Children's Community Nurse

NHS; Brecon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Registered Children's Nurse within the Community Children's Nursing Team. The role involves providing nursing care for children in various settings, collaborating with families and professionals. Candidates must hold NMC registration and have experience in pediatric nursing, alongside excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience of nursing children in various clinical settings.
• Community children's nursing clinical experience including gastrostomy and tracheostomy care.
• Ability to work during unsocial hours within geographical area.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care for children across outpatient clinics and community settings.
• Mentor and support other staff, including pre-registration nursing students.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team ensuring family-centred care.

Skills

Communication

Empathetic nature

Flexibility

Teamwork

Child protection knowledge

Education

NMC Registered Nurse - RSCN or RNCB / RNLD

Teaching and Assessing Qualification NVQ Assessment

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated person to take on the role of a Band 5 Registered Children's Nurse within the Community Children's Nursing Team.

This is an exciting and varied role and the successful candidate will be required to work as part of team supporting children and young people in community settings (home, nursery/school and nurse led clinics) in collaboration with parents/carers and other professionals.

Candidates must be registered with the NMC as a RSCN or RNCB / RNLD. The candidate will have experience of nursing children and young people in a wide range of clinical settings. The candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work well as part of a wider multi-agency team. The ability to work flexibly and under own initiative will be required.

The successful post holder will be required to travel throughout Powys.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post. English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

If you believe that you have the unique qualities that are needed to work with a small friendly team, and with children and their families, then we would like to hear from you.

Please contact Alwena Campbell, CCN Team Lead for further details on 01686 617445.

Main duties of the job

Facilitate and provide nursing care for children across outpatient clinics and Community Settings including Special Schools in collaboration with parents/carers and other professionals. The post-holder will care for children under the following categories:

Children with acute and short-term needs

Children with long term conditions

Children with disabilities and complex conditions, including those requiring continuing care and children with learning disability, ASD and ADHD

Children with life-limiting and life-threatening illness

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team; this includes the Powys Integrated Disability Team to ensure that the child/young person receive a high standard of nursing care by adopting a family centred approach.

Excellent communication skills are essential with an empathetic nature and theability to give care and support. A working knowledge of child protection is essential.

The post holder will mentor and support other staff, including pre-registration nursing students and other professionals as required; training for mentorship will be supported through professional development.

About us

Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.

As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.

To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

• NMC Registered Nurse - RSCN or RNCB / RNLD
• Experience of working in a variety of paediatric clinical areas
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification NVQ Assessment
• Community Paediatric experience

Experience

• Nursing children in a wide range of clinical settings
• Community Children's nursing clinical experience eg gastrostomy, tracheostomy, central venous line care

Values

• Demonstrate PTHB Values

Other

• Ability to undertake work during unsocial hours within geographical area
• Ability to travel
• Ability to manage stressful situations in self and team
• Ability to communicate with the full range of key working relationships appropriate to need, consistent with legislation policies and procedures
• Hand over information
• Participation in meetings
• Assess, plan, and evaluate care
• Participation within the team in care monitoring, audit, and evaluation
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to utilise information technology relevant to clinical area
• Ability to manage resources
• Ability to speak Welsh
• Managing conflict
• Ability to undertake teaching and assessing within the clinical area
• Breaking bad news

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.

Brecon Children's Centre, Brecon Hospital - travelling Pan Powys

Team Lead for Children's Community Nursing Team

Brecon Children's Centre, Brecon Hospital - travelling Pan Powys