Job summary
- Main area
- Registered Nurse with experience of working with children
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-24-496
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Roston Shortbreak Home
- Town
- Camborne
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nurse - Roston, Shortbreak Home
Band 5
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
Come and contribute your nursing skills to providing a warm and homely environment that meets the emotional, physical, cultural, religious and spiritual needs of the child or young person requiring a residential short break with complex health needs
Children’s Services are looking to recruit to our Nursing Team at Roston, Camborne.
Roston is a two bedded Home, regulated by OFSTED which provides short breaks for children with a learning disability and complex health needs. This post will include weekend, bank holiday and night work.
This is a permanent contract, and will be primarily based in Roston although the post holder may be required to work at the other short break home on occasion. We are looking for a registered nurse with experience of working with children with disabilities and health needs, but support, supervision, training and teamwork will be provided.
Proposed interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
This role will assist the Ofsted Registered Manager in partnership with both family and other professionals in providing the appropriate care package, ensuring continuity and a consistent approach.
To provide training and support to develop staff knowledge and skills that reflects the needs of each individual child and young person.
To work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team, maintaining responsibility for a designated caseload of children who attend Roston.
To have responsibility for leading a shift, working alongside skilled support staff, providing a residential shortbreak to the children and young people who attend Roston and on occasion Layland.
To perform all functions of the post consistent with relevant legislation, such as The Children Act 1989/2004.
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
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration – NMC
- Professional qualification – RNLD, RSCN, Child Branch, RGN, RMN
- Evidence of professional updating (CPD)
- Clinical skills (e.g. enteral feeding, medication administration, care of sick child)
- Recognised training in care of the sick child or willingness to undertake
- Post registration experience of caring for children with complex health needs / learning disability
- Experience of coordinating and or managing patient care
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency setting
Desirable criteria
- Possession of a relevant degree or working towards relevant degree
- Teaching or training qualification
- Experience of working within a residential short break provision
- Excellent experience of caring for children with challenging behaviour
- Experience of assessing, developing and implementing positive behaviour support plans
Experience
Essential criteria
- working with children and young people with complex health needs
Desirable criteria
- ability to drive
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
- Pauline Roberts
- Job title
- Ofsted Registered Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact: Pauline Roberts, Registered Manager on 01209 881848 or via email above.
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