Childrens Community Nurse

NHS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Children's Continuing Care Team Lead to make a real difference in the lives of children and families. This role involves providing outstanding clinical support, managing a team of support workers, and delivering essential training to ensure high-quality care. With a focus on community health, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting children with complex health needs, all while enjoying the benefits of working within a respected organization. Join a team that values your contributions and fosters professional growth in a rewarding environment.

Benefits

27+ days' annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Full NHS benefits

Qualifications

• Registered Children's Nurse with experience in community settings.
• Management experience and ability to lead teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical shifts, providing care and support to children and families.
• Manage and assess Lifetime Support Workers, ensuring quality service delivery.

Skills

Knowledge of professional agenda and NMC standards

Experience working as a Children's Nurse

Ability to work in a changing environment

Evidence of Management/Leadership experience

Experience of delivering teaching

Experience of supervising/assessing students

Education

RSCN/RN Child registered on part 8 or 15 NMC register

BSc (Hons) Community Children's Nurse or relevant community experience

Facilitating Learning and Assessment in Practice Course or Equivalent

Tools

Full UK Driving Licence

Job description

Could you help us make a real difference to children and families in your community?

The Lifetime Service is a Community Nursing and Psychology Service for Children and young people with life-limiting, life-threatening conditions and those who meet Children's Continuing Care criteria.

The Lifetime Service is extremely well regarded in our community, and our team is proud to have the privilege to support the children and families that they do.

"My role as a Community Children's Nurse within Sirona has given me great opportunities to develop my clinical skills. Working for the Lifetime Service, I am proud to be able to help to keep children at home whenever possible. I know my role helps to keep children and their families together, and this gives me great job satisfaction." - Hannah, Community Nurse

The service is based in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, and currently provides a service across four Integrated Care Board (ICB) areas, supporting children aged 0-19 and their families in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, and B&NES.

In addition, the service has a Continuing Care Team (CCT), which supports children at home with complex health needs and children who are technology dependent.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to undertake clinical shifts working alongside the Lifetime support workers in the child's home or school setting, observing their clinical competencies and undertaking annual clinical assessments to provide outstanding care and support to the children and their families who meet Continuing Care Criteria (Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, and B&NES). This role includes clinical support to the rota coordination team.

This role will take on the line management of a number of Lifetime Support Workers, which includes management and assessment of the wider team, having regular one-on-one meetings, performance development reviews, and absence management meetings to support the team leaders. Additionally, the successful candidate will assist in the delivery of clinical skills training days, upskilling support workers and ensuring the team provides evidence-based interventions in line with national guidance.

The role will require travel across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, visiting service users within their own homes and occasionally in schools, in addition to meeting and liaising with other teams and services involved in the child's care.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services, and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset, or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners, and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Please note that due to travel required, you must have a full UK driving licence & access to a vehicle for work purposes in order to be successful in this position.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• RSCN/RN Child registered on part 8 or 15 NMC register
• Full UK Driving Licence & Access to a vehicle for work purposes
• BSc (Hons) Community Children's Nurse/relevant community experience i.e. Specialist Practitioner CCN or SCPHN
• Facilitating Learning and Assessment in Practice Course or Equivalent

Skills, Experience and Knowledge Required

• Knowledge of professional agenda and NMC standards
• Understanding of systems and processes in relation to safe service delivery
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work in a changing environment
• Experience working as a Children's Nurse
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) in areas relevant to Community Children's Continuing Care and/or community experience
• Experience of complex rotas to meet service and staffing demands.
• Evidence of Management/Leadership experience
• Experience of delivering teaching
• Experience of supervising/assessing students

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Band 7 Children's Continuing Care Team Lead.

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum, pro rata