Children's Community Nurse (fixed term)

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Children’s Nurse to join the Community Nursing Service on a fixed-term 12-month basis. The post involves delivering clinical care to children and young people in the home and community settings across Blackpool and Fylde & Wyre, with a focus on safeguarding and multidisciplinary collaboration.

You will assess health needs, develop care plans, and participate in home IV therapy, venepuncture, wound care, and complex

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with valid NMC registration.
• Experience in children’s community nursing is desirable.
• Competence in IV therapy, venepuncture and enteral feeding devices.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care and treatments to children/young people as part of the community nursing team.
• Conduct assessments of health needs and develop individual care plans.
• Undertake home IVs, administer IM medications and venipuncture as routine tasks.
• Wound care, dressings, and development of wound care plans with tissue viability input.
• Attend MDT meetings and support multidisciplinary discharge planning to home.
• Safeguard children; manage referrals and attend supportive meetings.
• Care for children with acute and complex needs, including short and long-term episodes.
• Support virtual ward cases to enable early discharge and home-based care.
• Assist with continence/product assessments and contribute to EHCP processes.
• Provide training and education to parents, families, and school/nursery staff.

Skills

Communication skills

IV therapy

Venepuncture

Enteral feeding care

Tracheostomy care

Medical devices

Education

NMC registered nurse

Tools

Medical devices

Job description

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic Children's Nurse to join our team on a fixed term 12 month basis.

If you work at Blackpool Teaching Hospital this could be a secondment and you would have to ask your Line Manager for permission to apply.

The Children's Community Nursing Service is a small but well-established service that provides care to children and young people who have an identified nursing need/ long term health need, supporting and empowering families to manage their child at home and in a variety of settings across Blackpool. The service also provides the special school nursing to a number of special schools across the Blackpool and Fylde and Wyre area.

You will be part of a multi-professional team and will require excellent communication skills. We will offer a comprehensive induction and competency programme; prior competency evidence of IV therapy, Venepuncture/ blood sampling, enteral feeding device care, tracheostomy care and Medical Devices will be considered useful.

The post holder has responsibility for the clinical care and treatments of children and young people as part of the Children’s community nursing team.

Effective assessment of children's health needs and development of individual care plans is a key role

Undertaking home IVs ,administration of IM medication and venepuncture is a regular clinical activity .

Wound care and management, application of dressings, development of wound care plans and working alongside tissue viability leads is key

Regular attendance at meetings with the wider MDT ,support and facilitate the arranging of multidisciplinary meetings required to enable early discharge and complex discharge to home

Safeguarding children is central to the role :working with and supporting vulnerable children and their families ,undertaking relevant referrals and attending supportive meetings

Working with children with both acute medical needs and complex needs .Involvement with short episodes of care and long term complex conditions

Supporting children referred to virtual ward ensures early discharge where possible and supports further our commitment to caring for children in the home setting

The staff team undertake various required assessments i.e. continence and product assessments ,routine health assessments and contribute to the EHCP process offering individual health advices .

Training and Education of parents and families and school and nursery staff is a vital and key part of the role

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients. We employ more than 6,500 staff, have approximately 900 beds and have a planned turnover in excess of £410m for 2017/2018.

As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it's not just a good place to work; it's a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Deborah Peddie Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07717667390

Office Number

• 01253 956896