About this role
Job summary
The post is a nursing role within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) Chailey Clinical Services (CCS), working in close partnership with Chailey Heritage Foundation (CHF), providing nursing support to children & young people and their families. You will deliver skilled nursing care according to the NMC code of conduct and be actively involved in practice development. You will ensure that all the young people receive health care, promoting a valued lifestyle, supporting independence, where possible. You 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 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.
Main duties of the job
a) To deliver evidence based, skilled 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.c) To carry out effective medication management, including stock checking, ordering, receiving medication into school and returning medication home, preparation and administration.d) To deliver direct personal and intimate care to children & young people.e) To provide education, training and support to non-registered and registered professionals, including student nurses and medical students. f) To be able to work rota's shift patterns, manage time effectively, adjusting and re-prioritising, as required, using considerable mental effort on a daily basis.g) To be able to respond to stressful situations and demonstrate negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations.h) 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.i) To respect each child & young persons 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
a) Work within a rota covering 24/7, 52-week nursing care to the children & young people accessing Chailey Clinical Services.
b) Work across services at CCS gaining additional nursing knowledge and experience.
c) Be responsible for attending all mandatory and statutory training and ensuring you remain in date with all that is required.
d) Be responsible for ensuring you attend regular supervision and a yearly appraisal.
e) Maintain registration with your professional body, currently the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
f) Be responsible for ensuring safe use of clinical and non-clinical equipment utilised whilst performing your role.
g) Support the supervision and education of more junior staff and students.
h) Deliver and help maintain an excellent standard of nursing care and practice.
i) Assess and interpret altered health care needs of the children & young people.
j) Work together with the MDT to ensure the consistent delivery of safe high quality nursing care.
k) Help write and implement clinical policies and standards; adhere to national standards and clinical policies, in line with SCT requirements.
l) Ensure health records are maintained and compliant with Trust policy and keep accurate, legible, contemporaneous records and written reports, as required.
m) Participate in report writing for both internal and external reports, as required.
n) Report any child and adult safeguarding concerns through the appropriate routes, in accordance with SCFT guidance.
o) Attend health reviews, organising a deputy to go if you are unable to attend.
p) In consultation with the MDT, evaluate the effectiveness of care and adjust, where appropriate
q) Develop, implement, and evaluate guidelines/teaching tools for children/ young people/families/healthcare professionals and non-registered professionals.
r) Participate in nursing research and audit projects, as required.
s) Liaise with statutory agencies regarding the nursing/health needs of the children & young people.
t) Use the correct system for reporting any incidents that occur.
u) Work on other services managed by CCS, as required, ensuring safe levels of nursing care.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse-Current NMC registration Continued professional development, including evidence or reflective practice in service training, any course attended, and clinical experience gained.
Desirable
Child Physical assessment module Level 3 A recognised teaching and assessing qualification, 998 or Learning Through Mentorship.
Experience Essential
Experience working with young people with complex health needs and physical disability. Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate to the role. Evidence of post registration professional development within the last three years.
Desirable
Experience of planning, managing and co-ordinating programmes of care in collaboration with other allied health, social, education and volunteer agencies. Experience of teaching/health promotion Experience of clinical audit Experience of clinical supervision.
Skills Essential
Ability to care for children with complex health needs and disabilities. Understanding of complex health needs and physical disability and the impact this has on the well-being of the young person and their ability to take on new learning. Ability to act as a role model in promoting excellent standards of nursing care. To work within the NMC requirements. Able to liaise with professionals on all levels
Desirable
Communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and engage with staff, children and families who may be experiencing difficult circumstances Competent IT skills. Good presentation skills. Time management and organisational skills. Knowledge of children's safeguarding procedures.
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)