Paediatric Practice Development Lead Nurse (Critical Care)

What you'll do As the Paediatric Practice Development Critical Care Lead Nurse, you will play a key role in developing and embedding East Kent's Level 1 and Level 2 Paediatric Critical Care Service. You will lead education, competency development and clinical practice, ensuring children and young people receive safe, high-quality critical care closer to home. Working with multidisciplinary teams, regional networks and service leaders, you will support workforce development, implement best practice, lead quality improvement initiatives and help shape the future of paediatric critical care services across East Kent.

What we're looking for We're looking for an experienced paediatric critical care nurse who is passionate about improving care, developing others and leading change. You will have strong clinical expertise, excellent leadership and communication skills, and a proven ability to educate, coach and support colleagues. You will be confident leading service improvements, building effective partnerships and influencing practice across teams and organisations. Most importantly, you will demonstrate compassion, resilience and a commitment to delivering outstanding care for children, young people and their families.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of paediatric critical care in East Kent and make a lasting difference to children, young people and their families.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates for a Skilled Worker Visa for roles that are eligible at the time of application.

Essential: - Registered Children's Nurse with current NMC registration; - First degree or equivalent professional qualification; - Children's Critical Care Course and Level 2 Paediatric Critical Care competencies; - Evidence of continuous professional development and ongoing; - Advance Paediatric Life Support Course.

Desirable: - Master's degree or postgraduate study relevant to paediatric critical care.; - Advanced Assessment/Clinical Examination qualification; - Leadership qualification; - Level 3 Paediatric Intensive Care competencies or PICU course; - Teaching qualification (e.g. PGCE) or instructor qualification (APLS/EPALS/PILS)

Essential: - Substantial recent experience in Paediatric Critical Care Level 2 at Band 6 or equivalent; - Demonstrable experience caring for children requiring tracheostomy care, long-term ventilation and acute respiratory support (e.g. High Flow and CPAP); - Evidence of leadership, practice development and service improvement, including audit or quality improvement work; - Experience of delivering education, training and competency assessment for nursing staff

Desirable: - Previous Band 7 experience within Paediatric Critical Care L2/L3; - Evidence of presentations at local, regional/national level

Essential: - Experience of managing risk management/incident reporting and information governance; - Up-to-date knowledge of the NMC Code; - Safeguarding Children and Young People; - Infection prevention; - Equality, diversity and inclusion.

Desirable: - Experience developing clinical guidelines/protocols; - Managing incidents and complaints

Essential: - Experience of delivering teaching/coaching; - Excellent time management skills; - IT literacy; - Knowledge of national CYP Critical Care strategies/NICE guidance; - Able to travel across EKHUFT sites and willing to support cross-cover of related services.

Desirable: - Recruitment and retention experience; - People management experience e.g. sickness