We have an exciting opportunity for a paediatric registered nurse who has experience/interest in long term conditions to join the children's epilepsy team. The focus of this role will be to act as the named Lead nurse as part of the dynamic and supportiveEpilepsy Multidisciplinary Team.
The post holder will work as part of this team ensuringthe delivery of high-quality health care, education and support to children and families within the home, school and in various community settings
The post holder will need to have enthusiasm and a passion for patient safety and service improvement.
As a key member of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust you will be joining an exceptional team working together to put our patients first.
To act as the named Lead nurse as part of theEpilepsy Multidisciplinary Team.
To support the Clinical Manager in the daily operational management and leadership of the Children’s Epilepsy Service ensuring the delivery of high-quality health care, education and support to children and families within the home, school and in various community settings.
To initiate and co-ordinate appropriate services in order to facilitate the early discharge and manage children and young people newly diagnosed with Epilepsy at home.
To liaise directly with the multidisciplinary team and other agencies to facilitate seamless high quality Epilepsy care to the child and family at home and clinic.
To work as a member of the Children’s Epilepsy multi-disciplinary Team, providing a holistic and developmental approach to Epilepsy from infancy through to adolescence.
To Work in conjunction with the Clinical Manager, nursing staff, paediatricians, service users and the Directorate and Divisional senior management teams, the post holder will co-ordinate, prioritise, appropriately delegate and organise the safe and effective running of services.
The Foundation Trust aims to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
· To effectively co-ordinate care to ensure a seamless and timely pathway of care for children and families.
To manage the patient caseload providing assessment, planning, implement and evaluate care delivery using clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
To provide specialist care and advice for young people and families in hospital /home /school /work & college via phone/ face to face
Autonomous clinical decision making
To be responsible for ensuring the provision of compassionate, safe and high quality care of all patients.
To ensure the delivery of quality care to patients and to supervise the working of junior staff during the span of duty.
To provide nursing clinical expertise, leadership and education, supervising junior staff to gain competence and expertise.
To confidently escalate in a timely manner to Clinical Manager, Matron, On Call Consultant, General Manager, Clinical Director, Associate Director of Nursing and Senior Management Team (as appropriate) concerns about patient safety, quality and experience, offering solutions and evidence-based recommendations.
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025
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