Job summary
We are currently looking to recruit and enthusiastic Children's Nurse to join our team on a fixed term 12 month basis.
The Children's Community Nursing Service is a small but well-established service that provides care to children and young people who have an identified nursing need/ long term health need, supporting and empowering families to manage their child at home and in a variety of settings across Blackpool. The service also provides the special school nursing service to a number of special schools across the Blackpool and Fylde and Wyre area.
You will be part of a multi-professional team and will require excellent communication skills. We will offer a comprehensive induction and competency programme; prior competency evidence of IV therapy, Venepuncture/ blood sampling, enteral feeding device care, tracheostomy care and Medical Devices will be considered useful.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical care and treatments of children and young people as part of the Children's community nursing team.
The children and young people's needs are paramount and nursing support to the child or young person will be delivered by the team wherever that child or young person is, working in home, and school settings for all children and young people aged 0 - 19 years.
The post holder will be flexible with their hours to provide support before school and in the evening, including contributing towards a 24/7 palliative care service. They will assist in the implementation and lead of clinical areas, ensuring that areas of practice are evidence based, effective and meet any quality guidelines e.g NICE.
Working within and adhering to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code and standards of practice, including evidence portfolio for revalidation purposes.
About us
The Children's Community Nursing Team are a team of experienced paediatric nurses.
Our role and responsibility is to support children age 0 to 19 years who live in Blackpool Fylde and Wyre with acute and/or complex health needs. All children referred to the team must have a named Paediatrician.
The team support children in their homes, schools or respite areas. The children's community team cover a seven day service from 8am-9pm.We support nursing care in the community to facilitate early discharges, prevent hospital admissions or readmissions and as support children with health needs in their school.
We support education staff to meet the health needs of children by training them and developing care plans andwork alongside other multi agency teams to support children to achieve best outcomes.
Referrals are made by paediatric teams locally and specialist hospitals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The childrens community team cover a seven day service from 8am-9pm.We support nursing care in the community to facilitate early discharges, prevent hospital admissions or readmissions and as support children with health needs in their school.
We support education staff to meet the health needs of children by training them and developing care plans and work alongside other multi agency teams to support children to achieve best outcomes.
This post is for 28.5 hours per week on a fixed term 12 month basis.
Daily access to your own vehicle for managing community visits is required.
Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
The childrens community team cover a seven day service from 8am-9pm.We support nursing care in the community to facilitate early discharges, prevent hospital admissions or readmissions and as support children with health needs in their school.
We support education staff to meet the health needs of children by training them and developing care plans and work alongside other multi agency teams to support children to achieve best outcomes.
This post is for 28.5 hours per week on a fixed term 12 month basis.
Daily access to your own vehicle for managing community visits is required.
Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Registered Sick Children's Nurse/Child branch
- Evidence of recent CPD relevant to current Practice
- Medicine management and up to date BLS Mandatory training
Desirable
- 2 Year post registration experience
- community experience
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Able to utilise IT skills to document events on a day-to-day basis, write up minutes from meetings and disseminate accordingly.
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures including safeguarding and disability
- Knowledge of recognised health related issues in children and young people with complex and life limited conditions.
Desirable
- To supervise junior staff on a day-to-day basis, to include 1:1 and appraisal monitoring of non-qualified staff.
- Dexterity and co-ordination is required for IV, CVL, IM interventions, the administration of medications, passing of naso-gastric, gastrostomy and tracheostomy tubes
Skills & Ability
Essential
- Able to listen and be a good communicator in a variety of settings/services and enthuse others -- can communicate complex information where there are barriers to learning and understanding
- Able to demonstrate ability to promote the individuality and well-being of clients in a holistic way
- Able to work on own initiative and be self-directed. To work unsupervised for short periods of work and make decisions in the planning, delivery and evaluation of care
- Able to use Word Publishing/Excel or equivalent
- Ability to work flexibly to meet operational needs of the team and wider organisations.
- To remain calm under pressure, resourceful, approachable, non judgemental reliable and honest
- Car driver, with independent means of transport on a daily basis
- Effective time management skills
Desirable
- Able to plan, assess, implement care and evaluate complex activities such as hospital discharge or packages of care.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Registered Sick Children's Nurse/Child branch
- Evidence of recent CPD relevant to current Practice
- Medicine management and up to date BLS Mandatory training
Desirable
- 2 Year post registration experience
- community experience
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Able to utilise IT skills to document events on a day-to-day basis, write up minutes from meetings and disseminate accordingly.
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures including safeguarding and disability
- Knowledge of recognised health related issues in children and young people with complex and life limited conditions.
Desirable
- To supervise junior staff on a day-to-day basis, to include 1:1 and appraisal monitoring of non-qualified staff.
- Dexterity and co-ordination is required for IV, CVL, IM interventions, the administration of medications, passing of naso-gastric, gastrostomy and tracheostomy tubes
Skills & Ability
Essential
- Able to listen and be a good communicator in a variety of settings/services and enthuse others -- can communicate complex information where there are barriers to learning and understanding
- Able to demonstrate ability to promote the individuality and well-being of clients in a holistic way
- Able to work on own initiative and be self-directed. To work unsupervised for short periods of work and make decisions in the planning, delivery and evaluation of care
- Able to use Word Publishing/Excel or equivalent
- Ability to work flexibly to meet operational needs of the team and wider organisations.
- To remain calm under pressure, resourceful, approachable, non judgemental reliable and honest
- Car driver, with independent means of transport on a daily basis
- Effective time management skills
Desirable
- Able to plan, assess, implement care and evaluate complex activities such as hospital discharge or packages of care.
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).
