Children’s Community Nurse INW

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Central London Community Healthcare is seeking a dedicated children’s community nurse to join their team. The role includes providing skilled nursing care to children, coordinating tasks in team absence, and empowering families in a community setting. Candidates must be NMC registered with acute experience, promoting effective teamwork and clinical governance.

Benefits

Higher bank rates than agency

Priority in shift booking

24x7 support from Staff Bank team

Access NHS benefits

Career development support

Qualifications

• Must be an NMC registered, UK based nurse.
• At least 6 months acute experience required.
• Experience of working with students and multi-professional teams.

Responsibilities

• Assessment, management and evaluation of nursing care.
• Coordinate day-to-day workload in absence of Team Leads.
• Complex discharge planning and assessment.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Clinical Governance

Education

RGN / RSCN / RN(Child)

NMC Registration

Teaching Qualification

Post registration education and training

Job description

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Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 14 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, Kingston - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.

Job overview

Job Purpose Mon-Fri 8-6

To work as part of the Children’s Community Nursing Team, taking responsibility for the assessment, management, and evaluation of evidenced based nursing care to children and their families or carers.

To coordinate the day-to-day workload in the absence of Team Leads.

To take responsibility for Learner Nurses on placement with the Team.

Main duties of the job

· To take responsibility for the assessment, management and evaluation of skilled nursing care in negotiation with the child and family in conjunction with the Team Leads

· to provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with a variety of nursing needs, such as enteral feeding, intra-venous antibiotic administration, technology dependent children such as tracheostomy care and central venous access.

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

· to provide information and support to facilitate the child’s and family’s own choices with regards to nursing care

· to promote Health Education as an integrated aspect of care delivery

· to undertake complex discharge planning and assessment of a child’s needs, ensuring detailed communication with discharging hospital and safe discharge for the child and family

· to empower parents and carers to enable them to safely care for their child within the community environment through education, support and risk assessment.

· to maintain accurate, systematic and timely record keeping including recording of clinical data.

Working for our organisation

• Earn more per hour - bank rates are higher than agency and include holiday pay. We also cover your expenses and provide free uniforms
• See the best shifts first – bank staff get priority over all agency workers
• Book the shifts you want on your phone – build your own rota on our bank booking system
• Get 24x7 support from our friendly Staff Bank team – a local teamdedicated to helping you
• Access NHS benefits – such as NHS pension contributions and discounts
• Access Trust benefits – get support with your career development and mental health
• Become part of an integrated team – feel more valued and supported in your work

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for a comprehensive list of role specific duties and responsibilities

Both verbal and written communication skills, and experience of team working will be essential to the role. Strong interpersonal skills will also be essential.You must be an NMC registered, UK based nurse to apply for this role, as it is 'zero-hours' it does not attract visa sponsorship. You must also have at least 6 months acute experience.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

• RGN / RSCN / RN(Child).
• NMC Registration
• Evidence of post registration education and training
• Teaching Qualification.

Experience

• Experience of working with students.
• Experience of working with multi professional team.

Skills & Knowledge

• Knowledge and experience of Personal Development Planning
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its implementation.
• Knowledge and experience of Clinical Supervision
• Knowledge of resource management.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

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.