Job summary
To function as a senior clinical practitioner within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership based in both LWH and AHCH demonstrating advanced knowledge and clinical skills in both medicine and surgery
Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for the neonate in partnership with the family in high dependency and intensive care nurseries
Responsible for co-ordinating, supervising and supporting the neonatal staff within an identified clinical area
Responsible for supervising and mentoring junior staff, basic and post basic students within the Neonatal service
To act as room leader (on LWH site)
To act as shift leader as required on a rotational basis
Rotation within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership
Main duties of the job
- Admit infants to the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership adhering to service guidelines
- Assess plan implement and evaluate program of care for a caseload of infants in partnership with the parents and in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
- Effectively delegate, co-ordinate and manage the clinical area and provide care for own caseload of infants with complex and differing medical and surgical needs
- Offer support and guidance to less experienced colleagues in the clinical area
- Co-ordinate, prioritise and delegate during emergency situations
- Prioritises and manages a varying and unpredictable workload effectively
- Administer medicines and intravenous drugs, calculate, prepare and administer complex intravenous infusions according to service guidelines
- Deliver care to the critically ill neonate and family, including managing the withdrawal of intensive care treatment and/or the management of the dying neonate and the family.
- Responds promptly and appropriately in an emergency situation and is able to support less experienced colleagues during a crisis
- Manages situations which are difficult, distressing and emotionally demanding
- Safely use all relevant neonatal equipment in the clinical area
- Utilise specialist knowledge to initiate and adapt care in complex and
- Attend to the delivery of an infant / transfer from theatres with complex needs and safely transport to NICU
About us
Value
Linked behaviours
Care: we show we care about people
Listens and acts to the concerns of others to bring about improvements for people (patients and staff).
Shows empathy to others and a caring attitude to people (staff, patients and the public)
Ambition: we want the best for people
Motivates and coaches others to support them to develop their own capabilities and skills.
Links individual development needs with service goals.
Has the resilience to keep going in adversity and shows a can do attitude to deliver improvements for others.
Strives to ensure the role or service they deliver is the best
Respect: we value the differences and talents of people
Notice the suggestions of others even if you may not agree.
Show appropriate professional standards at all time.
Concentrates on what is right rather than who is right.
Engage: we involve people in how we do things
Seeks feedback and input into decision making and service improvement for all people involved (patients, staff and the public).
Actively takes others views into account.
Shows a positive outlook to delivering the best service possible, and leads others by example.
Learn : we learn from people, past, present and future
Checks outcomes against plan.
Uses evidence and experience of others to inform improvements to services for patients and staff
Values, generates and uses evidence to lead future improvements
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication:
Communicate and liaises with colleagues, Team Leader, Shift Leader, Education Team and all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Develop a rapport with parents and families which shows a sensitivity to their particular circumstances including emotional state and level of understanding
- Articulate and interpret information for parents ensuring understanding
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate with parents, families and staff in complex situations and work towards a resolution
Teamwork / Leadership
- Acts as a role model within the team developing and sustaining team working
- Supports and promotes a team concept in the delivery of patient care by liaising with Team Leaders and senior colleagues
- Effectively manages, delegates and supports members of the team in the medical and surgical areas
- Demonstrates responsibility and shows initiative in the workplace
- Is proactive within the team and contributes to team development through staff appraisal and objectives
- Actively contributes to the rotation of staff between the medical and surgical units
Education / Professional Development:
- Maintains responsibility for identification of own continuing educational needs and professional development and ensures that the standards for re-validation are met
- Participates positively in own annual Personal Development Review and ensures all objectives are met
- Attends all mandatory training days as identified by the partnership and Trusts
- Keeps up to date with current neonatal developments and medical and surgical practices, demonstrating a continuing process of attaining education and clinical competence
- Actively participates in the service Induction and preceptorship programmes and acts as a mentor / preceptor to basic and / or post basic students and junior staff and performs work based assessments
- Acts as a role model within the neonatal service supporting, teaching and assessing staff in partnership with the Education Team and Team Leader
- Supports and promotes the personal professional development of junior staff within the team under the guidance of the Team Leader
