Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-24-494
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Treliske
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Children's Community Nurse Rotational
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
This is an opportunity to join our community nursing team in a permanent position, where we aim to meet the nursing and health needs of children and young people with complex and long-term conditions across Cornwall.
This is a unique rotational post with the acute service at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. The post will form part of an 18-month service audit, looking at enhancing the experiences and skills of children’s nurses working across the community and acute settings. There will be an expectation of the post holder to partake by providing written and verbal feedback of their experiences and learning whilst in this role.
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 have current experience in looking after acutely unwell children. You must be motivated and possess acute clinical assessment skills and are able to communicate and organise effectively.
Regular supervision and support is provided by a supportive and knowledgeable team.
Proposed interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist nursing care, advice and support for children and young people with acute, long term, complex and palliative health care
- Provide individualised training for families and carers and multi-agency partners in respect of nursing needs.
- Participate in delivering a county wide children’s community nursing service working in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
- Participate in the transition between children’s and adult services where
- Work across health, social, education and voluntary services to maximise the quality of life for children, young people, and their families.
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 /Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration – NMC
- Professional qualification – RSCN
- Evidence of updating continuing professional development
- Experience of teaching or training families and professionals
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with students
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Can recognise a deteriorating child and understand the escalation process
- Experience of advising families and professionals regarding a child or young persons condition and care needs.
- Intravenous trained and competent
- Experience of coordinating and or managing patient care.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including record keeping
- Competent IT skills
- Ability to contribute to service development
Desirable criteria
- Clinical supervision skills
Knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience of caring for children with health needs, such as tracheostomies, enteral feeding, medication administration, oxygen therapy and wound management.
- Experience of working within an acute paediatric setting post registration
- Experience of coordinating and or managing patient care.
- A working knowledge of CQC standards in respect of care delivery
- Good knowledge of child safeguarding
- Up to date with relevant Children’s Nursing legislation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the community/ward setting
- Prioritisation of work when planning care, balancing unpredictable high levels of clinical activity and demands
- Experience working in end-of-life care
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates good communication and effective working relationships with children, young people, and families.
- Able to impart sensitive complex information when there may be barriers to understanding
- Able to work across professional teams and organisational boundaries
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Team player
- Good interpersonal and networking skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates evidence of Trust values
- Ability to travel independently where required
- Holds a valid UK driving license
- Disclosure and Barring Service check satisfactory to the Trust
- Occupational health clearance satisfactory to the Trust
- This role may be deemed as an Information Asset Owner in line with the Trust Information Risk Policy
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
- Tamsyn Henvest
- Job title
- Practice Development Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 246956
- Additional information
If you would like an informal discussion or additional information about this role, please contact Tamsyn Henvest.
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