Job summary
Are you passionate about care and looking for flexible working with weekly pay and NHS pension scheme membership?
Do you want the opportunity to work in a large, diverse organisation that promotes values of being Caring, Open, Respectful, Responsible and Inclusive?
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) would love to hear from you, as we are seeking to recruit Bank Level 6 Children's Rapid Response Nurses for flexible working opportunities in Birmingham via our Temporary Staffing Department
Our Children's Rapid Response Nursing Teams provide high quality, specialist nursing care to children/families in their own home in order to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions/attendances, shortening length of hospital stay and providing greater choice to child and families around chosen place of care.
Main duties of the job
Our Rapid Response Nurses work autonomously and act independently working within our Policies procedures and guidelines and have experience of working with children with complex healthcare needs/life limiting/ threatening illnesses and end of life.
They work across organisations and different sectors with multiple professionals to ensure the provision of evidence based therapeutic interventions providing comprehensive assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of care.
About us
BCHC provide high quality community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people's homes and in over 200 healthcare settings for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services. One of our key objectives is to be 'a great place to work'enabling everyone within the organisation to be the best that they can be.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
- Also ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully; particularly that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the role, please see the attached assignment brief
Visit our websitehttps://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ for further details about our Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the role, please see the attached assignment brief
Visit our websitehttps://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ for further details about our Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- RSCN/RN Child Branch
- ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent
- Community Children's Nursing qualification or equivalent
- Clinical assessment course equivalent
- Independent supplementary prescriber or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children with complex healthcare needs/life limiting/ threatening illnesses and end of life
- Significant experience of working as a Children's Nurse either RSCN/RN Child
Skills / Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to manage team on a day to day basis in the absence of the Team Leader
- Demonstrate knowledge relating to child protection issues and procedures
- Evidence of assessment skills and use of nursing process and nurse models
- Demonstrate sound use and application of NMC Code of Conduct and scope of professional care
- Demonstrate knowledge of current legislative changes affecting NHS and Social Services particularly those affecting primary care
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of current clinical trends and practices inclusive of evidence based practice in relation to Children's Community Nursing
- Ability to teach relatives, patients, clients and staff across all areas of self care and appropriate nursing practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of standard setting and audit processes
- Demonstrate individual responsibility in respect to health and safety
- Ability to demonstrate written skills that are concise, accurate, relevant and legible
- Awareness of diversity of the needs of families in relation to culture and religion
- Provide evidence of time and resource management
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrates understanding of family needs and expectations and a willingness to fulfil them
- Ability to problem solve acquiring and utilising information from diverse sources to identify problems, solutions evaluating and recommending and implementing actions where appropriate
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise and evaluate care ensuring effective use of resource in relation to resource and time management
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to team working Demonstrate ability to be flexible and participate in an NHS change environment
- Ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately Positive attitude to service development of Children's
- Community Services
Other job requirements
Essential
- Access to independent means of transport with Full UK Driving Licence
- Ability to work flexible hours, evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- RSCN/RN Child Branch
- ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent
- Community Children's Nursing qualification or equivalent
- Clinical assessment course equivalent
- Independent supplementary prescriber or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children with complex healthcare needs/life limiting/ threatening illnesses and end of life
- Significant experience of working as a Children's Nurse either RSCN/RN Child
Skills / Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to manage team on a day to day basis in the absence of the Team Leader
- Demonstrate knowledge relating to child protection issues and procedures
- Evidence of assessment skills and use of nursing process and nurse models
- Demonstrate sound use and application of NMC Code of Conduct and scope of professional care
- Demonstrate knowledge of current legislative changes affecting NHS and Social Services particularly those affecting primary care
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of current clinical trends and practices inclusive of evidence based practice in relation to Children's Community Nursing
- Ability to teach relatives, patients, clients and staff across all areas of self care and appropriate nursing practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of standard setting and audit processes
- Demonstrate individual responsibility in respect to health and safety
- Ability to demonstrate written skills that are concise, accurate, relevant and legible
- Awareness of diversity of the needs of families in relation to culture and religion
- Provide evidence of time and resource management
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrates understanding of family needs and expectations and a willingness to fulfil them
- Ability to problem solve acquiring and utilising information from diverse sources to identify problems, solutions evaluating and recommending and implementing actions where appropriate
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise and evaluate care ensuring effective use of resource in relation to resource and time management
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to team working Demonstrate ability to be flexible and participate in an NHS change environment
- Ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately Positive attitude to service development of Children's
- Community Services
Other job requirements
Essential
- Access to independent means of transport with Full UK Driving Licence
- Ability to work flexible hours, evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays
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).
