Job overview

Are you a Anaesthetic Practitioner looking for a new challenge?

Do you want to expand your skills in Paediatrics?

Are you tired of working nights, weekends and on calls?

If so, then come and join the land of remarkable people! As a world leader in healthcare and research we have something amazing – Alder Hey in the park, a hospital for children, designed and inspired by children.  Along with a radical and ambitious vision, the Children’s Health Park is the future design of paediatric care and there’s nothing like it anywhere in Europe.

We have already earned our place as one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. Trust wide we treat 250,000 young patients a year and safely perform over 13,000 surgical procedures. Our catchment area has a population of over 7m, stretching from Cumbria, through Lancashire, Merseyside, most of Cheshire, parts of Shropshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Children from virtually every part of the UK, and also from around the world, visit Alder Hey for specialist treatment. As a result, we are recognised as Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and have been designated as a national centre for craniofacial surgery and epilepsy surgery by the Department of Health.

Main duties of the job

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient care needs.

• Plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs.

• Provide supervision of junior staff and support to other team members. • Collect and evaluate report information and maintain accurate patient records, to enable effective care delivery.

• Involve the multidisciplinary team and where possible patients, carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care.

• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and the multidisciplinary care team.

• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.

• Seek/act on advice from a senior team member or relevant other, as appropriate

• Develop own skills and knowledge and assist in the development of others.

• Act as a mentor/coach and assessor to pre and post registration learners.

• Lead responsibly for a specific function or area of knowledge/skills within the team. E.g. link person, infection control, tissue viability or other. • Ensure compliance of self with regard to mandatory training and professional practice requirements.

• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others.

• Assist in the monitoring of standards of care and contribute to improvements through assisting in benchmarking, audit and research trials, as and when required.

• Support peoples’ equality and diversity.

• Communicate effectively and share best practice with the multidisciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits.