Band 6 Children's Complex Care Nurse

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Children's Complex Care Nursing Care Co-ordinator to deliver specialized nursing support to children with complex health needs. The successful candidate will manage a team and ensure high-quality care in a community setting. Applicants should possess strong leadership skills and a positive professional attitude. This position offers career development opportunities within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Children's Nurse with RSCN/RN Child Branch.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Significant experience as a Children's Nurse.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality nursing care according to agreed standards.
• Provide training and supervision to team and family members.
• Participate in service developments and clinical supervision.

Skills

Ability to manage team on a day to day basis

Evidence of assessment skills

Strong leadership skills

Positive and energetic outlook

Education

RSCN/RN Child Branch

ENB 998 or equivalent

Job description

** Note: This post is a Fixed Term Contract for 12 months covering Maternity Leave**

Advert Band 6 Children's Complex Care Nursing Care Co-ordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Children's nurse to join an established team of Children's Complex Care Nurses in Birmingham. This is a city wide service that offers personalised specialist nursing support to children & families with a variety of highly complex physical health needs.

We provide bespoke commissioned packages of care to children within their own homes, schools and other community locations. The service operates seven days a week and 24 hours a day.

If you are an experienced Children's Nurse with enhanced clinical skills and have advanced communication skills you may be who we are looking for to join our busy team. This post will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to develop rewarding therapeutic relationships with children & families in a community setting.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering high quality nursing care according to agreed standards which are set and monitored.

If you have a positive outlook, professional attitude, are a good team player and are passionate about delivering high quality, safe and compassionate child & family focused care then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

In return the successful candidate will be offered opportunities to develop both clinically and professionally within a supportive environment and be encouraged to participate in service developments. Formal clinical supervision and a supported induction period will be provided.

Within this role you will be required to provide training and supervision to other members of the team including health care assistants as well as parents and family members ensuring their competence in meeting the care needs of specific children and young people. This client group has highly complex health needs which include children and young people that are technology dependent i.e. requiring invasive ventilation. The Children's Complex Care Team forms part of the wider Specialist Nursing Service which includes Children's Rapid Response, Children's Palliative Care and the Children's Community Nursing Team.

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.

Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

Job responsibilities

Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon aspossible

Qualifications:-

RSCN/ or RN Child Branch

Applicants must be a car driver.

For further details / informal visits contact: Catherine Lomas, Team Leader - Children's Complex Care on Telephone number 01212455779

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RSCN/RN Child Branch
• ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) within general management activities

Skills

• Ability to manage team on a day to day basis in the absence of the Clinical / Team Leader
• Evidence of assessment skills and use of nursing process and nurse models
• Ability to lead complex services, setting clear direction and delivering service objectives.
• Self-motivated.
• Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example
• Evidence of strong leadership skills, the ability to negotiate, persuade and influence at a senior level with a supportive style whilst also able to take difficult decisions and act assertively
• Keen to develop services in line with service, educational and research priorities with the service.

Other job requirements

• As per person spec

Experience

• Significant experience of working as a Children's Nurse either RSCN/RN Child
• Evidence of excellent clinical and professional engagement.
• Significant experience and successful in-depth knowledge of staff management and the procedures and policies underpinning this.

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum (pro rata)