About this role
Job summary Band 6 Children's Community Nurse
Full-Time | Permanent Position
Make a difference where it matters most -- helping children and young people thrive at home and in their communities.
Are you a passionate, motivated and caring children's nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference? We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Children's Community Nurse to join our small, friendly and supportive Children's Community Nursing (CCN) team.
This is a fantastic opportunity to deliver high-quality, compassionate care to children and young people, while supporting their families to feel confident and empowered in managing their child's health needs outside the hospital environment.
<3 What will the role involve? Delivering outstanding care
Empowering families
Making a lasting difference
Developing and inspiring
Supporting the next generation of students
Main duties of the job
Take responsibility and accountability for the nursing management and autonomous delivery of care to a caseload of children with chronic, complex, acute and palliative care needs within the community setting. Act as the key health professional for children and young people and act as their advocate and co-ordinators of their care in the community. Provide professional, high-quality patient care to children & families in the community. To provide training locally to enable children and young people to manage their own medical conditions or support others in doing so to minimise restrictions on the child or young person's activities. Assist the Team Leader in effective care planning, implementation and evaluation of care that meets professional and clinicalstandards/ guidelines. Facilitate early discharge and effective aftercare within the community setting, preventing admission and readmission to hospital. To aspire to accommodate families wishes of where they would like to reside when a child or young person reaches end of life.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Current paediatric experience
Desirable
Community experience. Safeguarding experience. Participation in audit activity. Experiencing monitoring and contributes to protecting children and young people at risk. Acute experience.
Qualifications Essential
Registered Sick Children's Nurse (NMC Sub -Part 1 (Children) /RN Child. Mentorship/teaching course.
Desirable
Working towards community nursing degree.
Skills & Knowledge Essential
Demonstrates good communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written. Ability to work with and liaise across sites, within the MDT and other NHS trusts and professionals. Aware of key principles of paediatric care and implications for practice. Use of clinical judgement and individual decision-making regarding nursing care requirements; assesses, plans, delivers, evaluates and records care.
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 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Street
Slough
SL2 4HL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)