Paediatric Nurse Advisor

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

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust seeks a Paediatric Nurse Advisor to provide vital nursing care and support for children. Responsibilities include developing healthcare plans in partnership with families and schools, training staff, and ensuring compliance with care standards. Ideal candidates will possess a nursing qualification and have a passion for working with children with complex health needs.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with life-limiting conditions
• Evidence of safeguarding experience
• Experience in Children's Community Nursing

Responsibilities

• Assess health and nursing care needs of children and develop care plans.
• Administer medications and monitor effects.
• Train less experienced staff and provide specific nursing technique assessments.

Skills

Ability to work with children and young people

Ability to teach and assess competency based practice

Excellent communication skills

Education

Registered Nurse, Registered Sick Children's Nurse or Registered Nurse (Child)

Job description

Go back Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Paediatric Nurse Advisor

The closing date is 07 July 2025

The Paediatric Nurse Advisors are a small team of Children's nurses who work closely with parents and carers, as well as other health and care professionals, to offer nursing care and support to children with health needs in order for them to attend school safely.

For example-

Providing advice and training for families and school staff to support the needs of the child.

Supporting children with complex health needs and disabilities within the school setting.

Formulating health care plans with families for use in school.

Signposting to other services.

Providing a link between health, schools and families.

• Attending appointments and reviews.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to participated as part of an integrated team using a person centred approach, access, plan, implement and evaluate care delivered.

To provide quality care to children in partnership with families and carers as commissioned and described within the service specification.

Assess the health and nursing care needs of children and young people within the individual care environment. To develop, implement and evaluate nursing care plans in partnership with the patient/young person families and carers whilst working in close co-operation with other disciplines.

To assist the training of less experienced registered staff, nursing auxiliaries, health care assistants and student nurses ensuring compliance to NMC standards to support learning and assessment in practice.

To provide, implement and regularly assess the teaching of specific nursing techniques, including invasive procedures to identified staff in a variety of settings.

To support and train parents/carers in the correct use of identified medical equipment.

Administer medications, treatments and interventions as prescribed and to monitor their effects.

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Job responsibilities

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Clinical

The post holder will be expected to participated as part of an integrated team using a person centred approach, access, plan, implement and evaluate care delivered.

To provide quality care to children in partnership with families and carers as commissioned and described within the service specification.

Assess the health and nursing care needs of children and young people within the individual care environment. To develop, implement and evaluate nursing care plans in partnership with the patient/young person families and carers whilst working in close co-operation with other disciplines.

To assist the training of less experienced registered staff, nursing auxiliaries, health care assistants and student nurses ensuring compliance to NMC standards to support learning and assessment in practice.

To provide, implement and regularly assess the teaching of specific nursing techniques, including invasive procedures to identified staff in a variety of settings.

To support and train parents/carers in the correct use of identified medical equipment.

Administer medications, treatments and interventions as prescribed and to monitor their effects.

Professional

To act as a specialist support, educator and resource to all other relevant professionals, e.g. health, education, social care and voluntary agencies.

To offer and provide relevant training and support and advice to teaching welfare and social services staff in relation to children and young peoples individual needs.

To support the Integrated Team Leader and Professional Champion in the development of the team and build on the existing service to meet the changing needs of children/young people with complex health care needs.

To work with the Integrated Team Leader and Professional Champion to develop evidence based practice by utilising research and auditing clinical effectiveness for the children in the community.

To contributed to the development of guidelines, protocols and care pathways for the management of children with complex surgical problems, enteral feeding, oxygen, catheterisation etc.

Ensure that all practice is in accordance with the most recent NMC Code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics: Standards for Medicines, Management and Standards of Record Keeping.

To comply with all policies, procedures, clinical protocols, standards and guild lines based on legislation, evidence based nursing practice and NMC guidelines for conduct and professional practice.

Organisational

To act in accordance with the Norfolk Safeguarding Childrens Board policies and procedures in relation to child protection issues. To attend annual update session for Level 3 safeguarding training.

To apply analytical skills through application of Framework for Assessment of Need in order to support assessment process, report writing.

To collect data as required on caseload activity

To participate in clinical and child protection supervision according to Trust policy.

To evaluate and develop own knowledge and practice using personal development plans and appropriate learning opportunities in order to apply learning to future practice.

Research & Development

May be required to undertake surveys or audits, as necessary to own work; may occasionally participate in R&D, clinical trials or equipment testing.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Registered Sick Children's Nurse or Registered Nurse (Child)

Experience

• Experience of working with children with life-limiting conditions/complex healthcare needs
• Evidence of safeguarding experience
• Evidence of partnership working
• Experience of Children's Community Nursing

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Ability to work with children and young people, their families and carers to provide holistic, evidence based care to children
• Ability to work in partnership with other healthcare workers, agencies and in partnership with parents
• Knowledge of Norfolk Safeguarding Children Board policies and procedures
• Knowledge of legislation relating to children and national / local policy for children with complex needs
• Ability to work independently and within a team
• Observational skills
• Ability to teach and assess competency based practice

Communication

• Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English language
• Excellent communication skills to engage with parents, carers and professionals to achieve good care outcomes whilst ensuring the voice of the child / young person is captured
• To develop communication links with all stakeholders of this service to support service review and development

Personal and People Development

• Personal and people development skills required: empathy for children, young people and families, motivation and enthusiasm for success, leadership skills to support the PNA team
• People management skills appropriate to the role: experience in supervising or managing staff, delivering training
• Evidence of post qualification study.

Personal Attributes / Behaviours

• Commitment to personal development
• Responds positively to change
• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.

Other

• Ability to travel to a variety of geographical locations for example; family homes, public buildings and GP practices.
• Must hold full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle

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.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearpro rata per annum