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Job overview

Due to maternity leave, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced paediatric nurse to join our dynamic, forward-thinking and dedicated paediatric hospital to home team for a fixed maternity cover. This post offers the prospect to work within an innovative model of nursing care - the PATCH team “Providing Assessment and Treatment for Children at Home. This is a nurse led service providing care in the form of telephone reviews and/or home visits for further assessment to children who would have otherwise been admitted to hospital.

PATCH aims to deliver health education and promotion to children and their families at home during an acute episode of illness to reduce PED re-attendances and help build resourcefulness within the community.

In addition, PATCH continue to nurture existing working links between the Paediatric ED (PED), Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU)ED, and community teams to ensure seamless pathways for children mild-moderately unwell with common conditions.

The PATCH team will regularly audit and review existing pathways of care for common minor conditions and deliver and disseminate associated educational resources to professionals working across the urgent care pathway for children.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities. 

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.