A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
We are seeking a qualified, conscientious, and highly motivated professional to join the Paediatric Service at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital.
This role offers an excellent opportunity for a senior nurse to take a leading role in advancing the care of patients transitioning from paediatric to adult services. As a newly created position, there is significant potential to shape and develop the provision of care for this patient group.
The post holder will collaborate closely with the Paediatric Team, Paediatric Consultants, Adult Medicine Team, MDT members, and both clinical and administrative colleagues across the Paediatric and Adult services.
This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday). Cross-site working may be required depending on service needs.
West Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Hospitals Trust is developing a model of care to prepare and support young people in accessing an exemplary co-ordinated transition pathway between both Children and Adult services.
The Children and Young Peoples Transition Nurse Specialist will be an integral part of this developing service.
The role will include:
• Ensuring that the transition of care from children's to adult services is appropriately managed and delivered effectively within West Herts
• Facilitation of accurate, open communication and coordination with a range of people organisations, divisions, departments, and multi-professional stake holders.
• Be a key member of the Children and Young Peoples team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management.
• Work collaboratively with the ‘Carer for carers service’.
• Ensure that the views of young people are intrinsic in the models of care developed.
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contact westherts.recruitment@nhs.net
If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
• Support service improvement by being able to identify areas for improvement around transition, support the development of any future business case.
• Support staff to be able to access relevant data and can then translate service data into meaningful performance information.
• Develop relationships alongside the CNS with staff outside of their area of service responsibility to deliver and improve services.
• Support staff to ensure patients have an up-to-date care plan that is being actively followed and updated.
• Promote the use of the hospital passport for young people with learning disabilities.
• Update, maintain, organise, gather, and analyse information to predict and meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Dec 2024