Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Matron to lead Whittington Health's Community Children's Nursing Team. The Community Matron will provide clinical leadership and staff management, while developing innovative community children's nursing services within North Central London. You will be responsible for leading various teams including the CCN service, Life Force palliative care team, Hospital at Home across Islington and Camden, Paediatric Nurses in Primary care and the NCL bladder and bowel team.
The Community Matron role is a pivotal member of the senior nurse leadership team, and you will be expected to demonstrate excellent communication skills, always acting as a role model, whilst providing expert clinical practice. We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic candidate who works well both independently and as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
- Senior Nurse leading teams of Children and Young Person's Community Nursing. The post holder has overall responsibility for the management of the generalist Community Children's Nursing Team (CCNT) which includes generalist services for children, Children's Nurses in Primary Care and NCL bladder and bowel team and the Hospital at Home service.
- The post holder will be the lead nurse in children/young people's palliative care issues within Islington, Camden and Haringey and specifically lead Life Force Team, the Paediatric Palliative Care'
- The services are provided to children and young people within NCL.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participate in the planning and delivery of community children and young persons nursing
- Have direct line management responsibility for the nursing
- Provide senior nursing/professional leadership to the nursing
- Work together with clinical and non-clinical staff to design and deliver innovative solutions, to ensure the delivery of high quality
- Ensure that appropriate standards of nursing care are delivered and identify and act on any issues where they could be
- Ensure children and families are fully supported and identify and act on any issues where this could be
- Monitor the overall professional performance of the nursing staff within the team.
- Provide an accessible and authoritative presence that staff and families can turn to for assistance, advice and
- To work in conjunction with the senior nursing team to develop and implement nursing practices, promoting research and evidence based
- To be the local champion for children/young peoples palliative care, liaising and working in collaboration with local commissioners, consultants and multi-disciplinary team to ensure that pertinent issues are kept on the ICO agenda.
- To provide an experienced liaison route through which the professionals can motivate a full range of services for the individual child/young person and family.
- To provide knowledge, support, effective communication and liaison with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure provision of optimum care to child and young person and families at end of life.
- To coordinate the Life Force team providing training, support and supervision.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participate in the planning and delivery of community children and young persons nursing
- Have direct line management responsibility for the nursing
- Provide senior nursing/professional leadership to the nursing
- Work together with clinical and non-clinical staff to design and deliver innovative solutions, to ensure the delivery of high quality
- Ensure that appropriate standards of nursing care are delivered and identify and act on any issues where they could be
- Ensure children and families are fully supported and identify and act on any issues where this could be
- Monitor the overall professional performance of the nursing staff within the team.
- Provide an accessible and authoritative presence that staff and families can turn to for assistance, advice and
- To work in conjunction with the senior nursing team to develop and implement nursing practices, promoting research and evidence based
- To be the local champion for children/young peoples palliative care, liaising and working in collaboration with local commissioners, consultants and multi-disciplinary team to ensure that pertinent issues are kept on the ICO agenda.
- To provide an experienced liaison route through which the professionals can motivate a full range of services for the individual child/young person and family.
- To provide knowledge, support, effective communication and liaison with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure provision of optimum care to child and young person and families at end of life.
- To coordinate the Life Force team providing training, support and supervision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN or RN (Child Branch).
- Community Qualification ideally CCN Specialist Practitioner.
- Relevant first level degree or equivalent
- Evidence of work based learning and ability to meet competencies
- Evidence of work based learning and ability to meet competencies
Desirable
- Master's degree in appropriate subject/ or working towards
- Independent Prescribing or commitment to work towards
- Palliative Care Course
- ENB 240
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within a community setting at Band 7 or above.
- Experience of working with children with life threatening or life limiting conditions.
- Evidence of team and staff management
- Nursing in a multi-racial inner city community
- Being able to work in isolation and without supervision
Desirable
- Evidence of management of resources.
- Experience of working closely with commissioners
- Experience of working in advanced practice e.g. physical assessment
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- To demonstrate the ability to reflect on clinical practice.
- To demonstrate the importance and application of a multi agency assessment framework.
- Be able to prioritise clinical workload
- Evidence of ability to act as an advocate for children with life threatening or life limiting conditions and their families
- IT skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a detailed awareness and understanding of: Current issues in children's community nursing - including National directives and policies
- Demonstrate understanding of current professional issues in nursing and NHS
- Demonstrate understanding of Service specification development and oversight of these
- c)Application of research/evidence base to clinical practice
abilities
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN or RN (Child Branch).
- Community Qualification ideally CCN Specialist Practitioner.
- Relevant first level degree or equivalent
- Evidence of work based learning and ability to meet competencies
- Evidence of work based learning and ability to meet competencies
Desirable
- Master's degree in appropriate subject/ or working towards
- Independent Prescribing or commitment to work towards
- Palliative Care Course
- ENB 240
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within a community setting at Band 7 or above.
- Experience of working with children with life threatening or life limiting conditions.
- Evidence of team and staff management
- Nursing in a multi-racial inner city community
- Being able to work in isolation and without supervision
Desirable
- Evidence of management of resources.
- Experience of working closely with commissioners
- Experience of working in advanced practice e.g. physical assessment
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- To demonstrate the ability to reflect on clinical practice.
- To demonstrate the importance and application of a multi agency assessment framework.
- Be able to prioritise clinical workload
- Evidence of ability to act as an advocate for children with life threatening or life limiting conditions and their families
- IT skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a detailed awareness and understanding of: Current issues in children's community nursing - including National directives and policies
- Demonstrate understanding of current professional issues in nursing and NHS
- Demonstrate understanding of Service specification development and oversight of these
- c)Application of research/evidence base to clinical practice
abilities
Desirable
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
