Paediatric Team Lead

The post holder will work as a senior member of the team providing support and advice alongside effective leadership to a specified clinical team. This will be achieved by ensuring the provision of high quality safe and effective care.

Deliver high quality care to children and young people presenting with a wide variety of undifferentiated conditions. This will include comprehensive assessment, interpretation of investigations, provision of treatment and decision making about ongoing care

To monitor clinical outcomes and patient experience, 1. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment and interventions and care for children and young people presenting with a number of diagnosis.
2. Utilise highly effective communication skills to ensure children, young people and their families are fully informed and consent to treatment
3. Recognise and work within own competence and professional code as regulated by the NMC
4. To be a highly visible presence, acting as a role model
5. To work within multi-agency and multi-disciplinary teams in order to ensure children and people's needs are met
6. Ensure accurate documentation and record keeping in line with local and National guidance.
7. To develop own learning and contribute to the development and innovation of the service.
8. Review training and development of all staff, so all staff have a personal development plan and to support staff in reaching their full potential as identified through the appraisal process.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"