Job summary
A rare opportunity has arisen for a full-time band 6 children's community nurse to join our community children's nursing team in Knowsley.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who has a passion for working with children who is keen to provide care, compassion and empathy to complex cases within the community and at home.
You would be based at Manor Farm PCRC, however be more so hybrid working in the community.
You will hold a small complex caseload and be responsive to adhoc care.
Main duties of the job
The Children's service provides support to children, young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependant on assessed need.
The post holder will work as a senior practitioner within the Children's Community Nursing Team, providing expert, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people with complex, long-term, and life-limiting health needs across a range of community settings, including the home, education provisions, and other community settings.
This role aims to reduce hospital admissions, support safe discharges, and enable children and young people to live as fully and independently as possible within their communities, with dignity, choice, and inclusion at the centre of care.
To work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families.
To ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Note- post graduation CCN qualification.
Manage a defined caseload of childrens community nursing children working within broadly defined by Mersey Care policies to deliver on the specialist assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation but having the freedom to prioritise the needs of individuals within that caseload recognising and responding to additional needs and crises as they occur.
Be the accountable practitioner for the defined caseload, prioritising and delegating planned interventions appropriately to members of the support Team in accordance with individuals skills and abilities
Be responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the work delegated from the defined caseload to team members
Supervise and coordinate the support team on a day-to-day basis and to manage the team in the absence of the team leader. Ongoing management responsibilities including appraisal of staff, reviewing and supporting (mentoring) junior staff with their personal development plan and assist in the recruitment and retention of staff
Monitor, prioritise and delegate client contact within the Service and alert managers if additional resources are required due to changes in demand and capacity
Ensure that organisational policies, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards and competencies within the skill mix are adhered to by team members
Establish and maintain a good working relationship with primary and community care colleagues and other service providers, e.g., education, working collaboratively to provide a comprehensive service to children and young people
Agree and contribute to setting team objectives and delivering agreed outcomes
Complete statistical returns as required by Mersey Care including entering data onto computerised systems within the required timeframes
Attend and actively participate in team, locality and other relevant meetings
Job description
Job responsibilities
Note- post graduation CCN qualification.
Manage a defined caseload of childrens community nursing children working within broadly defined by Mersey Care policies to deliver on the specialist assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation but having the freedom to prioritise the needs of individuals within that caseload recognising and responding to additional needs and crises as they occur.
Be the accountable practitioner for the defined caseload, prioritising and delegating planned interventions appropriately to members of the support Team in accordance with individuals skills and abilities
Be responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the work delegated from the defined caseload to team members
Supervise and coordinate the support team on a day-to-day basis and to manage the team in the absence of the team leader. Ongoing management responsibilities including appraisal of staff, reviewing and supporting (mentoring) junior staff with their personal development plan and assist in the recruitment and retention of staff
Monitor, prioritise and delegate client contact within the Service and alert managers if additional resources are required due to changes in demand and capacity
Ensure that organisational policies, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards and competencies within the skill mix are adhered to by team members
Establish and maintain a good working relationship with primary and community care colleagues and other service providers, e.g., education, working collaboratively to provide a comprehensive service to children and young people
Agree and contribute to setting team objectives and delivering agreed outcomes
Complete statistical returns as required by Mersey Care including entering data onto computerised systems within the required timeframes
Attend and actively participate in team, locality and other relevant meetings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration, first level nurse
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse -School Nurse (SCPHN) or Community Children's Nurse (CCN)
- Mentorship Experience
Desirable
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Actively involved in professional development
- Clinical Governance and Risk Management
- Experience of research/audit/evaluation
- Knowledge of Health Promotion and Education
- Knowledge of Health Needs Assessment
- Knowledge of Childhood Immunisation Programmes
- Knowledge of Child development, screening and assessments
- Knowledge of Child Safeguarding issues
- Understanding of local and national influences on health care delivery
- Awareness of current trends in School Health practice
- Awareness of local and national Public Health agendas
Desirable
- Awareness of children and young people who have tracheostomy's, urinary catheters, stomas, enteral feeds, and usage of associated equipment
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skillds
Essential
- Ability to motivate/negotiate with and influence others.
- Evidence of ability to manage and prioritise within caseload
- Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised and school-based programmes of care
- Understanding of skill required for teamwork
- Ability to motivate/negotiate with and influence others
- Understanding of teaching/education skills with junior staff
- Demonstrate the ability and skill required of a clinical leader to a team of staff.
- Ability to travel, for work purposes, within the Mersey Care area.
- Demonstrate excellent communication Skills - spoken, written and IT
Desirable
- Nurse immuniser (or willing to undertake training and practice)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration, first level nurse
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse -School Nurse (SCPHN) or Community Children's Nurse (CCN)
- Mentorship Experience
Desirable
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Actively involved in professional development
- Clinical Governance and Risk Management
- Experience of research/audit/evaluation
- Knowledge of Health Promotion and Education
- Knowledge of Health Needs Assessment
- Knowledge of Childhood Immunisation Programmes
- Knowledge of Child development, screening and assessments
- Knowledge of Child Safeguarding issues
- Understanding of local and national influences on health care delivery
- Awareness of current trends in School Health practice
- Awareness of local and national Public Health agendas
Desirable
- Awareness of children and young people who have tracheostomy's, urinary catheters, stomas, enteral feeds, and usage of associated equipment
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skillds
Essential
- Ability to motivate/negotiate with and influence others.
- Evidence of ability to manage and prioritise within caseload
- Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised and school-based programmes of care
- Understanding of skill required for teamwork
- Ability to motivate/negotiate with and influence others
- Understanding of teaching/education skills with junior staff
- Demonstrate the ability and skill required of a clinical leader to a team of staff.
- Ability to travel, for work purposes, within the Mersey Care area.
- Demonstrate excellent communication Skills - spoken, written and IT
Desirable
- Nurse immuniser (or willing to undertake training and practice)
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).
