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About
We were established in 2006 from the strong foundation, rich heritage and worldwide reputation that our city has for quality healthcare, clinical innovation and professional excellence. We have a national and international reputation for many of our specialist services, including stroke, renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma.
Recognised for our outstanding care, our organisation is made up of three campuses – City Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre and Ropewalk House.
We are now one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham, its surrounding communities, and a further 3-4 million people from across the region that need to use the specialist services we provide.
We are a teaching Trust with strong links to the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University. This allows for the provision of excellent training and education for our students and we also play a vital role in the education and training of doctors., nurses and other healthcare professionals.
We are at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures. In partnership with The University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
As part of Team NUH you can expect to be supported and given developmental opportunities and resources to enable you to make a difference and we hope you find that NUH offers you the opportunities to develop your career here with us in Nottingham.
Our vision
We want to be known for our pursuit of outstanding health outcomes and excellent patient and staff experience. We want to further develop our local hospital services in a way which better integrates them with community services, and ensure only patients who need to come into hospital for care do so. We also have an ambition to grow and further develop our specialist services to secure our future as a leading specialist centre.
Our values
We want our values and behaviours to capture what makes working at NUH and being part of ‘TeamNUH’ special. The standards apply to all of us, are part of everybody’s job and apply to every action we take, every decision we make and how we care for our patients, their family members, carers and each other. They underpin our ability to deliver exceptional patient care and create a great environment for everyone who works at NUH, and one where we consistently demonstrate to patients and staff that we listen and we care. Further information on our values and behaviours can be found on our website.
Family Care Nurse Specialist- Bereavement
Closed for applications on: 6-May-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 6-May-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Nottingham University Hospital
- Address
- Hucknall Road
- Town
- Nottingham
- Postcode
- ng5 1pb
- Major / Minor Region
- Nottinghamshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Interview date
- 04/06/2024
Job overview
Join Our Compassionate and Growing Team of Band 7 Nurses
Are you ready to provide compassionate support to individuals and families during their most challenging moments? Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a compassionate individual to join our team as a Family Care Nurse Specialist in Bereavement
About Us: At Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, we understand the profound impact of loss and grief on families who experience the loss of a newborn. We are committed to providing compassionate care and support to families during this difficult time, ensuring they feel respected, valued, and supported in their grief journey.
Position Overview: As a Family Care Nurse Specialist in Bereavement you will play a vital role in providing emotional support and practical guidance to families who have experienced the loss of a newborn. Working closely with our multidisciplinary team, you will help families navigate their grief journey with compassion, sensitivity, and empathy
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The post holder will provide a confidential bereavement support service for families, including the emotional support of siblings, around the death of a child.
The role incorporates antenatal support of women and their families, support on the neonatal unit and continuing care once the family are at home. The post holder will work within the broader family care team and will be expected to provide holistic family care support to the patients and families of NUH.
This role will provide guidance and support to multi-disciplinary staff on the unit to care for babies at their families. The post holder will act as an expert for advice on the bereavement process and support staff to support families.
The post holder will act as an educational resource for staff on physiological, psychology and administrative aspects of bereavement care. The nurse specialist will also provide ongoing supervision and support, participating in the induction and training of the multi-disciplinary team in both formal and informal settings. The post holder will be responsible for organising and facilitating debriefs following clinical events on the unit
The Family care nurse specialist in Bereavement is expected to work on both acute campuses and also within community settings such as patient homes, school or alternative environments in order to meet the families’ needs. The neonatal bereavement nurse specialist is expected to act as a liaison between the family and other professionals.
Working for our organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the main neonatal intensive care service for the region, caring for around 1,000 babies and their families each year at the QMC and at City Hospital. Currently, previously the service has had to transfer babies out of Nottingham to other hospitals each week, sometimes beyond the East Midlands, since there are not enough intensive care cots to meet demand. Similarly, Nottingham is not able to accept the babies from the region for whom we should provide intensive care.
It is an exciting time for NUH, and the neonatal unit The Maternity and Neonatal Redesign Programme at NUH will see the QMC Neonatal Unit increase the number of intensive, high dependency and special care cots from 17 to 38, this project is due to be completed by December 2024.
With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a senior member of the team, the nurse specialist will also play a pivotal role in the operational development of their specialty. They will initiate, manage and drive change within the department, innovating changes in practice for the benefit of patient care in line with current trust and local programmes.
Clinical
- Utilising a highly developed specific body of knowledge, works within a clinical team to deliver a service based on principles that are research based and which enhance the quality of patient and family based care.
- Undertakes high level complex decision making, managing risk but may defer to others for overall plan.
