Children's Community Nurse Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Cambridgeshire Community NHS; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Children’s Community Nurse to join their outstanding team in Cambridgeshire. This role offers the chance to provide high-quality, individualized care to children and young people in community settings, ensuring they receive the support they need. You will work closely with families and multi-agency teams to promote health and well-being while facilitating early discharges from hospitals. Join a dynamic team committed to innovative care delivery and professional development, where your contributions will truly make a difference in the lives of children and their families.

Qualifications

• Must have RSCN/RN child qualifications and excellent communication skills.
• Experience in community nursing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled nursing care to children in their homes and schools.
• Coordinate care and support for families to prevent hospital admissions.

Skills

RSCN/RN child qualifications

Excellent communication skills

Community nursing experience

Ability to work autonomously

Multi-agency collaboration

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge?

Are you keen to work with motivated caring staff delivering the highest quality care?

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of our “Outstanding Team” in the Children’s Community Nursing Team caring for children across Cambridgeshire.

We are looking for a Children’s Community Nurse to join our dynamic team, based out of The Oak Tree Centre in Huntingdon and The Peacock Centre in Cambridge. The team cover the whole of Cambridgeshire and provide a seven day service, delivering quality care to make a difference to children and young people requiring nursing care in their homes or other community settings.

We have a dynamic team of highly skilled nurses who facilitate early discharge of children from hospital as well as prevent hospital admissions and ED attendance, and are looking for enthusiastic, passionate and motivated Band 6 Paediatric Nurses to work with us.

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 21 April 2025.

You should have RSCN/RN child qualifications. You will be responsible for delivering a high standard of nursing care, should have excellent communication skills and be able to use your own initiative whilst also working well as a team player.

Experience of community work would be an advantage as well as experience, knowledge and understanding of working alongside other agencies and professionals including education, health, social care and the voluntary sector.

This role will give you the opportunity to assist with the development of Community Nursing within Cambridgeshire as well as develop your individual skills, and you will be supported to develop your expertise both within your Team and by regular reflection and professional training during the comprehensive induction period. The opportunity to progress to undertake the degree/masters level qualification in Community Children's Nursing will be encouraged and supported.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel effectively and independently on a daily basis to and from the base, clients’ homes and other venues around the geographical area whilst transporting equipment. If necessary, adjustments can be considered, in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Job Purpose:

Providing children, young people and their families with research based, skilled and individualised family centred care within the community and other settings.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provide skilled paediatric nursing care to children and young people within their own home, school or nursery settings to ensure families are supported in the care of their children in the community.
2. 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.
3. Act as a named nurse for a caseload of generic children and young people responsible for planning and co-ordinating care, delivering and evaluating the care given as well as on going complex case management. Must be able to use own initiative and work autonomously to provide skilled care. Supervision and support available from Lead Nurse.
4. Promote the health, comfort, dignity, privacy and quality of life for children young Work within the limits of the NMC code and guidelines, Trust policies, service operational policy and own professional competence.
5. Liaise with other members of a multi-professional multi-agency team regarding clinical management of patients to ensure effective treatment, by organising, liaising and co-ordinating care, taking the lead in decision making when appropriate.
6. Ensure prescribed nursing care is carried out in line with local and national policies including administration of SC / IV / Central IV treatments, taking of blood samples or specimens as required.
7. When appropriate ensure prescribed medication is administered correctly and safely (single checker procedure).
8. Clinicians with a V300 or V100 qualification are required to undertake a prescribing function within the role, which will include maintaining their current registration with their professional body. Ensure they register with the Trust prescribing administrator. Fulfil all relevant continuing Professional development requirements. Identify their own development needs in regard to prescribing. Work in accordance with the Trust Medicines’ Policy (DN014) and relevant procedures.
9. Competently deliver / advise on specialist evidence-based practice within the community setting as required e.g. wound management/gastrostomy care/oxygen dependency/portacaths/ technology dependent children.
10. Provide skilled, evidenced based, sensitive care to children and young people who require end of life care.
11. Providing them with comprehensive care through the 24-hour period. Liaise closely with other agencies to ensure good care assessment and delivery allowing the child, young person and family choice at the end-of-life stage.

Communication:

1. Complete accurate client records in line with local policy. Be aware of the requirements of both paper and electronic record keeping.
2. 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.

Budgetary Responsibility:

Be aware of budget requirements and the need for cost effective and efficient delivery of care.

People Management

1. Receive regular restorative and safeguarding supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and Trust policy.
2. To train and develop junior staff and to carry out at least annually an appraisal, objective setting and personal development planning meeting.
3. Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process.

Research & Development Activity:

Required to undertake R&D activity as required for service development.

Clinical and Practice Governance:

1. Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
2. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed, or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.
3. The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes.
4. The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
5. It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with the NMC, and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration.
6. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.
7. The post holder must participate in clinical and safeguarding audits as required.
8. Provide patient and their families /carers with information on standards they should expect from the team.
9. Participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis.
10. The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.

This advert closes on Monday 5 May 2025.

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