Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Community Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend and bank holiday working required)
- Job ref
- 201-24-491
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Truro Health Park
- Town
- Based in Truro but covering Cornwall
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Pro rata/Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Children's Community Nurse
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Children's Nurse looking for a new challenge? We are looking to recruit to our Children’s Community Nursing service where you will join an established supportive team here in Cornwall.
Due to service expansion and a future move to a 7 day working pattern, we are excited to be in a position to have a Band 6 Children's Community Nurse vacancy available, covering predominantly West Cornwall but with work across Cornwall required.
This is a permanent contract for 37.5 hrs currently divided over 4 days per week, to meet service need. We will consider part time working at 30 hours/week, which can be discussed at interview.
This role includes weekend and bank holiday working and occasional on call requirement for End of Life care.
Main duties of the job
You will have current experience in looking after acutely unwell children. You must be highly motivated and possess excellent acute clinical assessment skills and are able to communicate and organise effectively. You must be experienced in working under pressure and have the ability to work independently.
We require your skills & enthusiasm to develop our strategy in supporting unnecessary hospital admissions and reduce length of stay by facilitating early and safe discharge from the acute trust as well as supporting children and young people with long term or palliative conditions. You will hold your own caseload, taking responsibility for planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating care given.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration – NMC
- Professional qualification – RN Child / RSCN
- Diploma level specialist training or equivalent relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Teaching or Mentoring Qualification
- Non medical prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of applying specialist knowledge and advanced clinical skills when working with children and young people with complex health needs. . i.e. IV, sub cut IM medication. Central line access & care / enteral feeding devices / Tracheostomy care / technical medical equipment
- Caseload management
- Experience of supporting/supervising other team members and/or students
- Experience of delivering training to others including non NHS staff, patients and their families/carers
- A good knowledge and understanding of children’s community nursing issues
- Substantial post registration experience of working with children who may have a learning disability, complex health needs, palliative diagnosis, an acute short- or long-term condition requiring nursing intervention
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in a community setting
- Experience in end of life care
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Innovative approach to care provision.
- Competent IT skills.
Knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria
- A working knowledge of CQC standards in respect of care delivery
- Ability to co-ordinate and apply best practice in complex and challenging situations
- Able to develop and maintain communication with people about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations often highly charged emotionally
- Evidence of recent continuous professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Audit skills
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- Excellent interpersonal and networking skills.
- Willing to accept responsibility for decisions/ actions.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- keshia Fatherly
- Job title
- Children's Community Nurse Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07342083600
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