Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a childrens nurse to join our existing, well established Community Children's Nursing Service.
The Community Children's Nursing service provides holistic care to sick children by providing nursing care in the community setting, empowering and enabling the child, family/carers' to become more competent in the management of the child's condition, thereby reducing the need for hospital admissions or enabling early discharge.
The Community Children's Nurses provide nursing care to children and young people with a life-limiting, life-threatening condition, complex disability, long-term conditions as well as palliative and end-of-life care. The service also provides short-term nursing care to sick children to enable early discharge from hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a qualified nurse, registered as a Children's Nurse and NMC and experience within the acute care setting post qualification. You will require flexibility, good communication, literacy and IT skills and show evidence of working within a multi-disciplinary team. Clinical nursing skills will be required relevant to children with acute illness, complex disability and chronic and complex health needs.
The service and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust will offer the post holders an opportunity to work in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment recognising children / young people and their families are at the heart of everything we do, to ensure we deliver the highest possible standards of care.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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To empower and enable children and their carers to become more competent in the management of their childs condition, thereby reducing the need for hospital admissions and enabling early discharge into the community
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To be the first contact point for case-managed children, to co-ordinate appropriate healthcare and support, to meet the childs holistic needs
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To improve quality of life of children and young people and reduce the risk of acute episodes
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To ensure the early recognition or change of condition facilitating early interventions, providing least intensive care in the lease intensive setting
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To provide ongoing preventive care and support at a time and in a venue of client choice
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To liaise with hospital staff involved in care following admissions, informing them of the childs usual status and aiming to reduce length of stay
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To co-ordinate care services, delivered in the community, to meet the needs of the child and family through the Lead Professional role.
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To monitor the progress of children with long term conditions promoting the healthiest possible lifestyle and offering them and their parents/carers appropriate education about their condition.
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To provide support and information to children and their carers to facilitate the best quality of life for the child and promote early detection of change
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To act as an advocate for the needs and wishes of the child and family and work to ensure informed consent and involvement in decision making
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To give or signpost advice and information on a range of health issues, liaising with other organisations, seeking to empower and enable independence of children and their families/carers
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To contribute to the learning experience of student nurses and other healthcare professionals
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To promote and adapt partnership working with agencies external to healthcare
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To ensure that the appropriate referral pathways are made
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To deliver culturally appropriate services
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To leave written information with the family detailing the type of services that are offered and what they can expect from the service
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To support children through key stages of transition and support young people in their transition to adult services
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To provide appropriate supplies and equipment for children who are technology dependent
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To meet the needs of children, families and carers in issues surrounding end of life care, death and bereavement
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
To empower and enable children and their carers to become more competent in the management of their childs condition, thereby reducing the need for hospital admissions and enabling early discharge into the community
-
To be the first contact point for case-managed children, to co-ordinate appropriate healthcare and support, to meet the childs holistic needs
-
To improve quality of life of children and young people and reduce the risk of acute episodes
-
To ensure the early recognition or change of condition facilitating early interventions, providing least intensive care in the lease intensive setting
-
To provide ongoing preventive care and support at a time and in a venue of client choice
-
To liaise with hospital staff involved in care following admissions, informing them of the childs usual status and aiming to reduce length of stay
-
To co-ordinate care services, delivered in the community, to meet the needs of the child and family through the Lead Professional role.
-
To monitor the progress of children with long term conditions promoting the healthiest possible lifestyle and offering them and their parents/carers appropriate education about their condition.
-
To provide support and information to children and their carers to facilitate the best quality of life for the child and promote early detection of change
-
To act as an advocate for the needs and wishes of the child and family and work to ensure informed consent and involvement in decision making
-
To give or signpost advice and information on a range of health issues, liaising with other organisations, seeking to empower and enable independence of children and their families/carers
-
To contribute to the learning experience of student nurses and other healthcare professionals
-
To promote and adapt partnership working with agencies external to healthcare
-
To ensure that the appropriate referral pathways are made
-
To deliver culturally appropriate services
-
To leave written information with the family detailing the type of services that are offered and what they can expect from the service
-
To support children through key stages of transition and support young people in their transition to adult services
-
To provide appropriate supplies and equipment for children who are technology dependent
-
To meet the needs of children, families and carers in issues surrounding end of life care, death and bereavement
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Car driver and has a car during working hours
- Registered Children's Nurse
- Post registration experience in acute setting
Desirable
- IV competent
- Central line competent
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Car driver and has a car during working hours
- Registered Children's Nurse
- Post registration experience in acute setting
Desirable
- IV competent
- Central line competent
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).
