About this role
Job summary
The post is a nursing role within Sussex Community Foundation Trust (SCFT) Chailey Clinical Services (CCS), providing nursing support to children, young people and their families. The post holder will deliver skilled nursing care according to the NMC code of conduct across the 24/7 period, 52 weeks of the year within the school and residential bungalow environments.
The post holder will have a key role in delivering specialist nursing care to the children & young people accessing Chailey Heritage Foundation School or Bluebells Short Breaks Service, both on a daily and residential basis and provide up-to-date knowledge and skills for the nursing management of these children & young people with complex heath needs and physical disability.
The post holder will ensure that all the children & young people receive health care promoting a valued lifestyle, supporting independence, where possible. The post holder will help to ensure that policy and practice is developed and delivered in line with Trust and national best practice standards. The post holder will work alongside the team leader and clinical leads supporting them in their role. The post holder will have a key role in delivering specialist nursing care to the children & young people and provide up-to-date knowledge and skills for the nursing management of these young people with complex heath needs and physical disability.
Main duties of the job
a) To deliver evidence-based skilled specialist nursing care according to the individual child or young person's health needs.
b) To ensure all children & young people receive nursing care promoting a valued lifestyle and independence, ensuring their cultural and religious needs are met.
c) To contribute to safe medicines management, providing nursing advice and troubleshooting for staff, including those within our partner organisation, Chailey Heritage Foundation.
d) To provide education, training and support to non-registered and registered professionals, including student nurses and medical students.
e) To be able to work rotas shift patterns and to be able to respond to stressful situations, manage time effectively, make adjustments and re-prioritise as required, using considerable mental effort on a daily basis.
f) To deliver direct personal and intimate care to children & young people.
g) To be proficient working in a variety of conditions including in school classrooms, outdoor areas and swimming pool.
h) To be able to demonstrate negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations.
i) To support nursing staff in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for children & young people with complex health needs and their families, based on research and evidence of good practice.
j) To respect each child or young person and their family's right to confidentiality.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team at CCS and other health professionals within the Trust and externally across the health economy, as well as with the Chailey Heritage Foundation School team (our partner organisation) and statutory and third sector agencies. The post holder will be able to assume responsibility for planned teaching and assessment of competence for nurses and non-registered professionals. The post holder will help to support the assessment and supervision of students and, as such, will complete the necessary mentorship modules. The post holder will protect, safeguard and promote the well-being of children in accordance with The Children Act (1989 & 2004) and Working Together to Safeguard Children (HM Gov. 2018).
a) To work within a rota covering 24 hours, 52 week nursing care to the children & young people accessing Chailey Heritage Foundation School and its associated residential bungalows or the Bluebells Short Breaks Service. You may also be required to work in other 24 hour childrens services to support patient safety.
b) To be the designated specialist link for staff for an identified area of specialist practice such as epilepsy, enteral feeding, bladder and bowel care, respiratory or tissue viability.
c) You will work with the Matron, Clinical Specialist Lead Nurse, Team Leader and Clinical Leads to ensure staff are delivering specialist nursing care to the children & young people. The postholder will ensure staff are provided with up-to-date knowledge and skills around their specialist area of practice and nursing management of these children & young people.
d) To be responsible for attending all statutory and mandatory training and ensuring you remain in date with all that is required.
e) To be responsible for ensuring you attend regular clinical supervision and undertake your annual Personal Development Plan.
f) To maintain your registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
g) To be responsible for ensuring safe use of clinical and non-clinical equipment utilised whilst performing your role.
h) To support the clinical supervision and education of team members, including student nurses and medical students in all areas of specialist clinical knowledge and skills.
i) Participate in peer supervision and education sessions. To take the lead, develop and contribute to a specialist area of expertise within peer review and reflective practice as part of the nursing teams at CCS
j) Deliver and actively support whole service delivery of excellent standards of nursing care and management practice.
k) Assess and interpret altered health care needs of the children & young people. To be responsive in updating care plans accordingly.
l) Work together with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to ensure the consistent delivery of safe high quality nursing care and management.
m) Help implement and write clinical policies and standards; adhere to national standards, clinical policies and standard operating procedures, in line with SCFT requirements.
n) Ensure health records are maintained and compliant with Trust policy and keep accurate, legible, contemporaneous records and written reports as required.
o) Participate in report writing for both internal and external requirements aligned to the needs of the children & young people and the service.
p) Respond and escalate and/or report any concerns re: child protection and adult safeguarding through the appropriate routes, in line with the Trust safeguarding policy and pan Sussex Procedures.
q) Attend health reviews, organising a representative who knows the child or young person concerned to attend if you are unable to attend. Evaluate the effectiveness of care and in consultation with the MDT, to adjust where appropriate.
r) Develop, implement and evaluate guidelines/teaching tools for children, young people, families, healthcare professionals and non-registered professionals.
s) Participate in nursing research and audit projects, as required.
t) Liaise with statutory agencies regarding the nursing/health needs of the children and young people.
u) To respond to incidents and report appropriately, in line with Trust policy.
v) To work on other services managed by CCS as required, ensuring safe levels of nursing care.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NMC registered child nurse RN Learning Disability with relevant portfolio of evidence working with children and young people with complex health needs and physical disabilities/specialist clinical knowledge in enteral feeding & seizure management for Specialist Enteral Feeding/Nutrition or Epilepsy posts only RN Adult, RN Mental Health RN Learning Disability - with relevant portfolio of evidence for Futures Service
Desirable
Child physical assessment module level 3 Portfolio of evidence demonstrating continued professional development, including evidence of reflective practice/education and training relevant to post/ clinical competency in specialist area. A recognised teaching and assessing qualification, 998 or Learning Through Mentorship Qualification / module or significant relevant experience within a specialist area (Epilepsy, Bladder & Bowel, Enteral Feeding, Tissue viability) and/or leadership qualification
Experience Essential
Experience of working with children & young people with complex fluctuating health needs and physical disability Significant experience in shift leadership and management Evidence of post registration professional development Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate to the role. Experience of planning, managing and co-ordinating programmes of care in collaboration with other allied health professionals, social, education and volunteer agencies.
Desirable
Significant experience within an area of specialist nursing Experience of teaching/health promotion
Skills Essential
Ability to identify an individual's needs and preferences Act as a role model in promoting excellent standards of nursing care. Ability to care for children & young people with complex and fluctuating health needs and disabilities Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - the ability to communicate and engage with staff, children, young people and families who may be experiencing difficult circumstances Knowledge of children and young adult safeguarding
Desirable
Time management and organisational skills Good presentation skills Competent IT skills
other Essential
Ability to travel to meet the needs of the service.
Desirable
Ability to work shifts including weekends and night duty
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address Chailey Clinical Services
Chailey
BN8 4JN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)