Children's Community Nurse

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Peterborough; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Une opportunité passionnante se présente au sein de la Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust pour un infirmier pédiatrique de niveau Band 5. Ce poste impliquera la fourniture de soins et d'interventions aux enfants âgés de 0 à 18 ans et le soutien aux familles, tout en développant des compétences professionnelles pour évoluer vers le Band 6. Le candidat idéal aura un diplôme en soins infirmiers, des compétences en communication et de solides capacités organisationnelles.

Benefits

Supervision clinique

Opportunités de développement professionnel

Flexibilité des horaires

Qualifications

• Inscription au registre des soins infirmiers de l'enfant requis.
• Expérience en soins pédiatriques appréciée.
• Formation continue nécessaire.

Responsibilities

• Évaluer et planifier les soins infirmiers pour les enfants.
• Fournir des soins infirmiers à domicile.
• Travailler avec des équipes multidisciplinaires.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Travail d'équipe

Gestion du stress

Education

Diplôme en soins infirmiers

Inscription RSCN/RN (enfant)

Tools

Certificat IV

Phlébotomie

Job description

This is a development post, if you are appointed as a Band 5, you will be given a list of competencies to complete, these will be reviewed at your appraisal. On completion you will rise to a Band 6.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 paediatric nurse to join the Children’s Community Nursing team.

This role will deliver nursing care and interventions to the children (0-18 years) and families within the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust area.

You will receive support and guidance from an established CCN team to enable you to gain and upskill in your nursing abilities and to develop towards becoming a Band 6.

You will hold a case load of patients and be responsible for ensuring that their nursing needs are met. This will also involve delivering educational / teaching sessions to a variety of people including families and educational settings.

The post holder needs to be highly organised, adaptable and able to work under pressure, with care plans that often needing to change at short notice. Support will be provided to the successful candidate including clinical supervision. Successful candidates must be a car driver as this is a community-based post involving frequent travel to patient homes, schools and other venues.

Main duties of the job

To participate in the assessment, planning and provision of skilled nursing care in negotiation with the child and family, in conjunction with the Children's Community Team.

To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with complex care needs including technology dependent such as tracheostomy care and central venous access.

To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with a variety of nursing needs, such as enteral feeding, and intra-venous antibiotic administration.

To work in a collaborative manner with other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care to families

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

1. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care and support requirements for children with medical, health needs.
2. Provide skilled paediatric nursing care to children and young people within their own home, or other applicable venues such as outpatient clinics, to ensure families are supported in the care of their children at home.
3. Ensure continuity of care is established and appropriate support available for children, young people, and families, with the aim of preventing unnecessary admission or attendance at hospital and facilitating earlier discharge where appropriate from both local and tertiary hospitals.
4. Maintain excellent communication with the child and family on the caseload and as their advocate ensure that they have ease of contact with the team appropriate information and support. Records should reflect the child’s care, present condition and progress and be available to colleagues
5. Maintain the safety of children and young people by ensuring robust care plan are in place with the supervision of the senior team.
6. To liaise with children and their parents/carers along with other agencies who are involved in their care to promote a person-centred outcomes approach to supporting their needs.
7. Promote the health, comfort, dignity, privacy and quality of life for children and
young people.
8. To support the provision of acute care to children and young people following agreement of care from the wider teams.
9. Ensure prescribed nursing care is carried out in line with local and national policies including administration of SC/IV/CVAD IV treatments, taking of blood samples or specimens as required.
10. Identify those children and families with continuing care / complex needs and plan programmes of care in accordance with either the local agencies or continuing care framework.
11. To provide theoretical training and competency-based assessments in relation to nursing interventions for staff working in partner agencies including schools (mainstream and special needs), colleges and early years settings.
12. To support the Leadership Team in developing service improvements to ensure the health needs of the children and young people who use the service are met.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Current RSCN/ RN (child) / Child Branch Registration
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Degree in Nursing
• Training in PSIRF

Experience

• Experience of sick children’s / Paediatric nursing
• Demonstrate an understanding of Safeguarding issues.
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work
• Transfer of clinical skills to a variety of settings.
• Experience of a specialist area.
• Experience of working in the community / community setting.
• Mentoring of students

Abilities & Skills

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
• Ability to contribution to an MDT approach.
• IV certification, including central lines.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Know own professional limitations.
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Excellent team working skills and evidence of multidisciplinary team
• Organised.
• Demonstrate the Trusts PRIDE values and implements them in practice.
• Certified competency in phlebotomy
• Evidence of recent professional development
• Evidence of working with families from diverse backgrounds.
• To have an understanding or have received training in autism/LD/MH.
• Knowledge of clinical supervision
• Knowledge of the wide range of services provision for children.
• Knowledge of clinical governance

Physical requirements

• Access to a car / motorbike for work purposes.
• Ability to reach and bed to kneel/work at floor level.

Other

• Recognise individuals’ right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
• Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.
• Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude.
• Ability to get around local area.
• Knowledge of the geographical area.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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.

As a patient, relative or carer using our services, sometimes you may need to turn to someone for help, advice, and support.