Junior sister - Community Children's Nurse

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A Community Health Service in Greater London seeks a Junior Sister - Community Children’s Nurse for their team. This role involves managing a clinical caseload for children under six, emphasizing evidence-based practices and working collaboratively across various health sectors. The ideal candidate should have a community nursing qualification and experience in paediatric nursing. The position offers a salary between £44,485 to £52,521 per year, including additional outer HCAS, and supports professional development.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification or working towards it.
• RSCN/ RN Child Branch required.
• Significant experience at Band 5 working with children.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical caseload for children under 6.
• Work in partnership with community teams.
• Provide emotional support during challenging situations.

Skills

Paediatric nursing skills

Excellent organisational skills

Verbal and written communication

Teaching skills

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Degree level qualification

Community nursing qualification

RSCN/ RN Child Branch

Job description

Junior sister - Community Children's Nurse

We are looking for an enthusiastic children's nurse to work within our children's community nursing team. We deliver (in person) community based care to children under 6 nursing pathways:

(1) Short term (wound care/IVABS); (2)Acute - Oncology, home oxygen therapy, pre term babies; (3) Long term conditions; (4) Complex disabilities; (5) Palliative; (6) End of Life care

Our team works across London Borough of Newham, supporting babies, children and young people, from pre term to 19yrs old, with health needs in the community settings (home, schools and clinics).

We are based within East London, and work as part of an Multidisciplinary team, including play, psychology, dietetics, as part of our community nursing service. We support professional development (including clinical skills within the role) and staff well being.

Main duties of the job

To manage a clinical caseload ensuring continued responsibility for the assessment, planning, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

To work across community children's nursing service (CCNS) nursing pathways.

To work in partnership with other community/ acute based teams, clients and services in the public, private, educational and voluntary sectors.

To be able to provide line management for junior members of the team associate to caseload, including clinical supervision and appraisals.

To demonstrate areas of specialty thereby acting as a resource for other professionals and enhancing evidence-based practice for delivery of community based nursing care for children and young people with a variety of conditions, including life limiting and complex care..

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

• Provide high quality nursing care for children and young people in the London borough of Newham, which is planned and delivered, reviewed and evaluated within the clients home, wound dressing clinic or other appropriate setting within the community using family centered, evidence based practice.
• Assess and order equipment and supplies for the child or young person to enable them to manage their condition safely in the community setting, including regular reassessments dependent on the changing needs of the child/young person.
• Provide initial triage and assessment of new referrals to the service, identifying where urgent response is required and allocating to staff, based on staff logistics and skill mix.
• Initiate and manage safe, effective discharge from hospital to home carrying out risk assessments of the receiving community setting.
• Enable and promote independence by teaching, supporting and encouraging carers and children, including those children with complex health needs, to participate in meeting their own care needs where possible in community settings.
• Initiate and manage appropriate changes in care in negotiation with children, families and professionals following review of planned care at either case review, morning handover or joint visits.
• Provide emotional support to clients and families who may be facing difficult decisions, bad news or bereavement.
• Communicate with families for whom English is not their first language and/or children with communication difficulties/ special needs. This involves working in collaboration with health advocates (interpreters), or using highly developed verbal/ non-verbal communication skills

Person Specification

Education, Qualification and Training

• RSCN/ RN Child Branch
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Degree level qualification (or working towards)
• Community nursing qualification

Experience

• Significant experience at Band 5 working with children & young people.
• Experience of working with children complex health care needs
• Experience of supporting children and families through the child protection process
• Experience of interagency working
• Working at Band 6 level
• Community experience

Knowledge and Skills

• Sound knowledge and skills in paediatric nursing, including enteral, respiratory, oncology, wound care, tracheostomy and Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs)
• Knowledge and understanding of the child health needs of a racially and culturally diverse population
• Ability to work flexibly, prioritise and respond to changing demands in workload.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills and ability to facilitate these skills in others
• Ability to support the implementation of successful change management
• Ability to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.

Other

• Excellent teaching skills with an ability to adapt these for use with health care support workers, parents, children and young people.
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for choices made.
• Excellent verbal / written communication and interpersonal skills

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.

£44,485 to £52,521 a yearincludes HCAS outer