Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Children's Nurse role within our Children and Young People's Diabetes Nursing Team working across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. The team is part of an integrated network of services for children and young people providing high quality specialist child and young person centred care. The Team is an integral part of an innovative CYP diabetes multidisciplinary team with colleagues in our organisation as well as in our local acute trust.
This is role will work alongside the band 6 and 7 diabetes nurses within the team providing skilled, comprehensive nursing care, advise and support to children, young people with diabetes and their families in their own homes, schools and other community settings. This post is ideal for newly qualified children's nurses as well as experienced children's nurses looking to specialise in the field of diabetes allowing the post holder to develop within the role.
The service currently operates Monday to Friday from 9am until 5pm however on occasions there may be the need for the post holder to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. The post holder will need to be able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
We offer a comprehensive induction programme and provide ongoing support, training and development to further advance your skills and career.
Main duties of the job
To have responsibility for a delegated workload as agreed with the Clinical Team Leader and B6 Nurses
To assist in the organisation and development of education programmes for the child/family/carers/young people in an education setting, including care planning
To deliver education to newly diagnosed children, young people and their families.
To support children, young people and their families in the use of technology devices as part of their diabetes management
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To have responsibility for a delegated workload as agreed with the Clinical Team Leader and B6 Nurses
To provide specialist CYP nursing care, advice and support in negotiation with the child and family / carers to meet their individual needs.
Contribute to the identification and prevention of child abuse or neglect in line with national and local child protection guidance and procedures
To actively engage and encourage the involvement of service users/carers in the planning and delivery of care.
To assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate individualised programmes of care within agreed policies, protocols and scope of practice to meet identified needs in negotiation with children, young people and their families in all community settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To have responsibility for a delegated workload as agreed with the Clinical Team Leader and B6 Nurses
To provide specialist CYP nursing care, advice and support in negotiation with the child and family / carers to meet their individual needs.
Contribute to the identification and prevention of child abuse or neglect in line with national and local child protection guidance and procedures
To actively engage and encourage the involvement of service users/carers in the planning and delivery of care.
To assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate individualised programmes of care within agreed policies, protocols and scope of practice to meet identified needs in negotiation with children, young people and their families in all community settings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- experience working within an environment supporting children and young people with both complex/long term/acute health needs
- interest in diabetes
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Experience of liaison with multi-disciplinary team working
- good communication skills including, good listening and negotiating skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- experience working within an environment supporting children and young people with both complex/long term/acute health needs
- interest in diabetes
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Experience of liaison with multi-disciplinary team working
- good communication skills including, good listening and negotiating skills
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).
