Band 6 Diana Children’s Macmillan Nurse

Job Overview

Diana Children’s Macmillan Nurse Band 6.

A rewarding opportunity has arisen for a Registered Children’s Nurse with a Paediatric Oncology Course or, equivalent experience and a willingness to undertake a specialist Paediatric Oncology Qualification to work within the Diana Children’s Community Service as part of the Macmillan nursing provision, covering Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating specialist nursing care for a designated case-load of children/ young people in differing environments with varied resources.

You will be a clinical expert on childhood cancers, palliative and terminal care for children/ young people, their family and other multi-professionals, interagency teams in the hospital and in the community.

You will be actively involved in the strategic and operational development of children’s oncology services within the Regional Cancer Network, Children’s Macmillan Service and the Diana Children’s Community Service.

You will be expected to facilitate empowerment and partnership working with children/ young people and their families and multi-agency services

You will be the advocate for the child/ young person and their family.

As part of this role you will be expected to co-ordinate the provision of appropriately managed packages of care for terminally ill children/ young people in hospital and community by being involved with 24/7 on-call system.

Contact Details: Corinne Hutton- Corinne [email protected] 01162955080

Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)

• The post holder will be based in the Diana Community Children’s Service and will work collaboratively with colleagues in the multidisciplinary oncology team at Regional Oncology Treatment Centres to coordinate the care for children and young people with cancer.
• To work collaboratively informing and educating those working in the Diana Service who provides additional support alongside Macmillan for these children and families; as well as Primary Care, Education, Social Services and the Voluntary Sector.
• Maintain close contacts with identified children and young people on the caseload by visiting them at home and in hospital to ensure continuity of care across all settings that the child visits.
• Expand knowledge and practice in the field of oncology to ensure care is responsive to child’s needs. Experience equivalent to and or completion of a Paediatric Oncology Course.
• Attend weekly MDT meetings in UHL and weekly liaise with other referral centres.
• Act as a resource for paediatric palliative care in the hospital and community. Working alongside members of the MDT promoting and advising on good practice, facilitating empowerment and partnership working.
• Be competent in the safe use of central lines and the administration of chemotherapy. Contribute to the training and education for other health professionals and carers.
• Attend and support all essential training as specified by the Diana Service to maintain own and others clinical competence / peer assessment / LCAT.
• Provide support and advice throughout the disease trajectory and in some cases pre and post bereavement in a range of settings including schools.
• As part of this role you will be expected to co-ordinate the provision of appropriately managed packages of care for terminally ill children/ young people in hospital and community by being involved with 24/7 on-call system
  
  

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.