Main Purpose of Job: To take the clinical lead role and responsibility for the 24/7 clinical delivery of safe and effective care within the hospice, ensuring that all children, young people, and their families receive high-quality and effective evidence-based palliative and end-of-life care. The post holder will have a shared role with the Hospice Inpatient Manager to lead, manage, and develop the in-house care team, acting as a positive role model to foster and embed a motivating and positive culture in line with the organisational values.
Position of the role in Claire House: The post holder reports to and is accountable to the Head of Hospice Care, Quality & Governance. Member of the wider clinical leadership team. The post holder will work collaboratively with the Head of Hospice Care, Quality & Governance, Hospice Inpatient Manager, Quality & Governance Lead Nurse, Practice Education Team, and Hospice Lead Nurses to ensure the delivery of a safe, effective, and high-quality service to all children and families.
Scope of Job:
1. Clinical lead and role model for clinical care team to provide safe, high-quality care to all children, young people, and their families.
2. Lead role and responsibility for clinical delivery of safe and effective care through teaching, training, auditing, reviewing, supporting, and coaching.
3. Provide visible clinical leadership in practice.
4. Provide specialist nursing and clinical knowledge and advice to support and facilitate high-quality, individualised care to children and young people in collaboration with the multi-professional team.
5. Be a Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP), contributing to the prescribing rota ensuring safe prescribing processes are adhered to.
6. Lead medicine management meetings to ensure practice is safe, effective, and current within the hospice.
7. Support the Head of Hospice Care, Quality & Governance in fulfilling the requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), enabling children, young people, and their relatives to receive safe, effective, and high-quality care.
8. Lead role for the development and delivery of individualised care plans.
9. Recruitment and retention of a skilled hospice care team.
10. Duty Manager On-Call rota for Hospice.
Dimensions and Limits of Authority:
The post holder will have responsibility and accountability for the 24/7 clinical delivery of safe and effective care within the Hospice and reports to the Head of Hospice Care, Quality & Governance. The post holder will take line management and mentorship responsibilities as required by the service.
Clinical Practice:
1. To be a highly competent, knowledgeable practitioner, ensuring the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for the children, young people, and their families.
2. Ensure that each child has their individual needs assessed and their care is planned, implemented, and evaluated in negotiation with the family and child/young person where appropriate & that this is accurately documented and up to date.
3. Ensure effective day-to-day communication in respect of children and young people's health and care management with parents/carers and external health and social care professionals.
4. Provide knowledge and guidance in all aspects of Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) in the clinical environment, ensuring cleanliness and infection control standards are maintained.
Education and Training:
1. In partnership with the Hospice Lead Nurses foster an environment that is conducive to learning for both the care team and students.
2. Working in collaboration with the Practice Education Team, identify, plan, and deliver the training and development needs of care staff/students in the hospice.
Leadership / Management:
1. Act as a positive role model for the hospice care team including volunteers.
2. Deputise for the Head of Hospice Care, Quality & Governance as required.
3. Provide clinical leadership and professional support to the care team to ensure the effective day-to-day management of the in-house hospice care provision.
4. Ensure safe levels of nursing care at all times, including the compilation of the off-duty, notifying the Head of Hospice Care, Quality & Governance and Director of Clinical Services of staffing concerns that compromise patient safety.
Responsibility for Clinical Governance and Quality:
1. Support the Director of Clinical Services (as Registered Manager), and Head of Hospice care, Quality & Governance in fulfilling the requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
2. Contribute to clinical governance and quality across all clinical services.
3. Participate in and/or coordinate the investigation of any complaints raised and ensure the implementation of any actions identified from these investigations.
Service Development:
1. Engage with the organisational strategic planning.
2. Build and promote cross-care team working.
3. Represent Claire House externally at regional and national level to further the organisation's aims and champion the cause of children's hospice and palliative care.
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