Job summary
JOB SUMMARY
To manage the Generalist Community Children's Nursing (CCN) Team, which includes supporting hospital @home nurses and working key CNS's within the community and administrators. The service is provided to children and young people living in the London borough of Islington. The main responsibilities for the post are to:-
o To ensure that the nursing needs of children are identified, with appropriate strategies, to meet those needs at home or in other community settings. Children may require short term acute interventions and clinical care through to case management for children with long term conditions, complex health needs and physical disability.
o To undertake clinical activities and responsibilities for an appropriately reduced caseload and at times act as the multi-agency lead professional.
o To be accountable for Generalist CCN team standards of practice according to Trust and National guidelines.
Main duties of the job
1 Main Duties include: managing the children's community nursing team.
s Managing the caseload and supporting the team to undertake visits, this includes children from the active and dormant caseload.
Ensuring monthly caseload reviews
Attending DPM with staff.
Holding a small caseload and supporting young people through transition.
Working closely with MDT and other AHP.
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 Trust believes 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
1. To operationally manage the nursing and support staff of the generalist team. To ensure all financial transactions are carried out in accordance with the Trust's instruction and within service resources.
To implement and carry out annual appraisals in accordance with the Trust Guidelines and consider the future development and training needs that staff that may be identified because of this process. Ensure that all team members have accessible and robust clinical supervision, according to Trust Guidelines, and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the supervision.
To provide regular caseload management supervision including child protection advice to members and facilitate a rolling programme of caseload reviews.
To ensure robust standards and frameworks are in place, in line with current recommendations, to ensure children always receive high quality family centred care.
To arrange quarterly safeguarding supervision with the trusts named safeguarding lead.
(see full attached JD and Job Spec)
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To operationally manage the nursing and support staff of the generalist team. To ensure all financial transactions are carried out in accordance with the Trust's instruction and within service resources.
To implement and carry out annual appraisals in accordance with the Trust Guidelines and consider the future development and training needs that staff that may be identified because of this process. Ensure that all team members have accessible and robust clinical supervision, according to Trust Guidelines, and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the supervision.
To provide regular caseload management supervision including child protection advice to members and facilitate a rolling programme of caseload reviews.
To ensure robust standards and frameworks are in place, in line with current recommendations, to ensure children always receive high quality family centred care.
To arrange quarterly safeguarding supervision with the trusts named safeguarding lead.
(see full attached JD and Job Spec)
Person Specification
Application
Essential
- Years of Experience
- Management Responsibility
- Degree qualification/ or Specialist Practitioner
Desirable
- ANP qualification
- Atopy experience
- Non Medical prescribing
tested through interview and application
Essential
- years of experience
- qualification of RSCN
- Specialist Practitioner qualification
Desirable
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner Course
- Non-Medical - prescriber Qualification
- Leadership Course/ Development program
Interview
Essential
- Experience of managing staff and team
- Experience of caseload management
- Evidence in managing some atopic conditions in the community
Desirable
- Budget management
- Experience working with commissioners
- Experience in running consultations in a clinic setting
Person Specification
Application
Essential
- Years of Experience
- Management Responsibility
- Degree qualification/ or Specialist Practitioner
Desirable
- ANP qualification
- Atopy experience
- Non Medical prescribing
tested through interview and application
Essential
- years of experience
- qualification of RSCN
- Specialist Practitioner qualification
Desirable
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner Course
- Non-Medical - prescriber Qualification
- Leadership Course/ Development program
Interview
Essential
- Experience of managing staff and team
- Experience of caseload management
- Evidence in managing some atopic conditions in the community
Desirable
- Budget management
- Experience working with commissioners
- Experience in running consultations in a clinic setting
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).
