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Job summary

Main area
Paediatric Community
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
186-478-24-GH
Employer
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Children's Development Centre, City Hospital
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Children's Community Nurse

Band 6

Job overview

This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust.  This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period.  This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust.  This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.

This is an exciting opportunity  to gain experience working as a senior member of the Children’s Community Nursing team with specific responsibility for planning, delivering and supervising care for children and young people with acute conditions, complex needs and disabilities, and their families, in their own homes, schools, clinics and other community settings.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of the Children's Community Nursing Team with responsibility for managing a defined caseload of children. The post holder will assess, coordinate, deliver and supervise home-based packages of care for individual children on your caseload. This will be working within the child / young person’s own home, school or other community based settings the child / young person may attend..

 


You should be flexible in your approach, have good time management and IT skills and be able to work on your own initiative as well as within a team. The post holder will be expected to develop excellent partnership working relationships in order to provide seamless services to Children and Young people.

Successful candidates should also have knowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures. Having a degree of flexibility, being responsive to change, and having the ability to work in a creative way are also essential requirements for this post

Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire.  We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions.  We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work as a senior member of the Children’s Community Nursing team with specific responsibility for planning, delivering and supervising care for children and young people with acute conditions, complex needs and disabilities, and their families, in their own homes, schools, clinics and other community settings.


 The post holder will be expected to demonstrate high levels of autonomy and decision making skills and undertake systematic, comprehensive health assessments. The post holder will ensure that high standards of service/care are maintained and ensure that all services are responsive to the needs of children and their families. They will also use
every opportunity to promote health and well-being of children, recognising that parents need to be empowered to care for their child.
 The post holder will teach and provide expert knowledge and advice to other Registered Nurse, Health Care Support Workers and Health Care professionals within the Trust, Specialist Services Directorate, and Primary Healthcare Teams in relation to clinical care and other related topics

See attached Job Description for full details.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • First Level Registered Nurse or RSCN
  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
  • ENB 998 or equivalent teaching qualification
  • Evidence of professional development

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant proven post registration experience of working with sick children and families
Desirable criteria
  • Working in a community setting
  • Leadership experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good communicator
  • IT literate
  • Awareness of current agenda for development of Children's Health Services

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria
  • A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of a wide range of nursing interventions used with children with severe and complex needs and disabilities
  • Knowledge and understanding of the impact of long-term health needs on the family
  • Knowledge of using an electronic patient record
  • Knowledge of safeguarding principles relevant to this client group and community context
  • Knowledge of the complexities of working in a community setting
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and understanding of current agenda for development of children's community health services
  • Knowledge of project management

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Susan Hancock
Job title
Service Lead Community Childrens Nursing
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07824451877
Additional information

Available to contact Mon-Thurs 09.00-17.00

 

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