Job overview

An exciting development opportunity has arisen to join our Response team here at Alder Hey Children's Hospital

The successful candidate will undertake a 6 month development programme to equip them with the skills and knowledge to undertake the Senior Clinical Site Practitioner Role as part of the Response team

The Response team consists of Senior Clinical Site Practitioners and Clinical Site Practitioners and are integral to the provision of safe high quality care to all patients and families

Our site practitioners have an active involvement in all areas of the Trust working closely with nursing, medical and managerial staff, acting as role models, utilising their extensive experience to deal with all clinical and non clinical issues

Are you dynamic, proactive and enthusiastic about paediatric nursing? Have you gained experience working within a fast paced critical care or Emergency Department?

Main duties of the job

As a member of the senior nursing team, you will actively contribute & assist the Head of Nursing (HON) with the delivery of the strategic direction of the Trust through the effective operational management. Provide professional & clinical nurse leadership, advice & development & contributing to Trust-wide projects 

The post holder is responsible for the management of nursing, quality and standards of care, safety, patient involvement and experience, safeguarding and infection control of designated clinical areas and services in and out of hours 24/7

To provide advanced clinical care through health assessment, initiation of treatment, formulation & alteration of treatment and monitoring of care pathways to children and young people within an agreed scope of practice and alongside the medical teams

Demonstrate effective, visible, authoritative leadership across the Trust in & out of hours (24/7) act in the role of responsible person for patient & staff experience & standards out of hours. Working with the Divisional Matrons, Heads of Nursing, and Associate Chief Nurses

Be involved in the management of complaints & act on the findings of investigations to prevent recurrence as required

Contribute to the Trust-wide Nursing, Quality, Education & Research strategy on behalf of the SCSP team

Act in accordance with The Code of Professional Standards of Practice & Behaviour for Nurses and Midwives (NMC 2015)

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.