Physician AssociateBand 7

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Band 5 children’s nurse, passionate about providing the best care to children and young people and their families within the community setting, to join our friendly service at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, based at Epsom Hospital.

You will work as part of a service providing specialist nursing care to a group of patients with support and supervision from Senior Children's Community Nurses.

Main duties of the job

Under the supervison of Senior Nurses within the Children's Community Nursing Service:

Be responsible for on-going assessment of acute and complex care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of specialised nursing care for sick infants, children, young people and their families/carers in the community.

Provide specialist knowledge to meet the diverse range of needs of patients and their families/carers in a variety of community and hospital settings, acting as a resource of paediatric expertise and provision of specialist advice to other professionals, promoting evidence based practice.

Using clinical knowledge and skills provide care for children and young people with a diverse range of needs including IV therapy, care of central venous access devices, enteral feeding, tracheostomy care, long term ventilation and oxygen therapy.

Support parents and families to care for their child at home, teaching and enabling them to gain the skills required.

Work with all CCNS members as well as the multi-disciplinary team.

Manage own time and a supervised caseload.

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier Children's Services is rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We recognise that our team members are our greatest asset - it's their hard work and effort that really makes a difference. That's why we encourage our staff to fulfil their full potential. We'll do everything we can to support you, along with offering excellent learning and development opportunities. Epsom is also the only Surrey hospital to offer outer London high cost area supplement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the children's community staff nurse role.

Essential:

Children's registered nurse 

Previous experience at band 5

Car driver

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

RSCN/RN Child Teaching / mentoring qualification Relevant first degree IV therapy certificate

Experience

Essential criteria

Recent clinical experience in an appropriate Hospital /Children’s Community Nursing setting with a wide range of skills and conditions at band 5 or above Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate to the role Good understanding of safeguarding issues

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills, written and verbal Experience of supporting and educating parents and families Ability to demonstrate use of initiative both interpersonally and clinically with minimal supervision Ability to support staff and families in stressful situations and to deal with people who are emotional and agitated

personal attributes

Essential criteria

Able to be flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities Awareness of equality and diversity

Other

Essential criteria

Access to a car for working days / Full UK driving licence

Our mission: ‘to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’

There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.

Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.

We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.

FURTHER INFORMATION

**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE STATED CLOSING DATE IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**

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For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands, will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.

If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.

ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching.

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