Job summary
An exciting opportunity has
arisen to appoint a Band 6 Childrens Nurse to join our existing, well
established Community Childrens Nursing and Palliative Care Team.
The team provide a
comprehensive service caring for babies, children and young people with a wide
range of conditions including long term complex and acute care needs. The post
holder will be a qualified, registered Childrens Nurse, ideally with recent paediatric
community nursing experience. The post holder will need to have relevant
experience with delivering care to children with acute and complex medical
conditions.
This
post will require flexibility, motivation, and the ability to work within an
enthusiastic team as well as being able to adapt to provide care that meets the
needs of all children and young people in a variety of settings. The post
holder will be based at our North site in Bromsgrove, covering the North of the
County of Worcestershire, but may be asked to work Countywide to meet service
needs.
This is
full time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part time.
Main duties of the job
Contribute to the assessment of needs, implement and evaluate
programmes of care according to Childrens Nursing guidelines reporting finding
to senior team members as appropriate.
Work in an integrated way with MDT colleagues to ensure equity of
care for children, young people and their families.
Participate in nursing/clinical audit. Maintain clinical records
in accordance with Trust guidelines using the systems such as Care Notes.
The
post holder will need to have relevant experience with delivering care to
children with acute and complex medical conditions.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
-
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
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Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
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Flexible and agile working opportunities
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Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
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Wide range of supportive staff networks
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Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
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your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to
pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from
you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Do you have experience
working with children with additional or complex health needs? Are you
dedicated to providing help, care, and support to those who most need it?
We are looking for a
committed nurse to work within our dedicated Community Childrens and
Palliative care team who provide essential complex health care to children,
young people, and their families.
This is an opportunity to
really make a difference to the lives of children, young people and their
family by providing clinical care within the home environment.
By
joining our team, you will be providing valuable opportunity for a child, young
person, and family to meet their full potential and achieve their chosen life
outcomes.
For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Do you have experience
working with children with additional or complex health needs? Are you
dedicated to providing help, care, and support to those who most need it?
We are looking for a
committed nurse to work within our dedicated Community Childrens and
Palliative care team who provide essential complex health care to children,
young people, and their families.
This is an opportunity to
really make a difference to the lives of children, young people and their
family by providing clinical care within the home environment.
By
joining our team, you will be providing valuable opportunity for a child, young
person, and family to meet their full potential and achieve their chosen life
outcomes.
For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to work alone or function as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Flexible, co-operative, confident and enthusiastic
- Able to provide supervision to team members
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse who holds an effective registration with the NMC
- RSCN/Child Branch Degree/ Diploma/Specialist Practitioner
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Community qualification
- Teaching qualification i.e., Community Practice teaching certificate/ENB 998 or Independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing APPS (level 3)
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound clinical knowledge and skills
- Evidence base nursing
- Teamwork skills
- Multidisciplinary working
- Clinical governance
Desirable
- A good awareness of recent research issues Demonstrate experience of supporting children with complex care needs in the community
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Self-directing
- Enthusiastic
- Motivated
- Forward thinking
- Good time management and organisational skills
Experience
Essential
- Not less than 3 years post qualification Sick Childrens Nursing experience
- Be able to demonstrate relevant effective learning from this experience
- Experience of dealing with children with a life-threatening illness
- Able to demonstration sound teaching experience
Desirable
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience in working in the community
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to work alone or function as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Flexible, co-operative, confident and enthusiastic
- Able to provide supervision to team members
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse who holds an effective registration with the NMC
- RSCN/Child Branch Degree/ Diploma/Specialist Practitioner
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Community qualification
- Teaching qualification i.e., Community Practice teaching certificate/ENB 998 or Independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing APPS (level 3)
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound clinical knowledge and skills
- Evidence base nursing
- Teamwork skills
- Multidisciplinary working
- Clinical governance
Desirable
- A good awareness of recent research issues Demonstrate experience of supporting children with complex care needs in the community
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Self-directing
- Enthusiastic
- Motivated
- Forward thinking
- Good time management and organisational skills
Experience
Essential
- Not less than 3 years post qualification Sick Childrens Nursing experience
- Be able to demonstrate relevant effective learning from this experience
- Experience of dealing with children with a life-threatening illness
- Able to demonstration sound teaching experience
Desirable
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience in working in the community
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).