- Liaises with Team Leader and participates in staff development reviews by acting as a Performance Development Reviewer
- Shares knowledge and expertise and participates in practice development initiatives
- Promotes a learning environment in which teaching learning and research are encouraged
- Adopts the role of mentor, preceptor, supervisor and assessor to learners / post basic students and provides constructive feedback to those learners / post basic students in order to promote learning
Service Improvement
- Participates in clinical audit programmes and neonatal research within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership as appropriate
- Is involved in current developments in neonatal care and new service initiatives and works with the team to ensure compliance
Quality
- Ensures own actions are consistent with the Trusts clinical and governance systems and ensures that others are compliant
- Ensures own actions promote quality , participates in quality projects and encourages and supports others to be involved
- Practices in accordance with agreed standards of care and supports others to deliver high standards of care
- Demonstrates an understanding of the monitoring of standards of care and contributes to quality improvements
- Participates in quality programmes
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication:
Communicate and liaises with colleagues, Team Leader, Shift Leader, Education Team and all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Develop a rapport with parents and families which shows a sensitivity to their particular circumstances including emotional state and level of understanding
- Articulate and interpret information for parents ensuring understanding
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate with parents, families and staff in complex situations and work towards a resolution
Teamwork / Leadership
- Acts as a role model within the team developing and sustaining team working
- Supports and promotes a team concept in the delivery of patient care by liaising with Team Leaders and senior colleagues
- Effectively manages, delegates and supports members of the team in the medical and surgical areas
- Demonstrates responsibility and shows initiative in the workplace
- Is proactive within the team and contributes to team development through staff appraisal and objectives
- Actively contributes to the rotation of staff between the medical and surgical units
Education / Professional Development:
- Maintains responsibility for identification of own continuing educational needs and professional development and ensures that the standards for re-validation are met
- Participates positively in own annual Personal Development Review and ensures all objectives are met
- Attends all mandatory training days as identified by the partnership and Trusts
- Keeps up to date with current neonatal developments and medical and surgical practices, demonstrating a continuing process of attaining education and clinical competence
- Actively participates in the service Induction and preceptorship programmes and acts as a mentor / preceptor to basic and / or post basic students and junior staff and performs work based assessments
- Acts as a role model within the neonatal service supporting, teaching and assessing staff in partnership with the Education Team and Team Leader
- Supports and promotes the personal professional development of junior staff within the team under the guidance of the Team Leader
- Liaises with Team Leader and participates in staff development reviews by acting as a Performance Development Reviewer
- Shares knowledge and expertise and participates in practice development initiatives
- Promotes a learning environment in which teaching learning and research are encouraged
- Adopts the role of mentor, preceptor, supervisor and assessor to learners / post basic students and provides constructive feedback to those learners / post basic students in order to promote learning
Service Improvement
- Participates in clinical audit programmes and neonatal research within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership as appropriate
- Is involved in current developments in neonatal care and new service initiatives and works with the team to ensure compliance
Quality
- Ensures own actions are consistent with the Trusts clinical and governance systems and ensures that others are compliant
- Ensures own actions promote quality , participates in quality projects and encourages and supports others to be involved
- Practices in accordance with agreed standards of care and supports others to deliver high standards of care
- Demonstrates an understanding of the monitoring of standards of care and contributes to quality improvements
- Participates in quality programmes
Person Specification
Qualifications & Learning
Essential
- Basic nursing / midwifery qualification
- Appropriate post basic qualification in the speciality
- Recognized surgical course/experience in a tertiary center
Desirable
- Evidence of ongoing academic studies at Masters level
- Leadership Course
Experience
Essential
- 3 years neonatal experience including critical care/surgery
- Competent in all areas of Neonatal care
- Recent mentoring experience
- Evidence of leadership
Desirable
- Evidence of service development
Person Specification
Qualifications & Learning
Essential
- Basic nursing / midwifery qualification
- Appropriate post basic qualification in the speciality
- Recognized surgical course/experience in a tertiary center
Desirable
- Evidence of ongoing academic studies at Masters level
- Leadership Course
Experience
Essential
- 3 years neonatal experience including critical care/surgery
- Competent in all areas of Neonatal care
- Recent mentoring experience
- Evidence of leadership
Desirable
- Evidence of service development
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
