About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Community Children's Nurse to work in the special school nursing team as a clinical lead.
The role will be integrated within the existing Specialist Community Children's Nursing Team, who are part of an integrated network of services for children and young people in Bexley and Greenwich providing high quality specialist child centred care. The team of specialist and generic children's community nurses provides skilled, high quality, comprehensive nursing care to children and families with nursing needs in their own homes or community settings.
Main duties of the job
To lead, and oversee the daily operations of the special school nursing team. To create, and implement an annual training plan for both special school, and mainstream school staff for clinical interventions. To role model good clinical practice, while managing junior staff and supporting a complex caseload of children and young people.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for contributing towards ongoing developments of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the service, including policies, protocols, guidelines and collaborate with the wider multidisciplinary team implementing acute pathways between the hospitals, GP and diagnostic hubs into the community.The post holder will provide a high standard of evidenced based nursing care for children and young people with the following conditions: children with disabilities and complex conditions including those requiring palliative and end of life care.
To provide clear visible leadershipsupervision, caseload management and professional clinical expertise to the nurses, nursery nurses and healthcare assistants in the team, to ensure every aspect of the child and families experience is delivered in a safe, efficient and evidence-based manner.
Person Specification
Education Essential
Registered children's nurse with evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
Evidence of studies undertaken at masters level (level 7)
Experience Essential
Experience as a children's community nurse Experience in managing complex caseloads Experience in leading complex safeguarding cases
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge & skills in the clinical interventions needed to support children with complex needs
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address Bostall House, Goldie Leigh
Abbey Wood
SE2 0AS
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)