- Be a visible point of contact for patients, visitors, relatives, and staff, acting as the patients advocate
- Ensure that the rights, dignity and confidentiality of the child and family are protected at all times in line with safeguarding policies and within the philosophy of family centred care.
- Ensure that patient’ records and documentation are maintained and current, with changes implemented, in accordance with NUH ‘Clinical record keeping policy’.
- Organise meetings to discuss patient management as required.
- Provide highly specialist support to clinical teams in dealing with the complex needs of dying patients and bereaved families.
- To ensure families and multidisciplinary staff are able to access further support where requested such as SANDS, Petals and Bliss.
- Liaise closely with other health and social care professionals to ensure a coordinated approach and high quality care is provided for patients.
- To refer families for formal bereavement counselling,at the request of the parents, or where identified by healthcare professionals.
- Discuss alternative treatment options and facilitate clinical management decisions. To promote parallel planning during antenatal care planning and inpatient phases of care.
- Obtain informed consent for procedures as required, in accordance with the Trust consent policy.
- Participate in research studies in conjunction with the specialty team and lead studies as appropriate.
- Promote and support personalised care in line with the NHS long term plan including the components of the comprehensive model for personalised care.
- Provide clinical support to wards/departments in times of increased clinical pressure or staffing shortages as requested, ensuring that patient safety is the priority at all times.
Education, Learning & Development
- Provide a credible source of highly specialist clinical knowledge and advice, taking an active role in the development of self and others. Review the performance of self and others, identifying development needs and taking active measures to meet those needs.
- Carry out formal and informal teaching to a range of health care professionals and in a range of subjects. Develop and deliver educational and training programmes as requested and as appropriate
- Create a positive learning environment within clinical settings, to encourage and facilitate individual and shared learning and professional development.
- Participate, in the education of patients and the general public, developing resources as necessary.
- Maintain an awareness and understanding of relevant, up to date research studies within neonatal services and bereavement care.
Leadership and Management
- Support the senior team as appropriate.
- Respond to and lead as necessary on clinical governance initiatives eg complaints, datix
- Initiate and implement change effectively in response to clinical or organisational demands. React positively to, lead and facilitate the process of effective change through a culture of Shared Governance and frontline leadership.
- Be a representative at a local level and participate as a member of the senior neonatal nursing team, making positive contributions to the strategic planning of the service.
- Ensure clinical supervision within the clinical area or department is actively supported and staff encouraged to avail themselves of it.
- Lead on the development of team objectives.
- Participate in interviewing and selection of new staff.
- Be aware of the impact of service changes across the organisation.
- Participate in the managerial duties at Specialty level as required in the absence of the Matron.
- Audit the service to aid in the improvement of continuous patient care.
- Work closely with the appropriate teams and individuals eg case manager/PALS to ensure any concerns raised by families are dealt with quickly and effectively and through the processes.
Service Development and Use of Resources
- Identify and implement innovative ways of working within the neonatal bereavement service.
- Share and promote good practice through involvement with local groups, including presentations, publication and dissemination of role evaluation.
- In collaboration with the Lead nurse and other members of the MDT, take a leading role in ensuring that the family has a satisfactory experience by assessing and evaluating family care processes and redesigning the pathway of care when appropriate.
- Contribute to the monitoring and control of expenditure and the use of resources.
- Participate in objective setting and business planning for the family care team.
- Implement change in response to clinical, organisational and national demands; in agreement with appropriate others in the neonatal unit. Support others to lead or participate in the management of change.
- Respond to change initiatives in a positive manner
- Lead and participate in audits, research and the development of evidence – based patient care guidelines, protocols, policies and procedures where appropriate and ensure they are implemented.
- Ensure that the neonatal unit and wider team is kept informed of the policies, direction and strategy of the family care team.
- Critically appraise and evaluate research findings and lead on the application of these to clinical practice.
- Lead practice developments, through specific research and audit projects.
- Collect and analyse information related to patient and carer satisfaction and evaluation of the service initiating service development strategies as indicated.
- Develop mechanisms to measure outcomes and evaluate the service to assist with service development
- Lead on the production of an Annual Report each year, ensuring it is submitted to Matrons and Divisional Team.
- To represent NUH at a regional and nationa level relating to neonatal bereavement care.
Communication and Professional Behaviour
- Be a role model to ensure that the dignity, rights and confidentiality of the patient and individual team members are protected and maintained in accordance with Trust and national policy on Information Governance.
- Convey and present complex and sensitive information, written or verbal, formally or informally, as appropriate. Report appropriate clinical information to senior staff. Ensure that written documentation is kept in respect of all investigations and incidents.
