Senior Nurse

This Senior Nurse post sits in the nursing management team at James Hopkins Trust, supporting the Clinical Manager at the Kites Corner respite centre for children with life-limiting conditions. The core of the work is planning and evaluating individual care and supervising and mentoring nurses and healthcare assistants. Work covers day and night respite at the centre and in family homes, on rotating shifts including nights and weekends.

Applicants need a registered children's nurse qualification and four years' post-registration complex-needs experience.

What the job involves

• Plan, assess, deliver and evaluate individualised, evidence-based nursing care for children, including monitoring clinical observations
• Supervise, support and appraise nurses and healthcare assistants, and delegate duties across the clinical team
• Lead the shift and coordinate the clinical team, reporting to the Clinical Manager
• Provide family-centred care for children with life-limiting conditions, working in partnership with families at the centre or at home
• Administer, record and store medication accurately and safely
• Mentor and orientate students, new staff and volunteers, acting as mentor and clinical supervisor
• Take part in clinical governance, including audits, risk assessments, incident reporting and quality improvement
• Liaise with other professionals, attend multi-professional meetings and keep the Nursing Management Team informed of changes in a child's or family's circumstances
• Deal with first-level complaints and concerns about nurses and healthcare assistants
• Maintain accurate, confidential and timely clinical and care records
• Ensure infection control, health and safety and fire regulations are followed at the centre
• Pass on safeguarding concerns to the appropriate manager

What's required Qualifications

• Registered children's nurse qualification (RNC, RND or RN with paediatric experience)
• Children and young people safeguarding training

Registration & licences

• NMC registration with a live entry on the register

Experience

• At least four years' post-registration experience nursing children with complex needs
• Leadership experience
• Team management or supervision experience
• Proven experience communicating sensitively with families in challenging situations

Skills & knowledge

• Competent in drug calculations
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and delegate workload
• Accurate, concise and legible record keeping
• Evidence-based practice kept up to date
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
• Highly self-motivated, with the ability to motivate others

Checks & eligibility

• Driving licence

Other

• Ability to work rotational shifts including nights and weekends
• Ability to travel independently around Gloucestershire

Nice to have

• Paediatric palliative care qualification
• Experience as nurse in charge
• Mentorship qualification
• Clinical supervisor training
• Experience of undertaking clinical practice and record-keeping audits
• Advanced clinical skills, such as central lines, catheterisation, enteral feeding, tracheostomy care and long-term ventilation
• Experience of co-ordinating a shift or managing a small team
• Experience of working for a charity

What's offered

• Shift enhancements for weekends and overnights