Band 5 Jessie May Children\'s Nurse

HCRG Care Group; Chippenham; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A Community Health Services Provider in the UK is seeking a Band 5 Children's Nurse who is passionate about delivering compassionate and holistic nursing care to children with life-limiting conditions. This part-time role involves providing skilled nursing care, emotional support, and working closely with families. Applicants should have a nursing qualification and a valid UK driving licence as travel is required. Competitive salary and professional development opportunities are available.

Benefits

Competitive salary of £31,049 - £37,796

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Qualifications

• Experience in providing care to children with complex medical needs.
• Ability to alleviate emotional distress for children and families.
• Skilled in following care plans and administering medications.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective respite care to children.
• Maintain clinical skills and competency.
• Administer medication per policy and guidelines.
• Document care given accurately.

Skills

Compassionate nursing care

Communication skills

Holistic care

Emergency procedures knowledge

Education

Nursing qualification (RN)

Job description

Do you have a passion for delivering compassionate, holistic nursing care to children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions? Would you like to make a real difference to families in their own homes?

Join our small, dedicated Jessie May Care Team in the Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) area, where you will provide specialist palliative nursing and respite care to children and young people in the community.

You will provide skilled holistic nursing care to children and young people who have complex medical needs within the family home or other environments where respite is requested including, on occasions, hospital-based care. You will also provide emotional support and advice to the children, and parent/carers on the caseload, and will be responsible for the planning, implementation and the evaluation of individualised care during each respite visit in the absence of the parents or carers.

You will be skilled in communicating, establishing and maintaining good relationships with the children, young people and their families on the caseload and work effectively within the Jessie May Care Team.

This is an extremely rewarding role that is part-time (25.5 hours per week).

We have base locations across BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire so you will be allocated a base closest to your home however, as this is a community based role travel is required and therefore willingness to travel and a valid UK driving licence is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

• Provide safe and effective respite care to children on the BSW Jessie May caseload. Care to always be provided in line with child specific care plan(s).
• Maintain clinical skills and competency on a range of complex health needs, to include (but not exclusive to): tracheostomy management, enteral feeding, seizure management, long term ventilation, oral suction, nursing observation and assessment.
• Follow any emergency procedures/guidelines for the child or young person receiving care.
• Administer medication in line with medicines administration charts and service policy.
• Assist with dressing, undressing, personal hygiene, toileting in a sensitive manner, encouraging the child or young person to be as independent as possible within their capability.
• Ensure the child and their family are at the centre of everything that we do. Provide care that is consistent with their wishes and ensure the voice of the child is heard and underpins everything that you do.
• Actively listen to the child and family, and offer emotional support using empathetic communication.
• Keep records of all care given and observations made in accordance with HCRG Care Group policy.
• Identify the need for any additional emotional support for the child and the parent/carer and communicate this in an appropriate manner to the care team and Jessie May team around the family.

For a full list of role responsibilities please refer to attached job description.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we will need to close it earlier than the date we have shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Band 5 Jessie May Children's Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our Wiltshire Children's Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £31,049 - £37,796 (Band 5 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.