The successful post holder will be an autonomous practitioner undertaking assessment, consultation and delivering management of care to children within the Children's Community Nursing Team (CCNT) caseload.
You will be working within the CCNT with a small caseload of patients as well as receiving referrals and supporting the CCNT to prevent children and young people from requiring admission to hospital.
Working alongside the Paediatric Virtual Ward team to allow children and young people (C&YP) to receive care from home and will work closely with the Paediatric Emergency Department, Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU), the Children's Inpatient Ward (Rudham) and GP practices to support care delivery in the community where appropriate.
You will be expected to work within the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice supporting both the nursing and medical team providing care to children and young people with the primary focus of keeping children at home.
Although predominately based in the CCNT, there is an expectation that you will cross cover PAU and work alongside other Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) on the ward area.
Main duties of the job
1. To work autonomously, managing own caseload of patients to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
2. To provide specialist advice and support to children and young people (CYP) and their families to improve self-management of their condition within the community setting.
3. To appropriately visit, triage and support patients who may be unwell, undertaking a physical examination and recognising deviations from the CYP's normal status.
4. To recognise clinical presentations of a sick child or young person.
5. Maintain a high standard of nursing care applying evidence-based practice.
6. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate child/family centred care with consideration of individual ethnic, cultural, social, developmental and religious needs.
7. Coordinate pathways of care for children and young people on the CCNT caseload.
8. Maintain accurate records.
9. Update patient administration systems to ensure real-time data collection.
10. To maintain confidentiality of information (written, verbal, electronic), whilst being aware of the Freedom of Information Act.
11. Communicate effectively with children and young people, their relatives/carers, significant others, the multi-disciplinary team and support services.
12. Lead & support the participation of clinical audit or reviews of patient care, as required.
13. Work with all clinical teams within paediatrics to support C&YP to receive timely care regardless of location.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approximately 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about this role please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
Essential
* RN (Child) or RSCN
* Educated to Degree level (Masters)
* Advanced Nurse Practitioner with recent paediatric experience or Emergency Nurse Practitioner with recent paediatric experience. Evidence of working to the 4 pillars of advanced practice.
* Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake.
* Teaching and Assessing/Mentorship qualification.
Desirable
* EPLS/EPALS
* Clinical Assessment Module completion (e.g. PACS)
Experience
Essential
* Worked as a band 6 or above within a paediatric setting.
* Extensive experience of assessment, planning, diagnosis and implementation of care to children and young people.
* Clinical Governance experience.
* Experience of managing change in clinical practice.
Desirable
* Experience of working in the community.
* Experience in leading a team or in routinely coordinating a shift in an acute paediatric setting.
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential
* Understanding of chronic disease management.
* Ability to deliver expert nursing care to children and young people.
* Evidence of multi-professional team working.
* Confident and calm attitude with ability to work under pressure.
* Accurate documentation with attention to detail.
Desirable
* Knowledge of community support networks available to children, parents and families.
* Ability to develop protocols and guidelines for practice.
Employer details
Employer name
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kings Lynn
PE30 4ET
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