Hospital Home Nurse | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6202038/259-6159007RLH-A |
Summary
Are you an acute children’s nurse who’s looking to branch out into community nursing? Or a Children’s Community nurse looking for more acute focussed nursing care at home?
The Royal London Children’s Hospital is looking to recruit or second a band 6 children’s nurse to cover maternity leave to support delivery of the innovative and exciting hospital @ home service commissioned by Tower Hamlets CCG. The team visit acutely unwell children in the community to offer treatment preventing them from attending hospital and/or staying in longer than needed. The H@H team forms part of the Pan London H@H forum with its additional support and links that helps to provide a cohesive and high quality service to the children of Tower Hamlets.
The successful candidate will have excellent team working and decision making skills and put their patients first. We are looking for experienced and highly skilled children’s nurses who can work autonomously to care for acutely unwell children at home. Bart’s health has a wealth of learning and career development opportunities that will support you in your career aspirations.
• To facilitate efficient and effective patient flow from attendance to hospital to referral home, helping to ensure that we meet the 4 hour wait target in the emergency department.
• To perform highly skilled acute nursing care and assessment for children at home
• To work closely with the ward managers, paediatricians, matrons and flow team on a daily basis to expedite referrals home
• To act as an excellent role model and leader to all staff
• To participate in the development of new pathways of care
• To support the evaluation of the service regularly and adapt as necessary
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 ourWeCarevalues and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by ourWeCarevalues 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.
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.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024