ABOUT THE TEAMThe Paediatric Spinal service accepts patients from across the Wessex region; a population of approximately 8.4million. It covers Outpatient clinics as well as supporting inpatients on ward G3. WHAT YOULL DOWorking with the existing multidisciplinary team you will be responsible for: - Practicing at an advanced level to provide in-depth knowledge on the care pathway and complex needs of the patient group to deliver personalised care. -Take responsibility for the initial contact with patients/carers from the time of referral to provide specialist nursing advice, practical and psychosocial support. -Holistically assess and identify complex health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and plan programmes of care to meet these needs, in partnership with patients/carers and colleagues. -Manage a patient caseload, to agreed referral/discharge criteria, and act as key worker. Effectively working in partnership with other professionals and referring patients to other practitioners as required. -Deliver knowledgeable nursing, health and social care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing teams and in partnership with ward and departmental clinical leaders. -Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group. Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make shared decisions about their health and health care and use advancedcommunication skills to impart sensitive, complex and potentially distressing information to patients and carers. -Provide appropriate information and education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care and participation in the planned programme of treatment and care. -Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and collate and record clinical activity/data collection as required.