Job summary
An opportunity has arisen in our LT/NIV team for a CNS Band 7 to join our expanding team working across the Children's Hospital including general/respiratory wards, NICU and PICU.

The post holder will take a significant leadership role in supporting the highest level of quality expert practice and support for children and young people with home mechanical ventilation (HMV) needs and their families. HMV includes those on Long-Term Ventilation and Non-Invasive Ventilation. This post holder will also be looking after children with Tracheostomies and Nasal Pharyngeal Airways as part of the LTV caseload. This will involve full liaison, participation, and interaction with the complex multidisciplinary and multiagency teams responsible for the delivery of both care and resources to establish effective transitional and home care packages.

They will work both collaboratively and autonomously, offering authoritative, supplementary, and complementary practical support to the children and families within the caseload. The post will encompass a significant level of education, training, and leadership responsibilities to significantly increase both the capacity and capability of the service and individual families to respond to changing needs and provide ongoing effective care. The band 7 CNS shall be expected to lead and manage their own respiratory patient cohort and always work effectively alongside the MDT and other LTV CNS's.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will take a leadership role in supporting the highest level of expert practice and support for children and young people with home mechanical ventilation (HMV) needs and their families across the Children's Hospital including the general/respiratory wards, NICU and PPCU. HMV includes those on Long-Term Ventilation and Non-Invasive Ventilation. This post holder will also be looking after children with Tracheostomies and Nasal Pharyngeal Airways. This will involve full liaison, participation, and interaction with the complex multidisciplinary and multiagency teams responsible for the delivery of both care and resources to establish effective transitional and home care packages. Within this process of transitioning care, the post holder, as patient advocate and based on the individual assessed needs of the patient and family will establish requirements for bespoke and effective homecare for all patients with HMV needs.

The post holder will challenge professional and organizational boundaries and assist in developing solutions that best meet the needs of children and their families. They will work both collaboratively and autonomously, offering authoritative, supplementary, and complementary practical support to the children and families within the caseload. The post will encompass a significant level of education, training, and leadership responsibilities to increase both the capacity and capability of the service.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Paediatric Nurse.
• Intravenous accreditation.
• Mentorship course or equivalent teaching qualification
• Specialist Clinical Course in Respiratory
• Level 3 safeguarding training

Desirable

• Working towards relevant degree or masters

Experience
Essential

• Experience of caseload management
• Experience of Home oxygen patients.
• Experience with Home mechanical Ventilated and non-invasive ventilated patients.
• Experienced with managing patients with Sleep Disordered breathing and those requiring home mechanical chronic ventilator management.
• Experience of tracheostomy and nasal prong patients
• Post registration experience including recent experience within the appropriate specialty.
• Knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding process
• Experience of working with students and facilitating their learning needs.

Desirable

• Experience of change management.
• Research and audit
• Evidence of participation in organized teaching and study days representing the trust and networking.

Skills
Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work within the nursing team to ensure good clinical/non-clinical outcomes.
• The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently as well as work with a wider MDT/multi-agency team in a complex and changing environment
• Ability to communicate effectively at all level across Directorate and other organisations.
• Able to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Able to use own initiative.
• Teaching and training and Leadership skills
• Practice advanced clinical skills BLS, APLS/EPLS/ PILS

Desirable

• Able to teach and assess parents in BLS/Trachy BLS

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).