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Job overview

Job Summary:

• The primary focus of the post is to ensure that all patients and families receive high quality patient centred care, reflecting the Trust objectives, values, and vision.
• At all times the practitioner will act as an advocate for patients and families and will be a front-line advocate for the Trust.
• To provide effective clinical and managerial leadership for their designated area of responsibility, ensuring that high standards of clinical practice are always adhered to.
• They will have extensive knowledge of paediatric surgery –pre and post operative care and be actively involved in the teaching and assessing of junior staff in line with current National and local standards and best practice.
• To provide first line management support to members of their team
• They will be expected to deputise for other senior members during the 1-year training programme.

They will be responsible for their own professional conduct in line with NMC / HPC Code of Conduct. They will adhere to and understand all Trust and local policies and procedures

Main duties of the job

Accurately assess, plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate the holistic pre and post -operative care needs of patients using an extensive knowledge base and range of skills.

Deliver excellent standards of clinical practice to all patients and support colleagues to deliver the best possible outcomes and experience for patients. 

Act as patient’s advocate and ensure patients’ wishes, choices and beliefs are considered in the decision-making process as necessary in collaboration with the family. 

Using evidence based best practice maintain safe and effective patient care, ensuring that working practices conform to local and national policies and procedures 

Act as a clinical reference point and subject matter expert for designated area of responsibility.

Ensure the WHO safety, checklist is completed for every theatre list and patient undergoing a surgical or anaesthetic procedure.

Develop and maintain local and national standards and ensure practice is evidence based.

Maintain accurate and legible records of care in line with Trust policy and NMC Code of Conduct.

Be involved in monitoring and promoting high standards of care, including audit of quality indicators, and devising action plans to address any deficits identified.

Maintain a culture in which infection control is intrinsic to care delivery and is monitored in line with Trust policy.

To ensure knowledge of the current national and local regulations (including Care Quality Commission and Monitor targets) are met.

Working for our organisation

We have already earned our place as one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat 250,000 young patients a year and safely perform over 13,000 surgical procedures. Our catchment area has a population of over 7m, stretching from Cumbria, through Lancashire, Merseyside, most of Cheshire, parts of Shropshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Children from virtually every part of the UK, and also from around the world, visit Alder Hey for specialist treatment.  As a result, we are recognised as Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and have been designated as a national centre for craniofacial surgery and epilepsy surgery by the Department of Health.

With a world class £237 million facility opened in October 2015 we are now looking to expand our team by recruiting motivated, dynamic people who are committed to delivering excellent patient care.

As a department we focus on patient safety, excellence and staff well-being so we are looking for individuals who have these values at the heart of all they do. In return we offer a clearly defined training and development package which includes a supernumerary preceptorship scheme for all new starters. We have strong links with the local HEI’s and provide you with access to a range of post registration modules and pathways.