable
- Proven experience in clinical care ie gastrostomy feeding, stoma care, NG feeding, tracheostomy care
Specific Requirement
Essential
- Ability to travel independently, current driving licence and access to a vehicle
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 2 or 3, Diploma, foundation degree or equivalent qualification in health, Social care or child care or willing to undertake.
- Achieved a grade 'C' or above in Maths and English.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people with life limiting/life threatening conditions
- 2 years' experience of working with children within a healthcare, community or social setting
- Experience of working within a team
- Awareness of safeguarding procedure
- Proven record of continuing personal development
Desirable
- Recent / current experience of working within the community
Skills
Essential
- Effective Communication skills, verbal, written and direct
- Ability to organise own workload and manage time effectively
- Ability to work within a team
- Ability to work as a role model
- Ability to cope with change
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to cope well under pressure
Desirable
- Proven experience in clinical care ie gastrostomy feeding, stoma care, NG feeding, tracheostomy care
Specific Requirement
Essential
- Ability to travel independently, current driving licence and access to a vehicle
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
