Childrens Homecare Nurse

HealthNet Homecare; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Leeds is seeking Childrens Clinical Homecare Nurses to deliver care to patients in their homes, schools, or workplaces. The role requires a commitment to excellent patient care, supporting children and adults with various medical needs. Ideal candidates are registered children's nurses eager to make a real difference in patients' lives. The position offers competitive pay, training, and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary structure

Annual car allowance of £5000

25 days holiday + bank holiday

Pension Scheme

Ongoing training and development

Professional registration fees paid

Employee Assistance Programme

Uniform provided

Perks and benefits via Perkbox

Qualifications

• Registered childrens nurse with a passion for patient care.
• Ability to support patients receiving treatment at home.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standards of patient care.
• Teach patients and families to self-administer therapy.
• Participate in Patient Support Programmes.
• Ensure seamless service delivery between hospital and home.
• Travel across regions as required.

Skills

Registered Childrens Nurse on NMC register

Computer literate

Job description

HealthNet Homecare are specialists in delivering homecare services for patients, from medical deliveries to nursing support for both children and adults in the community.

Working with over 180,000 patients across numerous different therapy areas, our dedicated team offer support to patients with rare and orphan diseases right through to more common conditions. Our aim is to make the lives of our patients’ and their families easier by taking the stress out of managing their medication and ensuring they are confident they are in safe hands with HealthNet.

We are looking for a Childrens Clinical Homecare Nurses to join our nursing team. Children’s nurses at HealthNet have the unique opportunity to support children and adults in the community either at home, school or work to receive their treatment while continuing with their daily lives.

The role of a Homecare Nurse makes such a difference to our patients who can receive the medical care they need in the comfort of their own homes, school or place of work. The patients we visit may have growth hormone deficiency, auto immune or rare and orphan conditions.

As a homecare nurse we are fortunate to be able to give one to one care to our patients whether it is teaching a patient or carer to administer an injection or administering more complex IV therapies.

If you're a qualified Childrens nurse looking for a career where you can be part of making a real difference to the quality of life for both our paediatric and adult patients by applying your passion, drive and skillsets in an ever changing environment that is healthcare, then HealthNet Homecare is the place for you to join our busy, growing team!

Who we are?

Our Nurse team is made up of specifically trained homecare professionals with the capability to support both straightforward and complex end to end therapies in a patient focused and quality driven manner.

Why us?

As a business we realise that it is our people aligned with a clear focus that will ultimately deliver our vision. We focus on training programmes that allow our Clinical Nurse Team to go out into the community with confidence and with the knowledge of a business support network along with the ability to promote our culture of patient centred care to our customer base. We strongly believe in continuous professional development and providing the investment that enables colleagues to progress in their careers.

Hours:

Our working hours are 37.5 hours a week - Monday - Friday on a rota basis between 8am-6pm. For example, you may do a week of 8am-4pm, 9am-5pm or 10am-6pm.

Main Responsibilities:

• Assist in providing excellent standards of patient care on behalf of the client and associated healthcare professionals
• Teaching patients, carers or family members to self-administer therapy, or the administration of therapies to patients in accordance with service specific protocols in the comfort of their own homes.
• Participating in telephone calls, virtual calls and home visits as part of Patient Support Programmes
• Assist in providing solutions that will support the patient and healthcare professional in delivering a seamless service between hospital and the home.
• Ensure a high standard of service is stablished and always delivered for all customers and patients.
• Travel requirements across regions

What experience and skills are we looking for?

You will be a registered childrens nurse and passionate about delivering first class patient care.

Essential Skills

• Registered Childrens Nurse on NMC register
• Computer literate

Desirable Skill but not essential

• 3 years post registration experience
• Previous homecare experience
• Cannulation experience
• Venepuncture experience
• Experience accessing and using Ports
• Previous experience in the administration of IV therapies

What we offer:

• Competitive salary structure
• Annual car allowance of £5000 & a fuel card for field based Nurses
• 25 days holiday + bank holiday
• Pension Scheme
• Ongoing training and development
• Professional registration fees paid
• Employee Assistant Programme including 24/7 hour access to remote GP appointments.
• Refer a friend scheme
• Uniform provided
• Kit bags for all Homecare Nurses
• Eyecare Vouches
• Perks and benefits via Perkbox
• Long service awards.

If the role sounds of interest, and you want to be a part of a company who truly places our patients at the heart of everything we do, please feel free to apply through our careers page and join us in making a difference.