Job summary
Junior Children's Community Nurse Band 5 19.5hrs
We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative and flexible Children's Nurse to join our expanding community team. The successful candidate will be an RSCN or RN Child with acute paediatric experience; they will have an in-depth knowledge of providing family centered holistic nursing care .The individual will be organised and be an excellent communicator able to cross boundaries with the MDT and families alike.
The role includes collaborative working with Health Visitors, School Nurses, GPs and the Paediatric Liaison Health Visitor to ensure the delivery of relevant, co-ordinated and high quality care solutions for children and families within the home setting.
In return we will reward you with an attractive salary and benefits package which includes excellent pension provision and a full induction and orientation period with ongoing clinical supervision included. Our training department offers a wide range of relevant training and development opportunities to enable you to advance your skills and career within a progressive framework.
Main duties of the job
- The CCN is responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, initially with supervision from designated preceptors, progressing to without supervision and will be required to teach other registered and non-registered nursing staff.
- The Children' Community Nurse (CCN) is a member of the Children's Community Nursing Team providing specialised and skilled nursing care of children in the community as designated by the Modern Matron/Team Leader of the CCN service. To reduce unnecessary hospital admission and promote hospital avoidance and to provide specialist nursing support in the child's own environment in partnership with the child, family, carers and other professionals.
About us
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
o Season Ticket Loans
o NHS discounts for staff
o Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
o Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
o The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
o Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
o Day One Flexible Employer
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- As a registered nurse, she/he is accountable for the care she/he gives and is expected to comply with the NMC statutory obligations, competencies and code of conduct.
- The CCN will be expected to work initially with supervision from designated preceptors progressing to without direct supervision on the understanding that the modern matron/CCN Team Leader acknowledges responsibility for all delegated care.
- The CCN will be responsible under supervision for developing time management skills and be able to escalate difficulties and issues with both the modern matron/team leader
- The CCN will be a junior member of the generic CCN team expected to consolidate nursing skills and knowledge under preceptorship leading to the development of the advanced nursing skills and knowledge required for the development of the role.
- The CCN will recognise his/her own realistic workload and discuss this with modern matron/ team leader/Deputy.
- The CCN to be aware of and use the ancillary services that are available to children, maintaining close links with such services as appropriate.
- To support and work with all health, social care, local authority and third sector providers to ensure the care planned and provided, is done under the banner of integrated working, this includes the sharing of records within the remit of policy.
- To follow all Trust policies, guidelines, procedures and protocols.
- To attend case conferences as appropriate linking with the modern matron/Team Leader.
- To participate in flexible working to provide service provision to children and their families.
- Meets with the modern matron/ team leader as per policy to discuss clinical issues.
- Be aware of and responsible for the escalation and reporting of safeguarding issues as they arise and in timely manner directly in line with the safeguarding policies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- As a registered nurse, she/he is accountable for the care she/he gives and is expected to comply with the NMC statutory obligations, competencies and code of conduct.
- The CCN will be expected to work initially with supervision from designated preceptors progressing to without direct supervision on the understanding that the modern matron/CCN Team Leader acknowledges responsibility for all delegated care.
- The CCN will be responsible under supervision for developing time management skills and be able to escalate difficulties and issues with both the modern matron/team leader
- The CCN will be a junior member of the generic CCN team expected to consolidate nursing skills and knowledge under preceptorship leading to the development of the advanced nursing skills and knowledge required for the development of the role.
- The CCN will recognise his/her own realistic workload and discuss this with modern matron/ team leader/Deputy.
- The CCN to be aware of and use the ancillary services that are available to children, maintaining close links with such services as appropriate.
- To support and work with all health, social care, local authority and third sector providers to ensure the care planned and provided, is done under the banner of integrated working, this includes the sharing of records within the remit of policy.
- To follow all Trust policies, guidelines, procedures and protocols.
- To attend case conferences as appropriate linking with the modern matron/Team Leader.
- To participate in flexible working to provide service provision to children and their families.
- Meets with the modern matron/ team leader as per policy to discuss clinical issues.
- Be aware of and responsible for the escalation and reporting of safeguarding issues as they arise and in timely manner directly in line with the safeguarding policies.
Person Specification
car driver
Essential
Desirable
RN Child
Essential
- qualification and registration
Desirable
- acute paediatric experience and community experience
Person Specification
car driver
Essential
Desirable
RN Child
Essential
- qualification and registration
Desirable
- acute paediatric experience and community experience
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
the old pharmacy , rochford hospital
union lane
rochford
SS4 1RB
Employer's website
https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
