Children's Community Staff Nurse

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and strives to become an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleague's lived experiences.

Locala recognises the value that inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities.

If you are CARING and AMBITIOUS - then join Locala and BE PART OF IT.

Children's Community Staff Nurse

Job type:Fixed term 10-month contract to run from Mid-October 2023 to Mid-August 2024 to cover maternity leave

Hours: 30 hours per week (job share or part time hours may be considered)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Children's Nurse with relevant experience of working with children with complex needs ideally in a community setting either as a student or registered practitioner to join our community team to cover maternity leave. The team work closely together to provide a high quality, responsive and dynamic service for children and young people aged 0 19 in the community setting across North Kirklees.

Main duties of the job

We are an Integrated Childrens Nursing Team consisting of childrens nurses and health care assistants. We have a busy and culturally diverse caseload of children and young people with acute and chronic health needs, including complex care and palliative care. We also provide the nursing support to one of the special school provisions in our area. We have links with local hospitals, hospices and the community multidisciplinary health services as well as education and social care.

The successful candidate must be child and family focused with good communication skills. The children we work with, and their families are central to the work we do. You will be able to work well in a team but also autonomously and would be supported by the other team members.

As a team we are committed to delivering high quality care and we are looking to recruit a member of staff that can demonstrate the enthusiasm to help us deliver our service.

Access to a vehicle and possession of a full driving license is essential along with insurance that covers you for business use.

This would be a great opportunity for someone wanting to gain experience of working in a community setting and / or with children and young people with complex needs.

We would welcome applications from newly qualified individuals with relevant experience from placements

About us

Welcome to Locala Health and Wellbeing proud to provide NHS community healthcare services. We help people have better lives and you can too.

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.

Generous pension- We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%

Development opportunities -We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated Good NHS healthcare services, as well as having a positive social impact in local communities.