Children’s Complex Needs Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced paediatric/children's nurse looking for a new role to be a part of our friendly and dynamic community team.

The Children's Continuing Care and Assessment Team are looking for an enthusiasticregistered nurse, with a strong clinical background in supporting children with complex health care needs to join our team.

The successful candidate will need to have a passion for working with children and their families to promote excellent care coordination. You will need to possess excellent clinical and communication skills and have knowledge and experience of equipment used bychildren with long term medical needs.

We are a bespoke community nursing team providing a range of nursing services to children and young people with complex needs, in particular supporting all aspects of the continuing healthcare process. In providing this support to children, young people and their families you will be involved in the assessment of nursing need, management of care and oversight of the provision of equipment and consumables. The post holder will also participate in the training of Parents and settings to ensure the consistent application of care.

Main duties of the job

To come and join our team you will need to have excellent organisation, clinical and communication skills. You will be a motivated team player and someone who is approachable to families and colleagues across the system. We are also seeking a nurse who wishes to continue with their development in community complex needs and will actively engage in our programme of continuing professional development to develop clinical and leadership skills. You will benefit from excellent management and peer support, opportunities to work alongside specialists, a personal and professional development plan. Caseload management and staff supervision skills will be developed within the role. A robust individual induction plan will be available.

As part of the Children's Complex Needs Nursing Service we work closely with the Special Needs School Nursing Team and Children's Complex Packages of Care Team. We are a small team based across and covering East Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Preston and West Lancashire. We work closely with Children Therapy Teams and wider health, education and social care to provide a genuinely child-centred service. We work in a variety of locations, including clinics, children's homes, nurseries and schools.

You will be NMC registered, and have significant children's nursing experience including working with children with complex health needs in a multi-agency context.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peters Centre

Burnley

BB11 2DL

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peters Centre

Burnley

BB11 2DL

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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