Community Children's Nurse Band 6

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Grantham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking NHS Trust that is committed to providing outstanding care through compassionate and skilled professionals. As a Community Children's Nurse, you will play a vital role in delivering care to children in their homes, ensuring a seamless transition from hospital to community. This position offers flexible working hours and opportunities for professional development, making it ideal for those looking to make a significant impact in children's health services. With a supportive team and a focus on patient-centered care, this role is perfect for dedicated individuals eager to contribute to the health and well-being of children and their families.

Benefits

Flexible Working

NHS Pension

Annual Leave

Family & Childcare Support

Health & Wellbeing Programs

Learning & Development Opportunities

Financial Support and Benefits

Rewards & Recognition

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse with experience in children's nursing.
• Evidence of continued professional development in community health.

Responsibilities

• Formulate individual care packages for children transitioning from hospital to home.
• Manage own caseload and coordinate services for children with acute healthcare needs.

Skills

Communication Skills

Child Protection Knowledge

Community Nursing

Caseload Management

Adaptability

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (Child)

Community Health Degree

Job description

Main area Community Childrens Nursing (CCN) Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm - to work flexibly to provide 'before' and 'after' school visits as required. To participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota from 5.00pm to 10.00pm Monday to Friday and 9.00am to 10.00pm at weekends. This will include participation in a 24/7 on-call rota for children requiring end of life care as required.) Job ref 357-GR-092-25-QIA215

Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Grantham & District Hospital Town Grantham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (£29,870 - £35,969 pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 11/05/2025 23:59

Community Children's Nurse Band 6

NHS AfC: Band 6

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

• Patient-centred –Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
• Safety –Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
• Excellence –Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
• Compassion –Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
• Respect –Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So,what is in it for you?

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
• NHS Pension:A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
• Bank working:The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there ismore.

• Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
• Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
• Financial support and benefits i ncluding Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
• Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .

Job overview

Lincolnshire's Community Children's Nursing (CCN) Service is expanding!!

Due to significant investment we are looking for experienced children's nurses to join our GranthamCCN Team. If you are passionate about community nursing and want to be part of our exciting journey - we would love to hear from you! We would welcome applications from children's nurses currently working in ANY setting eg, hospital-based, health visitors and school nurses.

Our CCN Team at Grantham is an integral part of our children's community services and consists of a Team Leader, Band 6 CCNs, and HCSW who work closely to provide a seamless service between hospital and home.

The service is available Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, however, team members are required to work flexibly to provide 'before' and 'after' school visits as required. You will participate in an evening telephone on-call system operating Monday to Friday 5pm to 10pm on weekdays and 9am and 10pm at weekends and Bank holidays for the county-wide CCN caseload. This will run alongside a 24/7 rota for children and young people requiring end of life care when required.

Applicants must be NMC Registered Nurse (child). Recent CCN and community caseload management experience would be highly advantageous as would a community health degree with a specialist practitioner qualification, although not essential as training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the team and in partnership with the child, family / carers, you will formulate individual care packages that facilitate the smooth transition from hospital to home.

You will have responsibility of managing your own caseload and coordinating services to facilitate early discharge, reduce hospital re-admissions and provide support and nursing care to children and young people with acute healthcare needs and those with long-term conditions at home. Participating in the out-of-hours telephone on-call system to support all children and families on the CCN countywide caseload you will enable admission avoidance.

As an excellent communicator you will support the development of ambulatory care and promote the ethos of empowering children and their families to develop the knowledge, skills and expertise to enable them to become self-caring, independent and manage their own condition at home wherever possible.

Applicants must demonstrate an ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. The ability to travel throughout the county is essential. ULHT offer a lease car scheme for employees.

Opportunities for professional development, training and regular 1:1 support from the Team Leader will be offered to all successful applicants.

Working for our organisation

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse (Child)
• Evidence of continued professional development and training
• NMC recorded non-medical prescribing qualification
• Masters / BSc (Hons) Community Health or equivalent with Community Children’s Specialist Practitioner qualification

Previous Experience

• Recent experience of working as a children's nurse
• Experience of safeguarding children / child protection
• Experience of working in the community setting and managing a nursing caseload

Skills

• Ability to evidence / demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust Framework
• Knowledge of health and safety issues & risk management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to adapt to change
• Research and Audit experience
• Knowledge of developing integrated care pathways
• Evidence of quality improvement
• Political awareness and knowledge / interest of current issues

Specific Requirements

• Applicants must have the ability to travel independently throughout the County.
• Commitment to participate in a county-wide CCN caseload on-call rota 5pm to 10pm weekdays & 9am to 10pm at weekends and Bank Holidays, including participation in a 24/7 on-call rota for children & young people requiring end of life care.
• Commitment to developing children’s community services

ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

As a responsible employer ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULTH for this cost.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.

You are:

• A Veteran
• A Military Reserve
• Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces

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.

Name Louise Joslin Job title Team Leader - CCN Team Grantham Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07775800682 Additional information

Deborah Flatman, Matron, Childrens Community Services

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