Regional Paediatric Nurse - Chingford

Job Description

Regional Paediatric Nurse: Branch & Community Setting£35,000-£41,000 pa - pro-rata - dependant on experienceHours: Part time (21 hours per week over 3 flexible days)Contract: PermanentLocation: Chingford areaWe want to make life better for more people. If you are as passionate about quality as we are and you want a role where your skills will make a real difference, this is a great opportunity. You can help us to grow and develop in an exciting business thatputs people front and centre of everything we do.Prestige Nursing & Care, part of the Sodexo Group, has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 35 local offices in England and Scotland. Our aim is to lead the care industry by providing high quality, personalised and specialist services to ourclients.Our services span the generations across a number of environments:

• Adults of all ages, including the elderly and frail, based in their own homes and community setting
• Babies, children and young adults in and outside of the home setting i.e. at school, college, social activities and play

We offer complex nursing care, led by an experienced registered nurse, provided in the clients own home/ community setting and delivered by a nurse, heath care assistant or support worker.Complex care provision, including administering clinical interventions, is beyond that which domiciliary assistance provides - although any care package may involve both aspects.Our client needs, which vary, mainly arise from physical disability, medical ailments, neurological impairment, sensory impairment, learning disability and autism and mental health.We work in partnership and collaborate with those health-care professionals already involved; we value the importance of integrated and joined-up care provision.We offer a supportive working environment with lots of potential for learning and development and a friendly, agile and flexible working culture.We are looking for a dynamic and independent care professional with solid Paediatric Nursing experience and a flexible, enthusiastic and can-do attitude to join our South Region Team, supporting our clients based in the Chingford area. This roleis part-time (21 hours per week over 3 flexible days).ROLE PURPOSEThe role of a Regional Nurse is to provide clinical expertise and professional leadership to specific branches within a designated region, to enable the planning and delivery of safe and high-quality complex care provision to clients in their own homes andcommunity settings.

• To be accountable for and lead on the clinical components of care delivery
• To risk assess individual client referrals and to continually provide clinical input, expertise and advice relating to care-planning and delivery across the pathway and evaluate outcomes
• Attend meetings and/or liaise with MDT, commissioners, case managers and clients etc to build and manage clinical caseload
• To act as a clinical role model and leader for all members of staff
• To facilitate and deliver an ongoing programme of clinical knowledge/skills-training and competency assessments to non-registered members to enable them to competently deliver care with minimal supervision
• Maintain standards, proactively manage clinical risk, complaints and play a pro-active role in quality improvement
• Promote compliance and adherence to internal policies and standards
• Keep abreast of national standards and requirements surrounding adult/paediatric services, and any relevant specialism and work with colleagues across all regions to agree practice changes and implications
• Assist branches in assessing client complexity and ensure adequate registered nurse input is available to support members in delivering safe and high-quality age-appropriate care
• Commitment to improving client/family experience at every step of the care pathway.

The success of this role will be measured by;

• Demonstrable ongoing improvements surrounding quality and safety relating to clinical care provision
• Improved client experience and customer feedback
• Skilled and competent non-registered nurse workforce
• Sustainability and further business growth across the designated region.

The role is regionally based i.e it covers a specified number of branches across a designated region and, therefore, will include regional travel. On occasions National UK travel may be required.KEY ATTRIBUTES/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCEQUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE (D-Desirable, E-Essential)

• RSCN/RNCB with current NMC registration E
• Recognised teaching qualification/experience E
• Significant experience of care management, including relevant clinical experience, in the community or hospital setting with evidence of professional development E
• Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources D
• Management of risk and health and safety E
• Experience of safeguarding adults and children procedures and ability to implement E

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Effective communication skills - verbal and written E
• Ability to work on own initiative as well a part of a team - self-motivated E
• Coaching and mentoring skills D
• Evidence of success in leading/managing significant and sustained change D
• Effective people management skills E
• Ability to negotiate, influence, escalate and seek advice E
• Experience in interpreting and analysing data and meet deadlines D
• Excellent IT and presentation skills E
• Awareness of budgetary management and control E
• Knowledge and application of HR procedures E
• Demonstrate knowledge of the theory and application of clinical governance E

ATTRIBUTES AND PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Ability to work autonomously and with initiative E
• Can do approach E
• Ability to work independently and within a team E
• Ability to travel to and from specified branches within a designated region E
• Car driver with current license E
• Demonstrate good leadership skills.
• Professional in manner and appearance.
• A commitment to equal opportunities and diversity
• Symmetry between personal and organisational values
• Demonstrates the behaviours associated with Prestige Nursing & Cares values

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