About this role
Job summary Package Description: Children's Community Staff Nurse You will join a friendly and experienced team who work closely together, support each other and share learning. You will have access to excellent training, a flexible-first working approach and a culture where your ideas are welcomed and respected. You will also have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits including: Band 5 NHS Agenda for Change salary with an NHS pension Membership of My Reward Hub with discounts on everyday purchases, plus cashback and voucher offers Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies Online and in-person wellbeing support including mental health services, activity challenges, financial wellbeing tools, coaching and counselling Access to e-learning, bespoke career pathways and development through our Outstanding Learning Enterprise team An open, just culture where youre encouraged to contribute ideas, backed by ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation where the majority of our rated services hold Good or Outstanding CQC ratings Are you a caring and motivated Childrens Community Staff Nurse who wants to make a real difference to children and families across Surrey? Join our Community Childrens Nursing team and help deliver highquality, compassionate care in homes, schools and community settings. You will be based at Wonersh House in Guildford, with travel across the whole of Surrey. You will work independently and as part of a supportive team, managing your own caseload and building trusted relationships with children, young people and families. Every day will be different, and you will play a key role in improving health outcomes and helping children to live well at home. This is a great opportunity to develop your community nursing skills, work with a wide range of clinical needs and be part of a service that puts children and families at the heart of everything we do. Main Responsibilities You will deliver safe, highquality care in line with NMC standards, maintaining dignity, consent and accurate documentation at all times. Provide specialist nursing care to children aged 0 -18, working in homes, nurseries, schools and community settings across Surrey.
Main duties of the job Are you a caring and motivated Childrens Community Staff Nurse who wants to make a real difference to children and families across Surrey? Join our Community Childrens Nursing team and help deliver highquality, compassionate care in homes, schools and community settings. You will work independently and as part of a supportive team, managing your own caseload and building trusted relationships with children, young people and families. You will deliver safe, highquality care in line with NMC standards, maintaining dignity, consent and accurate documentation at all times. You will contribute to the smooth running of the community nursing team, including supporting staff planning and rota cover for weekends and the 24hour endoflife care rota. Communicate clearly and sensitively with children, families and professionals and represent the team at meetings such as safeguarding and discharge planning. Use and manage clinical equipment safely, monitor stock and support audit activity.
About us We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide inclusive facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description: Children's Community Staff Nurse
You will join a friendly and experienced team who work closely together, support each other and share learning.You will have access to excellent training, a flexible-first working approach and a culture where your ideas are welcomed and respected. You will also have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits including:
Band 5 NHS Agenda for Change salary with an NHS pension Membership of My Reward Hub with discounts on everyday purchases, plus cashback and voucher offers Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies Online and in-person wellbeing support including mental health services, activity challenges, financial wellbeing tools, coaching and counselling Access to e-learning, bespoke career pathways and development through our Outstanding Learning Enterprise team An open, just culture where youre encouraged to contribute ideas, backed by ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation where the majority of our rated services hold Good or Outstanding CQC ratings
Are you a caring and motivated Childrens Community Staff Nurse who wants to make a real difference to children and families across Surrey?Join our Community Childrens Nursing team and help deliver highquality, compassionate care in homes, schools and community settings.
You will be based at Wonersh House in Guildford, with travel across the whole of Surrey.
You will work independently and as part of a supportive team, managing your own caseload and building trusted relationships with children, young people and families.Every day will be different, and you will play a key role in improving health outcomes and helping children to live well at home.
This is a great opportunity to develop your community nursing skills, work with a wide range of clinical needs and be part of a service that puts children and families at the heart of everything we do.
Main Responsibilities You will deliver safe, highquality care in line with NMC standards, maintaining dignity, consent and accurate documentation at all times. Provide specialist nursing care to children aged 0 -18, working in homes, nurseries, schools and community settings across Surrey. Clinical work may include central line management, tracheostomy care, PEG feeding, catheterisation, infusions and symptom management, including endoflife care. Carry out holistic assessments, develop individualised care plans with families and the wider multidisciplinary team and support safe discharge and continuity of care. You will contribute to the smooth running of the community nursing team, including supporting staff planning and rota cover for weekends and the 24hour endoflife care rota. Communicate clearly and sensitively with children, families and professionals and represent the team at meetings such as safeguarding and discharge planning. Use and manage clinical equipment safely, monitor stock and support audit activity, incident reporting and service improvement. Work independently, manage your own workload and contribute to quality improvement using evidence-based practice.
Ideal CandidateEssential
Registered Childrens Nurse with evidence of recent professional development Good understanding of community health services Confident communicator with strong interpersonal, written and verbal skills Broad clinical knowledge with the ability to prioritise and manage your workload Reliable, flexible and calm under pressure Confident and assertive in clinical decision-making Able to travel independently across Surrey Computer literateDesirable
Practice Assessor or Practice Supervisor (or equivalent mentorship qualification) Experience caring for unwell children in the community or hospital Experience of clinical audit or supervisionOther Requirements
Access to a car insured for business use to travel across Surrey
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Childrens Nurse with evidence of recent professional development, good understanding of community health services, confident communicator with strong interpersonal, written and verbal skills, broad clinical knowledge with the ability to prioritise and manage your workload, reliable, flexible and calm under pressure, confident and assertive in clinical decision-making, able to travel independently across Surrey, computer literate. Desirable qualifications include practice assessor or practice supervisor qualification and experience caring for unwell children in the community or hospital.
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 HCRG Care Group
Address HCRG Care Group
Surrey
GU1 1LJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)