About this role
Job summary
As a Community Children's Nurse (CCN), you will provide a high level of specialist care to sick children and young people with complex health needs in the community setting. As well as providing direct care will provide support to parents and families, which may include teaching of specific care required to maintain the child at home whenever it is safe to do so.
It is also expected that the CCN will provide support to patients in their home known to the children's acute community team, and specialist nurse services, including completing wound reviews, and home intravenous antibiotics.
You will also be expected to work in partnership and liaise with the multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Skills:Complete the Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) Specialist Community Nursing if this has not already been completed.
To teach and assess families/carers to carry out specific nursing care for a variety of conditions.
To be responsible for assessing, implementing, and evaluating individual children's care plans.
Work in collaboration with parents/carers to provide care to children and young people in accordance with the child's plan of care.
To liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team when changes occur.
To support the provision of evidence-based care for children within the community setting with the support and guidance of the senior nurses and the clinical nurse specialist team.
Empower the children/young people, families and carers to provide the complex care required.
To make informed clinical decisions, using specialist knowledge and skills.Maintain safe working practices when using equipment and when training others in the delivery of the child's care.
Co-ordinate and act as a keyworker for complex packages of care.
Utilise skills to effectively manage emotions in response to significant events e.g. diagnosis of a condition or end of life care.
Management:Act as a deputy to team lead.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.
We love working here and think you will too.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications/training and professional development Essential
Registered Nurse Child, or RSCN, or Registered under sub part 1 or sub part 2 of the NMC register Completed the Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) Specialist Community Nursing
Desirable
Teaching and Mentorship Course Educated to Degree level
Experience Essential
Experience working as a Band 5 in a Paediatric environment
Desirable
Previous Paediatric Community Nursing experience Experience of working with children with complex healthcare needs
Skills, abilities and knowledge Essential
Good theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge of nursing within the clinical area of paediatrics; committed to family centred care Ability to access, plan, implement and evaluate care Have a good understanding the principles of clinical governance and clinical supervision Hold a current full UK Driving Licence, with confidence to drive across a variety of rural and urban areas Able to recognise situations detrimental to health and act as required
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 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
Address Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn
Gayton Road
Kings Lynn
PE30 4ET
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)