Band 6 Children's Rapid Response Nurse

Bhamcommunity; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full NHS terms and conditions

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national shops

Dedicated well-being services

Flexible working where possible

Job summary

The Children’s Rapid Response Service at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Nurse/Nurse Practitioner to support complex paediatric care in the community. The role focuses on preventing admissions and delivering high-quality, family-centred care.

Join a team that aims to improve quality of life for children with life-limiting conditions, working with the Community Children’s Nursing & Palliative Care Team to provide timely assessment, planning and support

Qualifications

• Qualified children’s nurse with specialist training per NMC requirements.
• Experience caring for children with complex healthcare needs.
• Willingness to pursue independent prescribing where needed.
• Ability to work within community settings and home visits.
• Commitment to high standards of nursing practice and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and management for children with complex needs in home/community settings.
• Develop and implement symptom management plans and care pathways.
• Collaborate with families, carers and multidisciplinary teams to optimise care.
• Prioritise workload, maintain records and ensure timely reviews.
• Lead or support teams in line with service leadership requirements.

Skills

Assessment skills

Time management

Communication with families

NMC Code knowledge

Education

RSCN/RN Child Branch

ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent

Community Children’s Nursing qualification or willingness to undertake

Clinical assessment course equivalent or willingness to complete

Independent supplementary prescriber or equivalent or willingness to complete

Job description

Find out more about applying to join Team BCHC.

Join our team

Community services are a key part of the NHS of the future. Be part ofthat future now.Join us and help achieve better care andhealthy communities.

Main area Childrens Rapid Response Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: Full-time and part-time available Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 820-8260679-CF

Site Lansdowne Road Health Centre Town Birmingham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 05/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

The Children’s Rapid Response Service have an exciting opportunity as it continues to expand the team. The Children’s Rapid Response Service works collaboratively with the Community Children’s Nursing & Palliative Care Team: It is the team’s primary aim to prevent and reduce hospital attendances, admissions and length of stay for children already known to the Community Children’s Nursing & Palliative Team.

The emphasis of this service is to improve the quality of life for children and families with life limiting, palliative or complex healthcare needs, offering them greater choice around their chosen place of care.

Are you an enthusiastic, dynamic, flexible and motivated experienced Nurse or Nurse Practitioner, with a strong knowledge of Children’s Nursing? Clinical expertise and good communication skills are required as well as excellent time management and prioritisation skills which are essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for experienced children’s nurses that have extensive experience in assessment with children with complex health care needs, Ideally the suitable candidate would hold, or be willing to work towards obtaining the independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification / Assessment Course.

You must have the ability to prioritise your workload using advanced assessment skills with the ability to provide a symptom management plan of care to children/young people during times of acute deterioration or illness.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Professional

• Work in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Practice and Scope of Professional Practice. Professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all activities.
• Work within the community (e.g. within client’s own home) as a lone practitioner managing situations of risk with telephone support. Seek support and advice with cases from more experienced colleagues when faced with matters outside sphere of responsibility, knowledge or skills.
• To provide a calm and supportive approach to the management and delivery of sensitive and complex information, providing both practical and emotional support, utilising flexibility and empathy in difficult situations.
• Use effective communication techniques communicate to the multidisciplinary team to ensure the child and family referred to Children’s Rapid Response receive the best possible care.
• Undertake risk assessments prior to service delivery within the home setting to ensure staff safety.
• Work in partnership with children, families and carers to provide optimum individual outcome acknowledging children and family’s personal preferences, spiritual and religious beliefs.
• Formulate individualised management and treatment plans using sound knowledge and evidence based practice. Plans should be in response to sound clinical reasoning and include expected signs of deterioration.
• To provide timely, effective symptom management, resulting from a comprehensive history taking utilising independent non medical prescribing, GP’s or hospital team, completing the symptom flow charts to monitor the child’s changing condition/deterioration.
• Provide and promote strategies/detailed plans of care to parents and carers empowering care that will prevent inappropriate admissions and reduce length of hospital stay.
• Ensure assessment, planning and delivery of holistic care is of the highest standard utilising an agreed nursing model.
• Liaise and work in collaboration with acute services, primary healthcare team and other agencies when planning and implementing programmes of care facilitating early discharge and preventing admissions.
• Advise the Team Leader, Clinical Lead or Service Manager of any circumstances which give cause for concern in relation to patient care and/or any concerns raised by the primary healthcare team or partner agencies.
• Maintain clear, concise and contemporaneous records adhering to BCHC record keeping policies.
• Provide a flexible service to accommodate the changing needs of children and families.

