Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a highly motivated band 6 paediatric nurse to our integrated Children's Community Nursing Service. The applicant needs the ability to work both autonomously and within the wider nursing team and will be supported both through corporate induction and training to support continued professional development.
Are you passionate about patient care and looking for the opportunity to work within a progressive, supportive community based paediatric team?
Are you interested in joining our friendly and proactive Children's Community Nursing Team to support the delivery and continued development and expansion of our Children's service? We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Main duties of the job
The Children's Community Nursing (CCN) team are proud to be part of the Children's Community Nursing services in Hounslow which offers specialist nursing provision.
The role will involve working with babies, children and young people receiving treatment for acute conditions such as short term enteral feeding, intravenous antibiotics, oxygen therapy and wound care wound care management. The team also supports children and young people with long term conditions including oncology, complex disabilities and palliative care.
This role enables great opportunities to work alongside our allied professionals, the wider multi-disciplinary team, social care and local education providers.
We are looking for a nurse who has undertaken the v200 or V300 to become an independent nurse prescriber, (non-medical prescriber) or willing and keen to do so. Our trust requires completion of Physical Examination and Assessment of Children and Young People to be completed prior to the v200/v300. Our service is keen to support the funding for this pathway to enable our service agenda, increasing our prescribing capacity within the team.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Children's Nurse
- Intravenous medication certificate and competency.
Desirable
- Non-medical prescribing
- Specialist practitioner degree
- Mentor module/teaching qualification/Supervisor/Assessor qualification
- Fundamentals of Cytotoxic medication, paediatric oncology post registration qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with Children and Young People with a range of medical conditions
- Ensure safeguarding and the welfare of B/C/YP are embedded in clinical care delivery following escalation routes as appropriate.
- Caseload management
- Post registration experience in a range of settings
- Demonstrate experience at planning and delivering individualised care.
- Understanding and experience of working with other agencies and organisations
- Experience of safeguarding procedures with children/families and young people
- Evidence of innovative evidence-based practice
- Experience in health promotion
Desirable
- Experience in managing palliative and end of life care.
- Experience of appraising junior members of staff
- Experience of managing the care of a child or young person with declining health
Skills, Knowledge and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate professional curiosity
- Advanced interpersonal skills (non judgemental)
- Able to work within policy, guidelines and standard operating procedures.
- Able to identify personal limitations and independently plan appropriately to close knowledge gaps using teaching and colleague support.
- Ability to prioritise and problem solve.
- Able to apply policies/ guidelines/ protocols/ procedures and facilitate their update and development.
- Able to deliver a high standard of teaching to patients, parents, carers and colleagues as required.
- Able to work as a lone worker as well as part of a cohesive, often multidisciplinary, team
- Able to demonstrate accountability, raising clinical concern and incident reporting appropriately to support patient safety
- Ability to use a range of IT platforms and adapt to new IT processes
Desirable
- Ability to support senior staff with budgetary management through authorising equipment ordering
- Able to support service auditing programmes to underpin service delivery.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Have a current driving license and access to a car for work purposes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Children's Nurse
- Intravenous medication certificate and competency.
Desirable
- Non-medical prescribing
- Specialist practitioner degree
- Mentor module/teaching qualification/Supervisor/Assessor qualification
- Fundamentals of Cytotoxic medication, paediatric oncology post registration qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with Children and Young People with a range of medical conditions
- Ensure safeguarding and the welfare of B/C/YP are embedded in clinical care delivery following escalation routes as appropriate.
- Caseload management
- Post registration experience in a range of settings
- Demonstrate experience at planning and delivering individualised care.
- Understanding and experience of working with other agencies and organisations
- Experience of safeguarding procedures with children/families and young people
- Evidence of innovative evidence-based practice
- Experience in health promotion
Desirable
- Experience in managing palliative and end of life care.
- Experience of appraising junior members of staff
- Experience of managing the care of a child or young person with declining health
Skills, Knowledge and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate professional curiosity
- Advanced interpersonal skills (non judgemental)
- Able to work within policy, guidelines and standard operating procedures.
- Able to identify personal limitations and independently plan appropriately to close knowledge gaps using teaching and colleague support.
- Ability to prioritise and problem solve.
- Able to apply policies/ guidelines/ protocols/ procedures and facilitate their update and development.
- Able to deliver a high standard of teaching to patients, parents, carers and colleagues as required.
- Able to work as a lone worker as well as part of a cohesive, often multidisciplinary, team
- Able to demonstrate accountability, raising clinical concern and incident reporting appropriately to support patient safety
- Ability to use a range of IT platforms and adapt to new IT processes
Desirable
- Ability to support senior staff with budgetary management through authorising equipment ordering
- Able to support service auditing programmes to underpin service delivery.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Have a current driving license and access to a car for work purposes.
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
