About this role
Job summary Package Description As a Community Children's Nurse, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the
Main duties of the job The Children's Community Nurse role requires delivering highquality nursing care to children and young people across the community. Responsibilities include providing care to children with acute, chronic, and complex health needs, ensuring safe caregiving in homes and community settings. The role emphasizes collaboration with hospital colleagues, GP practices, and community professionals to coordinate care centered around the child and family. This full-time position involves developing specialist community nursing skills and making a meaningful difference daily. The main responsibilities include delivering specialist communitybased nursing care, supporting early discharge, coordinating care, and providing teaching, training, and support to colleagues. Candidates must have significant postregistration experience in children's nursing, a strong clinical assessment and care planning ability, and excellent communication skills. The candidate should have a Registered Children's Nurse (RSCN / RN Child) qualification with current NMC registration and experience caring for children with complex health needs.
About us The position is offered by HCRG Care Group, a leading independent provider of community health and care services in the UK established in 2006. The organization works closely with health and care commissioners to transform services focusing on efficiency and improved outcomes. HCRG Care Group delivers and transforms community health services for both adults and children, primary care services, and adult social care and wellbeing services across England. Guided by the values of care, thought, and action, they impact numerous communities directly, supporting hundreds of thousands annually. HCRG Care Group is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds, being a Disability Confident Committed company. They emphasize safeguarding vulnerable groups and have comprehensive policies to protect children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description:
Package Description
As a Community Children'sNurse, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality CommissionJob Introduction
As a Band 6 Community Childrens Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering highquality nursing care to children and young people aged 018 across the community.You will support children with acute and short term conditions; long term and chronic conditions; complex health needs; palliative and end of life care, enabling them to receive safe, effective care in their own homes and community settings. Based in Harlow, you will work across West Essex as part of a skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team.This includes close collaboration with hospital colleagues, GP practices and other community professionals, ensuring care is well coordinated and centred around the needs of the child and their family.This is a full time position, offering the opportunity to develop your specialist community nursing skills while making a meaningful difference to children, young people and families every day.
Main Responsibilities
Deliver specialist communitybased nursing care to children and young people Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised care plans with families Support early discharge and help reduce avoidable hospital admissions and A&E attendances Coordinate care with hospital teams, GP practices, tertiary centres and hospices Act as a specialist resource, offering advice and support to families and professionals Maintain strong links between community and hospitalbased services Provide teaching, training and clinical support to colleagues Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives Identify and manage clinical risk in line with safeguarding and governance requirements Maintain accurate clinical records and uphold information governance standardsIdeal Candidate
Essential
Registered Childrens Nurse (RSCN / RN Child) Current NMC registration Significant postregistration experience in childrens nursing Experience caring for children and young people with acute, chronic and complex health needs Strong clinical assessment and care planning skills Excellent communication skills with a compassionate, familycentred approach Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team Sound understanding of safeguarding children and professional standards Confident IT skills to support mobile working Full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposesDesirable
Experience in a community childrens nursing setting Teaching, mentoring or clinical supervision experience Involvement in service development or quality improvement workAbout 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 Children's Nurse (RSCN / RN Child), Current NMC registration, Significant postregistration experience in childrens nursing
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
Harlow
CM18 7NG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)