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Children's Community Nursing
3 weeks ago
Job summary
The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there's never been a better time to join us.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable qualified Children's Community Nurse to join our caring and progressive team in Maidstone.
We're a close team but we're never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You'll provide support to families with children aged 0 to 19. You'll be juggling a varied caseload and you'll need to be confident and flexible to provide the best support for new and growing families.
As a Band 6 Children's Community Nursing you will work as part of a team to keep children safe and well in Maidstone.
You will use your clinical judgment to support evidence-based care planning and make sure that children and families who use our services have a good experience.
About us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to training opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.
All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Registered Nurse (Child Branch) or RSCN.
Desirable
Evidence of any Leadership or Management education/training. Evidence of relevant post-registration training/qualification
Experience
Essential
At least 2 - 3 years post-registration clinical experience working with children and their families. Wide range of professional knowledge and experience of paediatric nursing including palliative care, oncology, respiratory, cardiac, gastroenterology, special needs, complex care and experience of working with children/young people with additional needs, including those with life threatening/life limiting conditions and long term conditions in a variety of settings and an awareness of the child/young person's physical, emotional, psychological and social needs and how best to meet them.
Desirable
Experience of palliative care within the community setting 12-18 months working as a Band 5 Community Children's Nurse First line management experience Awareness of clinical supervision
Knoweldge
Essential
Sound nursing knowledge and experience of all basic clinical nursing skills, including wound care care, Tracheostomies, enteral feeding devices & Central venous catheters.
Desirable
Understanding of the different roles of nurses within community settings.
Skills & Ability
Essential
Excellent organisational skills. Sound clinical skills Excellent communication skills Ability to prioritise workload. Sound IT skills. Good record keeping (in line with professional guidance). Ability to manage change Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team Ability to deal with conflict and challenging situations
Desirable
Lateral thinking, problem solver with ability to plan ahead
Personal attributes
Essential
Approachable, confident, empathetic, trustworthy, passionate about delivery of high quality nursing care. Sense of humour. Team player-
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