- Establish professional relationships and maintain effective communication
- Link with, and where required lead, professional networks across the Trust and wider health community, in order to develop and exchange ideas for improving clinical care
- Provide ongoing liaison and support for patients /clients within care pathways.
To establish and maintain an effective working relationship with the neonatal team, spiritual care team, mortuary staff, pathologist, wider bereavement team and other healthcare professionals and outside agencies where necessary
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:
- Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
- Start an Apprenticeship
- Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training
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Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£42.90 for enhanced and £22.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trusts “TEAM NUH” behavioural standards.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate your own professional TEAM NUH values on a daily basis
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration with NMC
- Master’s degree or equivalent or willingness to work towards/equivalent experience.
- Degree in health/nursing related studies
- Relevant post-reg study relevant to specialist pathway / willingness to undertake at degree/masters level
- Evidence of leadership course
- Research training / experience. Demonstrates and awareness of research principles and their application to clinical practice.
- Advanced Communication Skills Training (or willingness to undertake)
Desirable criteria
- Recognised counselling qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience at band 6 or above, in appropriate clinical setting
- Demonstrates professional autonomy and effective decision making skills when managing caseload
- Experience in supervision of registered, non-registered staff and students
- Ability to manage clinical area/ward efficiently and effectively
- Ability to convey sensitive info in an empathetic manner to patients, relatives and staff
- Experience in using relevant hospital IT systems
- Experience of participating with audit or research within the clinical area
- Leadership and management experience, including providing staff with feedback on their individual performance and/or conducting appraisals
- Experience of managing risk, handling clinical incidents and complaints
- Demonstrates awareness of research and evidence Based practice
- Evidence of teaching and assessment skills, including the teaching of patients, families and colleagues
- Evidence of working with a multidisciplinary team in appropriate setting (ie hospital, community)
- Experience of developing standards, guidelines and policies
- Understanding of neonatal patient pathways and it’s complexities and how to support patients through this
Desirable criteria
- Presenting at meetings/conferencesPresenting at meetings/conferences
- Evidence of writing for publication
- Experience of setting up and developing a new service
- Experience in forming policy at local and national level
- Evidence of change management
- Experience of counselling patients / families
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communicator including report writing and presentation skills
- Demonstrate basic IT skills
- Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication, demonstrating evidence of negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to work within a MDT; collaborating with, leading when required, negotiating with and influencing the work of others across a range of disciplines and on own initiative including the sharing of highly complex information and implementation of plans for Service development.
- Ability to deliver presentations and chair meetings
- Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives/carers in distressing circumstances
- Experience of initiating and implementing change effectively, engaging stakeholders in the process.
Desirable criteria
- Clinical supervisor
- Evidence of networking locally, nationally and internationally
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate confidence in assessing, planning, delivering, prioritising and evaluating patient care
- Able to respond to problem situations and ensure that effective interventions are put in place Ability to interpret and analyse highly complex clinical and non-clinical information
- Lead on the identifying, successful implementation and management of a nursing change process
- Act autonomously in decision making within specialty and level of competence
- Recognition of own level of competence and limitations. Able to identify own learning needs
- Evidence of clinical and non-clinical data collection, evaluation, analysis, interpretation and application to clinical practice
- Able to critically analyse and evaluate research findings and to apply these to clinical practice
- Demonstrate confidence in assessing, planning, delivering, prioritising and evaluating patient care
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of national policy and current issues affecting specialty and its implications for practice
Desirable criteria
- Development and monitoring quality standards
- Evidence of participation in audit and research
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload, and that of others. Recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations within an unpredictable working environment
- Able to lead the development, implementation and monitoring of local protocols and objectives and action plans to lead and introduce change
- Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others in the prioritisation of their patient care
- Ability to lead and introduce change
- Awareness of budget constraints and ordering specialist supplies
- Knowledge and understanding of national policy and current issues relating to neonatal family care and bereavement
Desirable criteria
- Experience in reviewing service, ensuring compliances with National Standards
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties.
- Demonstrate dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
- Competent and capable of using medical equipment
- Able to undertake manual handling manoeuvres
- Ability to work without Supervision within scope of practice and manage own workload; effective time management.
- Ability to work within a variety of different settings
Other requirements specific to the role (e.g. be able to drive or work shifts
Essential criteria
- Must be able to work hours to suit service need
- Clean driving licence
- Car owner
- Enhanced CRB clearance
Desirable criteria
- Budget management skills
- Running family group sessions
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Panesar
- Job title
- Lead Nurse – Neonatal Family Care and Home Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812 275 327
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