Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, forward thinking Community Children's Nurses to join our leadership team as our Special School and Respite Team Lead.
We provide a special school nursing service to two special schools across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. We also have a small respite team of health care assistants providing packages of care to children and young people with a nursing need on our caseload.
This post will be an attractive position to a candidate looking to move into a leadership role and wishing to remain within the field of special school nursing and complex care.
We are looking for an experienced, children's nurse whose vision is to provide a quality service and to maximise a positive patient experience in this established service. The candidate must demonstrate extensive experience working with children and young people who has complex health and learning disabilities in the community setting.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the day to day leadership and management of the team, working closely with the CCN Team Lead and the Community Children's Nursing Service Manager,
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To effectively manage and lead the delivery and evaluation of the community children's nurse-led initiatives including the Special School Nursing and Respite services within Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
- To work alongside multi-disciplinary, multi-agency teams across primary and secondary care, education and social care to deliver a needs led service for children and young people with chronic/complex/palliative/respite health care needs.
- To act as the CCN Service SEND lead.
The team leader will work autonomously in the community to ensure the service protects and improve the health and wellbeing of children with a range of health needs in achieving their full health and educational potential.
The team leader at times will provide telephone triage, patient consultations at school, home and within nurse-led clinic settings, undertake assessment, diagnosis and treatment and where appropriate nurse prescribing for children and young people with acute/chronic health care needs within agreed protocols.
The successful candidate will be required to work as part of a roster between Monday-Friday working flexibly between 08.00-18.00. The post holder will also be required to participate and provide leadership for the on-call provision to support end of life care over a 24 hour period.
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
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Children's Nurse/RN (Child) or Registered School Nurse with SCPHN qualification
- Specialist Community Children's Nursing qualification
- Evidence of short courses at master's level or equivalent experience
- Student Nursing supervisor and assessor training
- Leadership and Management qualification
- Independent Nurse Prescriber (to be completed within 12months of commencement of post)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience working with children and young people with nursing needs in the community setting.
- Experience of teaching and assessing in a clinical area.
- Participation in service development and implementation of change.
- Recent experience of providing clinical leadership and experience of line management.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary / multi-agency working.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of continuing post registration education/training in field of practice
- Knowledge of relevant guidelines & ability to interpret their impact on strategic service developments, patient outcomes and clinical practice
- Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to CYP & their parent/carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand
- Skilled on the use of IT
- Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills, both verbally and in writing
Other
Essential
- Ability to meet travel requirements of the post
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Children's Nurse/RN (Child) or Registered School Nurse with SCPHN qualification
- Specialist Community Children's Nursing qualification
- Evidence of short courses at master's level or equivalent experience
- Student Nursing supervisor and assessor training
- Leadership and Management qualification
- Independent Nurse Prescriber (to be completed within 12months of commencement of post)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience working with children and young people with nursing needs in the community setting.
- Experience of teaching and assessing in a clinical area.
- Participation in service development and implementation of change.
- Recent experience of providing clinical leadership and experience of line management.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary / multi-agency working.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of continuing post registration education/training in field of practice
- Knowledge of relevant guidelines & ability to interpret their impact on strategic service developments, patient outcomes and clinical practice
- Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to CYP & their parent/carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand
- Skilled on the use of IT
- Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills, both verbally and in writing
Other
Essential
- Ability to meet travel requirements of the post
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).
