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Job summary

Main area
Paediatric Nursing
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Term time hours
32 hours per week
Job ref
412-COMM-2844-B
Employer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Russett School
Town
Northwich
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Paediatric Sister - Special Schools

Band 6

Job overview

Hi, I'm Mat,  and I'm the Community Operational Manager for Paediatrics in CCICP. I am delighted to be able to tell you about an opportunity that has arisen for an experienced Paediatric Nurse to join our Special Needs Nursing Team. 

Within the role you will support across our special schools in the area in a senior Paediatric Nurse capacity, providing leadership and support to our nursing teams within the different locations. You will have a delegated caseload, and will play a key role in the coordination of the care of the child/young person within their setting, which will include responsibilities around safeguarding, medication reconciliation and administration, liaison with families and other members of the MDT, and developing key relationships with our education colleagues. This role is primarily based at Russett School, who have an already excellent system in place around supporting medical needs for children and young people.

You will work alongside our existing senior nursing team to help lead the Nursing teams in the different settings, and play a key role in overall service development.

You will be extremely well supported by our excellent Clinical lead and vastly experienced team of Special Needs Nurses across the sites. Training and personal development is always encouraged in CCICP.

If this new, innovative role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please give us a call!

Main duties of the job

- Taking a proactive role in safeguarding cases including attendance at meetings, completion of reports, completion of RHAs, liaison with other members of the MDT

- Work directly alongside the Healthcare worker to provide clinical support and advice where appropriate, and ensure School policies are followed

- Provide bespoke training where indicated e.g. school trips

- Aid with Health promotion within the schools

- Work alongside Clinical Lead and other members of the team to ensure that safety is maintained throughout the setting from a nursing perspective

- Demonstrate ability to take the lead in emergency situations

- To work within the framework of the Special Needs Nursing Team by providing holistic assessment, giving evidence based care, advice and guidance on the management of nursing needs to children and their families.

- To work within their own clinical competencies and referring for professional nursing advice to Special Needs Nurse Clinical Lead

 

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008. 

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health. 

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal. 

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. 

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients.  We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives. 

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues. 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached job description and person spec for a description of main duties and responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Paediatric Nursing degree
  • Relevant postgraduate qualifications to the role
  • NMC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership qualifications

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates evidence of paediatric nursing assessment and treatment skills
  • IT Skills
  • Evidence of some leadership qualities
  • Car driver

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working with children and young people
  • Evidence of working as part of an MDT
  • Experience of managing safeguarding situations
  • Some experience of leadership

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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
Lisa Hanson
Job title
Clinical Lead - Special Needs Nursing Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01270 826151

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone
[email protected]
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