Paediatric Primary Care Nurse

Job responsibilities

The Paediatric Primary Care Service is commissioned by Islington CCG, and works collaboratively with stakeholders including GP practices, the childrens community nursing team, secondary care departments, tertiary care and the commissioning team with an aim to educate, support and empower families to better manage their chronic long- term conditions in the community.

The Paediatric Primary Care service is provided to children and young people aged 3 months - 18 years, living in the London Borough of Islington who present with wheeze, asthma, eczema and constipation. One of the service aims to reduce hospital admissions where possible and prevent re-admission.

The post holder will help to drive an innovative service which involves facilitating nurse led clinics within either GP practices or Health Centres for the conditions listed, this will be in both face to face and virtual formats. The paediatric primary care team engage effectively with both primary, secondary and tertiary care provisions as patients can move between providers. Patients can be referred into the service via their GP or practice nurse, community nursing team or as part of a step-down process initiated by secondary care to support patients with their agreed management plan.

The post holder will be expected to confidently complete history taking, perform physical examination, initiate effective treatment and care planning, with routine follow up to ensure patients are responding to treatment and to assure compliance to treatment. The post holder will ensure that effective communication with GPs are maintained when requesting prescriptions and work within the CCGs medicine managements guidance.

The post holder will support the team leader, community matron and assistant director of childrens and family Services to embed and develop the Paediatric Primary Care service.

The post holder will be supported by an integrated team approach with Practice Nurses and encouraged to develop their skills to provide effective care.

The post holder will contribute towards service development to encourage and support management of chronic illness within primary care to aim to minimise hospital attendance, admissions, and re-admissions.

The post holder will be expected to act as a visible role model and expert practitioner in paediatric primary care and will be expected to ensure the provision of high quality safe and effective holistic care to all children and young people.

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• RN / RSCN with current registration
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent
• Evidence of further professional development in relevant subject area e.g., Respiratory, Allergy, Dermatology, and constipation

Desirable

• Advanced History Taking and Physical Assessment Course - Level 7
• Independent and Supplementary Prescribing - Level 7
• Asthma Level 5 Module

Skills

Essential

• Well developed general paediatric nursing skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Good teaching and assessing skills
• Paediatric advocate
• Ability to supervise junior nursing staff and students
• Good problem solving skills
• Competent IT skills - using EMIS / MEDWAY / Anglia ICE and RIO
• Competent and contemporaneous clinical notes
• Good leadership and organisational skills

Desirable

• Extended clinical skills e.g. skin prick testing, spirometry, advanced respiratory assessment, advanced eczema assessment and advanced constipation assessment

Knowledge

Essential

• General paediatric nursing experience
• Experience of nursing asthmatic and/ or allergy/ eczema and constipation paediatric patients
• Experience of working with learners
• Knowledge of current issues and NHS reforms locally and nationally

Desirable

• Paediatric High Dependency or Emergency Department nursing experience
• Paediatric Ambulatory care and /or community nursing experience
• Clear understanding of child protection policies
• Principles of teaching and assessment of learners

Personal qualities

Essential

• Professional demeanour
• Committed to family centred care
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work autonomously without direct supervision
• Self-motivated and the ability to motivate others
• Motivated to learn and develop and to teach others
• Approachable, flexible, adaptable and supportive
• Positive attitude to change and development within the team
• Ability to recognise stress within self and team and identify coping mechanisms
• Able to work flexible hours to cover service needs if required
• Willing to rotate to other paediatric areas to meet service needs as required
• Good attendance record

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).