Children's Community Nurse

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Paediatric Community Nurse for a 10-month secondment in the Derby Children’s Community Nursing team. The post requires senior Band 5 or current Band 6 experience, community expertise, and a full, clean driving licence.

Weekend and occasional unsocial hours may be required. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, compassionate care in the community, in collaboration with families and a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Paediatric nursing experience or working with children in the community.
• Senior Band 5 or current Band 6 nurse with relevant community exposure.
• Experience with Central Venous Access Device is desirable.
• Must have a clean full driving licence and access to a car.

Responsibilities

• Provide paediatric community nursing care to children and families.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for complex conditions in the community.
• Work both independently and as part of the team to meet service needs.
• Occasional weekend work and unsocial hours may be required for service delivery.

Skills

Paediatric nursing

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

NMC registered nurse

Tools

Central Venous Access Device

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with paediatric nursing experienceand excellent team working capabilities to join our team of Band 6 Children's Community Nurse's working within the Derby Children's Community Nursing team to cover a 10-month secondment.
As this role we are looking for someone who has exceptional communication skills and can demonstrate expert knowledge and clinical assessment skills for a variety of medical conditions and complex needs. The applicant will be required to be dynamic, self-motivated and able to work well independently but also within a team to manage the daily challenges associated with working within the community setting to provide the highest standard of care to patients and their families. The applicant requires experience as a senior Band 5 or current Band 6 nurse, ideally with Central Venous Access Device and community experience. You must be a car user with a full, clean driving licence. With the potential of our 24/7 end-of-life service being implemented whilst you are on secondment, you must be willing and able to occasionally complete weekend working as part of a rota and occasional unsocial hours to suit the needs of the service.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence continue to shape how we work as a Trust, and the associated behaviours are well embedded across our services and teams. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&E across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.