About this role
Job summary
Band 6 Children's Community Nurse - CCN & SNSN
We are seeking a experienced and enthusiastic Children's Nurses to join our Community Children's Nursing Services. This Band 6 role combines working within theSpecial School Nursing Service (SNSN) during term time and the Children's Community Nursing (CCN) Team during school holidays, supporting CYP with complex health needs across educational and community settings.
During term time, you will provide specialist nursing care within special schools, supporting CYP with complex medical conditions, disabilities, and long-term health needs. Responsibilities include care planning, health assessments, medication management, enteral feeding, epilepsy management, staff training, and contributing to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).
During school holidays, you will work within the CCN Team, delivering nursing care in homes and the community. You will support CYP with complex and technology-dependent needs, including tracheostomy care, continuing care, palliative care, and hospital discharge support.
As a Band 6 nurse, you will provide clinical leadership, supervise and support colleagues, contribute to service development, and work collaboratively with families, schools, therapists, social care, and medical teams to deliver high-quality, child-centred care.
This role is ideal for a dedicated nurse with experience in caring for children with complex health needs, community nursing or special school nursing.
Main duties of the job
You will work autonomously managing a caseload of children and young people assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating their nursing care. Your activities will be varied, including, but not limited to delivering clinical interventions, training parents, carers and staff from other agencies, and working with multi professional and multi-agency colleagues to support our children to achieve their best outcomes.
Our wider service is extensive and varied and can offer opportunities to work with children who are technology dependant, children's palliative care, respite care for medically complex children, children's continuing care and medically complex children in our special school nursing. No two days are the same, but each day counts.
You will work in collaboration with your colleagues to deliver end of life care to children at home, when this is their chosen place of death. To do this you will be part of our 24 hour on call rota and will be supported by a compassionate and caring team who care for each other as we care for our patients.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
About us
We are a service that is inclusive and welcoming. We are committed to working together, valuing and respecting every team members' contribution to providing the highest standard of care to the children, young people and families we support. You can expect respectful and compassionate managerial and clinical supervision. We are committed to offering a range of opportunities for further professional development.
Our service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion. We have been recognised locally and nationally for the services we provide by receiving awards in the categories of collaboration, compassion, integrity and excellence.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it.
We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description Job responsibilities
Car driver and access to a vehicle for work essential
will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Contact with the service prior to application is recommended especially if a flexible working arrangement is required.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS Essential
Registered Children's Nurse who holds effective registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Registered Learning Disability Nurse Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent experience Registered Learning Disability Nurse or Registered Adult Nurse who can demonstrate extensive experience working with children with disabilities and complex physical health needs
EXPERIENCE Essential
Extensive experience of working with children with complex health needs Extensive clinical skills Independent practitioner Experience in a variety of paediatric clinical settings
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES Essential
Ability to work across disciplines and agencies Good communication skills Problem solving skills
Other Essential
Car owner/driver, or suitable alternative transport to enable you to undertake the job - and be prepared to be insured for business use. (It is unlikely that public transport will meet this requirement). If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
Knowledge and skills Essential
Ability to demonstrate knowledge of supporting babies, children and young people with a range of complex health needs and/or life limiting conditions Ability to demonstrate a range of clinical skills eg. skills in the replacement of nasogastric or gastrostomy tubes, suction, catheterisation, tissue viability Must have good working knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection Must be able to demonstrate sound personal management skills - time management, prioritising, planning
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address Wayside House
Coventry
CV6 6NY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)