Children's Complex Care Coordinator

We have an opening for an enthusiastic nurse to join our Childrens Complex care team at Sandwell. They will be responsible for the clinical and professional management of the team and care packages we provide ensuring that quality and assurance is maintained.
The post holder will participate in the planning, development and delivery of care of the complex care service and children that require palliative care. This includes the management of staff and a caseload of packages.
The post holder will be flexible and work shift patterns over seven days a week to cover the 24/7 service provision. The post holder will participate in an on call service for families/staff in receipt of complex care provision.
The post holder will ensure that the service is adhering to local and national guidelines
The post holder will support other areas within the community nursing team when required to ensure quality and governance is maintained
The post holder will support service improvements across community nursing
The post holder will provide improved outcomes for patients by improving the quality of care within Children Continuing Care Services, with special focus in complex care.

Main duties of the job
To provide support and training to carers and nurses within the team.
To liaise with health care professionals in the adult arena of palliative and continuing care to arrange transition of care packages of children up to 18 years of age.
Demonstrate advanced practice in holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within their own speciality.
To develop appropriate information systems and ensure documentation systems are in place to assist in high-level delivery of care.
Conduct training needs analysis, using the results to develop and deliver a programme which ensures the practice development of those nurses caring for their patients in the speciality.
Overall human resource management responsibility for both continuing care and palliative care teams which includes absence management, staff well being, recruitment and retention activities and performance management in accordance with agreed policies, procedures and protocols.
Coordinate nursing activities within the teams, ensuring that there is an appropriate skill mix for the patient caseload within available resources
The post holder will support other areas within the community nursing team when required to ensure quality and governance is maintained
The post holder will support service improvements across community nursing
Support on call provision

The children's community team are a CQC 'outstanding' rated service, we are looking for someone who is highly motivated, caring and passionate about nursing.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

NHS AfC: Band 7
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As "People" is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department., Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live, For further information regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.