Management

• In the absence of the Team Leader/Clinical Lead provide leadership to ensure the effective service delivery.
• Responsible for accepting referrals and discharging patients from own caseload.
• Responsible for reassessing children, ensuring regular formal review of the caseload in conjunction with the Team Leader, ensuring these are documented and evidenced as per record keeping guidelines.
• Ensure standards are maintained with both clinical quality and governance being central to the function and delivery of the service.
• Accountable for advice and guidance to patients, families, carers and other team members.
• Act as an effective role model for other team members, students and professionals.
• Participate in research and audit relevant to the service in conjunction with the Team Leader/ Clinical Lead.
• Appropriately manage the service resources e.g. equipment, staffing, supplies in conjunction with the Team Leader/Service Manager.
• Develop policies, procedures and guidelines in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Ensuring staff maintain organisational standards in relation to record keeping.
• Undertake risk assessment for own clinical caseload, action planning effectively in response to risk assessment. Ensure effective communication to line manager relating any circumstances which give rise for concern.
• Manage informal complaints from service users raising any recurrent themes or concerns with the Clinical Lead and Service Manager and assist with formal investigations as requested.
• Demonstrate critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills.
• Work positively with colleagues to maintain effective working relationships.
• Accurately record and maintain client records daily using electronic and paper systems e.g RiO.

Education and Development

• To maintain and update knowledge and skills in relation to the post.
• To identify and undertake specific training to maintain skills in line with NMC Scope of Practice and development needs of the service.
• Participate in the teaching of students and other staff within the clinical and university environment.
• Participate in the teaching and mentorship of staff as required, ensuring they have the knowledge and skills to fulfil their roles.
• Maintain own professional development in line with post-registration ongoing education and practice, Revalidation.
• Act as a link Nurse and take clinical lead in areas of expertise. Attend courses and meetings as required to fulfil the link role as delegated by the Team Leader.
• Participate in reflective practice/clinical supervision, critical incident analysis and debriefings.

Management and Leadership Responsibilities

• Develop and empower all members of your team to perform to high standards and innovate.
• Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out personal development reviews for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PDR’s resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans in line with the Knowledge and Skills Outline Framework.
• Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities both in employment and service delivery. Ensure specific equality objectives are included in PDR’s.
• Develop a culture that ensures that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staff’s perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made.

Person specification

Qualifications / training

• RSCN/RN Child Branch
• ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent
• Community Children’s Nursing qualification or willingness to undertake
• Clinical assessment course equivalent or willingness to complete
• Independent supplementary prescriber or equivalent or willingness to complete

Experience

• 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

• 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 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
• 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
• Ability to manage team on a day to day basis in the absence of the Team Leader
• Demonstrate knowledge of standard setting and audit processes

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 6) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link , will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.

All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 7 - 9) that meet the prescribed skill level (RQF 6) and salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.

The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As part of our ongoing commitment to being a Great Place to Work, we actively foster and support a workplace culture that is inclusive and equitable for all staff, patients and service users.

We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with diverse abilities, experiences, and perspectives.

We are also dedicated to supporting the career progression of colleagues from underrepresented backgrounds into this role and more senior roles within the Division and the wider organisation.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

DBS Costs

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with the Trust will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary in 3 payments over a 3-month period once you start employment. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to these deductions being made. The charges for the DBS include the administration fee. The total costs are £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for. For bank Workers the full cost of the DBS check (as detailed above) will be deducted from your pay following completion of your online mandatory training. No payment will be made for your online training until it is all complete and verified by the Temporary Staffing Team. Please note: You will not be able to work any bank shifts until you have completed your mandatory training, and your DBS is in place.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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