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Paediatric Cleft Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 30 November ****
Within children's services at Cambridge University Hospitals we are dedicated to providing specialist, professional care to our patients and their families in a welcoming and committed atmosphere. Our work is wide ranging and we are respected both locally and as a regional specialist treatment centre.
CUH provides excellent care across both medical and surgical specialities. Our ethos of child-centred care and multi-professional collaboration drives our service, alongside a commitment to family-focused teamwork.
We are seeking to recruit a clinical nurse specialist to join CleftNet.East – the regional Cleft Centre. The role will provide opportunities to work within a range of environments including but not limited to family homes, postnatal wards, neonatal units, children's wards and outpatient clinics across our region.
We are a truly collaborative team, working with various members of the MDT both within Cleft and maternity and children's services. Your role will include engaging and networking with cleft professionals nationally and participating in audit and research at a local and national level. Having a strong desire to improve patient experience and patient-reported outcomes is essential.
Main duties of the job
The Cleft care Pathway starts during the antenatal period for some of our families right up to adulthood, so every day as a cleft nurse specialist can be varied but also challenging and rewarding. The nursing team provides both a proactive service and a reactive service, ensuring that the national service specification indicators are met. In order to do this, a 7-day a week service is provided, with the weekends being shared via on-call rota between the nurse specialists. We are looking for an experienced, approachable and autonomous practitioner to join our team and would ensure a tailored training programme is supported on commencement of the post.
Main Duties
As a clinical nurse specialist in the service, you will be expected to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills as well as proven ability to lead and influence change. You will be motivated to make a positive difference to the child and family experience, maximising effective patient pathways and flow.
Working alongside the multidisciplinary teams at CUH and within our regional hospitals, you will be responsible for coordinating a comprehensive, integrated service. You will provide specialist clinical skills and will liaise with all relevant professional groups and agencies within and outside the Trust to enhance the delivery of care to infants, children and young people born with a cleft, providing guidance, support and advice including attendance at safeguarding and social care meetings.
About us
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of
Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent
support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving healthcare quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
Our values and reputation for outstanding care
Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
Career and development opportunities
Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
Research experience and opportunities
Lovelocation and quality of life
Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:
– applied for a Graduate visa
– or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
– or the Trust has agreed that they will sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start.
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 30 November ****.
Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 8 December ****.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced-cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
RSCN/RN Child
First Degree (or equivalent level) in nursing or health-related subject
Teaching and Assessing qualification
Evidence of on-going CPD
Post-graduate Diploma/ Degree/ Masters
QIS Neonates or Paediatric Intensive Care
Attended recent UNICEF BFI training
Counselling qualification
SCPHN
Experience
Working with acute and chronically ill children/young people
Evidence of having worked collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team
Demonstrate a commitment to teaching colleagues/ students and to mentorship
Community experience
Safeguarding experience
Experience in caring for children, and their families affected by Cleft.
NICU/PICU/ENT/Respiratory experience
Evidence of publications in nursing journals
Experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist
Knowledge
Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the Children Act, National Service Framework, Every Child Matters, Working Together to Safeguard Children, NHS Plan
Experience in developing care pathways and patient information
Understanding of MDT working
Experience of Service improvement
Skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Skills of diplomacy and negotiation
Well-developed organisational and planning ability, able to prioritise and delegate
Maintain a flexible attitude to change
Demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team and build good relationships
Ability to manage performance of staff, change management and conflict
Experience of managing conflict
Competent in use of databases, spreadsheets and PowerPoint
Additional Requirements
The ability to understand and behave at all time towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind and excellent
Ability to collaborate with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation and external agencies
Committed to providing a high standard of clinical care
Able to motivate others
To work flexibly as the role demands
Able to travel as required for the role
Current NMC registration
Experience of audit and research
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) **** and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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