Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 271-HL-5946390
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner Cardiology Paediatrics
Band 7
Job overview
Are you a cardiology nurse or allied health professional with a minimum of 5 years clinical experience? Join our exciting new plans to appoint to our well established Advanced Clinical Practitioner team within Cardiology Services to support new service provision children, young people and families with congenital and acquired heart disease.
- Cardiology comprises of our Cardiac day ward (Walrus), Cardiology ward & high dependency (Bear
The role will be at band 7 as a trainee ACP with a substantive ACP role on completion of academic & clinical training.
Our Cardiology services are committed to developing a sustainable Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) team supporting national guidance for ACPs. Are you a clinical expert who puts the clinical and holistic care of infants and their families first to ensure safe, high quality and effective care along their cardiac clinical pathway? Do you have a vision to improve and change care provision and how care is delivered?
We have our own dedicated GOSH Advancing Clinical Practice faculty on site, leading on academic and professional practice and a Lead ACP within Heart and Lung Directorate.
Main duties of the job
Trainee roles
The higher education institution programme and the specialist clinical training package will underpin development of advanced capability & competency-based skills based on the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health and national paediatric cardiology training standards over a three year training. You will have a named medical consultant and ACP supervisor to support your individual learning needs, as well as working within an experienced specialist cardiac team. We are currently linked to Middlesex University as our Higher Education Institute.
- Complete & keep logbooks, case reviews & presentations
- Undertake training in dedicated competencies & capabilities based on standards by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Create a personal & professional e-portfolio of your learning continuum
- You have ability the to develop your resilience, a dynamic, evolving process of positive attitudes and effective strategies
If you are interested, please do make contact and discuss your interest & learn more about this exciting opportunity we all look forward to hearing from you:
- Liz Smith, Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner [email protected] 07979320436
- Racheal Broomfield, Paediatric Cardiology Advanced Nurse Practitioner [email protected], 0207 405 9200 ext 8142
We welcome and highly recommend an informal chat to meet the local team, and a site visit to the clinical area.
Working for our organisation
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential criteria
- Our Always values | Always welcoming | Always helpful | Always expert | Always one team
- Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- Understanding of diversity and inclusion challenges in the workplace.
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- Registered actively with a professional body recognised as able to undertake advanced clinical practice training at a Higher Institute of Education (HEE 2017).
- Minimum of 5 years qualified & relevant clinical experience to the speciality paediatric cardiology.
- Minimum of honours degree recognised at a Higher Education Institution or evidence of master’s level study.
- Demonstrable evidence/ portfolio of own clinical practice.
- Ability and desire to take on skills training relevant to the role and clinical area.
- Ability to complete a competency / capability-based skill document for paediatric cardiology
- Knowledge of the importance of evidence-based practice & how quality improvement, audit & research improves care outcomes
Desirable criteria
- Assessing & mentoring qualification
- Teaching qualification or equivalent
- Attendance on a clinical leadership programme or evidence of leading a clinical team
- Advanced communication training/ Active listening skill training
- Evidence of previous non-medical radiology training or willing to do so
- EPLS/ APLS training
- Registered qualification as a non-medical prescriber (independent prescriber) or willing to work towards actively practicing
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge relevant to the specialty/department / field of practice- Paediatric Cardiology
- Knowledge of professional & current issues in children’s healthcare, ACP national & local agenda
- Safeguarding Children procedures & responsibilities
- Is able to articulate a personal philosophy of the role of the ACP with advanced clinical skills
- Experience of taking charge of a department or of leading a team
- Experience of clinical &/or formal teaching
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of change management, audit & research methodologies
- Knowledge of clinical governance & improvement agenda
- Experience of working clinically as a trainee ACP
- Experience of handling clinical incidents & complaints & implementation of subsequent learning
- Abstract submission and presenting at conferences & willingness to publish.
- Part of professional development groups
- Evidence of working with children / young people and families to improve patient experience
- Knowledge of developing practice standards, clinical audit, benchmarking & clinical / quality improvement
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an ability to provide expert clinical care
- Excellent leadership & organizational skills
- Demonstrable interpersonal, leadership negotiation & influencing skills
- Excellent communication & listening skills, both clinical staff, patients and families eg relaying distressing information
- Excellent written & presentation skills
- Evidence of personal insight & sound judgment
- Self-discipline & good time management to support periods of lone working & ensure robust safe practice
- Ability to delegate & prioritise
- Computer literate (word processing. PowerPoint presentation, electronic patient records)
- Able to work across professional teams & organizational boundaries
Desirable criteria
- Able to contribute to the development & implementation of the trust strategic Vision
- Evidence of effective team leadership, able to motivate & develop a team & maintain constructive, professional working relationships
- Able to demonstrate critical thinking, high level decision making & problem solving in clinical practice
- Able to utilize audit & research evidence to support sustained change in practice
- Quality improvement, practice development & service improvement skills
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to work collaboratively & as part of a multi-professional team
- Able to support personal resilience, emotional intelligence & realistic optimism and have the ability to learn to seek additional guidance/ support
- Good attendance record
- Daily exposure to a wide range of physical, emotional & spiritual stressor, individual will need to have developed a robust professional support strategy
- The individual will have exposure to high levels of physical, mental & emotional effort
- Ability to deal with conflict situations within a team, as well as events involving the team
- Accountability – Takes responsibility for own actions & promotes good team working
- Openness – Shares information & good practice appropriately
- Mutual respect – Treats others with courtesy & respect at all times
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Liz Smith
- Job title
- Lead ACP heart and lung
- Email address
- [email protected]
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