Senior Community Children's Nurse

3 weeks ago


Sidcup, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The Community Children's nursing team is part of an integrated network of services for children in Bexley and Greenwich providing high quality specialist child centred care. The team of specialist and children's community nurses provides highly skilled, nursing care to children and families with nursing needs in their own homes or community settings.

To provide a high standard of evidenced based nursing care for children and young people with the following conditions: acute and long term conditions, children with disabilities and complex conditions including those requiring palliative and end of life care. To provide clear visible leadership and professional clinical expertise to the Band 5 Children's Community Nurses in the whole team to ensure every aspect of the child and families experience is delivered in a safe, efficient and evidence based manner.

This is a post suitable for a Children's Community Nurse who should have an interest in or a willingness to develop and extend specialised skills and knowledge.

Evening and weekend shifts will be required on a pro rata basis

Fixed term post for 12 months maternity cover

Main duties of the job

You will hold a caseload of children who have varied health conditions, ranging from CYP who have complex medical needs, long term health conditions and short term health conditions requiring a short term referral under the remit of our H@H service.

You will support more junior staff members to develop skills and confidence in the role of the CCN.

You will work closely with the band 7 specialist nurses who will support your learning and development within the scope of your role as a band 6 nurse.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

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Job responsibilities

You will work within an integrated Children's Nursing team covering both CCN & H@H, the role as a community children's nurse is highly varied . We are one large team covering both borough's of Greenwich & Bexley. The caseload is varied with referrals of CYP who have complex medical needs, long term health conditions and short term health conditions requiring rapid service input to enable CYP to be discharged from hospital early.

Person Specification

Children's Nursing Qualification

Essential

Evidence of NMC Child Nurse qualification at diploma or degree level Evidence of core competence within previous and present roles

Desirable

Evidence of working within a community setting

Education

Essential

Evidence of practice assessor course

Desirable

Evidence of professional development

Other

Essential

Car driver, clean licence Evidence of working with complex CYP

Desirable

Evidence of communication skills

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