About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and progressive community children's nursing team. The post sits in a well-established CCN team that delivers acute, continuing and complex health care within an integrated child health team. This challenging and rewarding role offers the opportunity to meet the needs of children, young people and their families within a multidisciplinary inter agency team framework.
We will offer you clinical supervision, regular appraisal and support in achieving your personal development plan as well as peer support from colleagues in similar roles. Child health will ensure excellent development opportunities and a range of expertise for advice and support in your role. Secondment to courses, national, regional study days and networking events will be actively supported.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic forward thinking paediatric nurse with community and paediatric experience, you will be a highly motivated independent practitioner with sound evidence-based skills. The post holder will be expected to maintain a caseload of children and provide specialist advice, education and support to health care professionals and patients. You will be responsible for contributing to the on-going service development of paediatric epilepsy services across the footprint of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital.
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We reserve the right to close the job early if we receive a high number of applications.
We welcome informal visits to meet the team.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications Essential
Professional UK registration, e.g. RSCN, CH Dip
Experience and Knowledge Essential
Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile
Desirable
Ability to manage conflicting and constantly changing priorities
Skills and Abilities Essential
Specialised clinical skills appropriate to the relevant speciality To demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust values
Experience and Knowledge Essential
Positive, optimistic attitude, enthusiastic and self motivated.
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 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Hampshire County Hospital
Romsey Road
Winchester
SO22 5DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)