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Childrens Community Nursing

1 month ago


Faversham, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The successful applicant will join our team of Childrens Nurses and Health Care Assistants who provide hands on care and support to children with short term illnesses, long term disabilities, chronic health conditions and end of life care. We deliver in a variety of settings such as homes, educational settings and clinic settings. We are based in Capital House,Faversham and the team work across 4 localities (Canterbury, Ashford, Thanet and Folkestone/Dover). The Successful applicant will be required to work across all of these to support the team.

You will be supported in the role with a robust training package and clinical supervision sessions to support professional development

Main duties of the job

The East Kent Community Children's Nursing Team is based in Capital House, Faversham and also includes a small Children's Asthma Team, Oncology Service and Epilepsy Nurse Specialists. As a Community Children's Nurse you would be providing care under the directionof the Team Leader and Community Nurse Specialists to children in a variety of settings including their homes, educational establishments and clinics throughout East Kent. The Community Children's Nurses provide a core service 7 days a week including bank holidays plus early and late shifts assigned via a monthly roster. They also provide an on-callout of working hours to provide 24 hour visiting service for End of Life care to children\young people in their care

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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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 in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

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.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse (Child Branch) or RSCN. Evidence of relevant post-registration training\\qualifications

Desirable

Evidence of any Leadership and\\or Management training.

Experience

Essential

At least 2 - 3 years post-registration clinical experience working with children and their families. (Alternatively 12-18months post-registration clinical experience and approx. 12 months working as a Band 5 Associate Community Children's Nurse) 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

knowledge

Essential

Sound nursing knowledge and experience of all basic clinical nursing skills, including care of Tracheostomies, enteral feeding devices & Central venous catheters.

Desirable

Understanding of the different roles of nurses within community settings.

skills and abilities

Essential

Sound basic clinical skills Good communication skills incorporating communication with children\\young people and their carers. Ability to prioritise workload. Sound IT skills. Good record keeping (in line with professional guidance). Ability to work autonomously.

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