About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced paediatric nurse to join our Children's Outreach Assessment and Support Team (COAST) across Portsmouth and South East Hampshire.
COAST provides responsive, nurse-led care for babies, children and young people with acute and short-term healthcare needs. Working closely with our Acute CCN colleagues, hospital paediatric teams, GPs and wider MDT, we assess and support children in the community, helping to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitating early discharge wherever possible.
You will undertake telephone, virtual and face-to-face assessments of acutely unwell children, using your clinical expertise and decision-making skills to deliver safe, effective care. You will work autonomously whilst being supported by an experienced and highly skilled team with access to specialist paediatric advice.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop acute assessment skills, expand your community experience and be part of an innovative service delivering care closer to home.
What we offer:
Advanced assessment and clinical decision-making opportunities
Training and professional development
Regular clinical, safeguarding and management supervision
Leadership and service development opportunities
A supportive team environment
Service hours: 8am-8pm, 7 days a week,364 days a year
If you are passionate about improving outcomes and want to be part of a dynamic and evolving service, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
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Deliver specialist nursing care, support and care coordination for babies, children and young people with acute and short-term healthcare needs.
Support admission avoidance and facilitate safe, timely discharge through delivery of urgent care pathways in the community.
Undertake telephone, virtual and face-to-face assessments, including autonomous assessment of acutely unwell children within their home environment.
Manage a caseload of children and young people, planning and delivering evidence-based care and interventions.
Recognise the deteriorating child, initiate appropriate interventions and ensure safe escalation of care, working closely with acute paediatric services, primary care, ambulance services and other partners.
Work collaboratively with families and multidisciplinary teams to enable children and young people to receive care at home wherever appropriate.
Provide clinical support, supervision and developmental opportunities for junior staff alongside the Clinical Team Leader.
Maintain high standards of clinical practice through continued professional development and evidence-based care.
Actively participate in clinical supervision, safeguarding supervision, reflective practice and quality improvement initiatives
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About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Children's Nurse (RN Child) with current NMC registration, History Taking and Physical Assessment qualification or equivalent experience with willingness to obtain, Teaching/Mentor qualification, Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
Previous Community Childrens Nursing Experience
Experience Essential
Experience of nursing children with acute/short term health needs Experience of effective working collaboratively with professionals from other disciplines Experience of managing a caseload and leading a team
Desirable
Previous Community Childrens Nursing Experience
Additional Criteria Essential
Must hold a driving licence and have access to a car for work use
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 and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Battenburg Avenue Clinic
Battenburg Avenue
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO2 0TA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)