Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Community Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 151-CG-244
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- Per annum (pro rata) inc HCAS
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/07/2024
Employer heading
Children's Community Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
Seeking a highly motivated children's nurse to join our small friendly CCN team, someone who is passionate about providing the best care to children, young people and their families within the community setting.
Providing mainly acute nursing care to children within their homes and other community settings as well as within the acute children's ward, Medical day unit and Paediatric assessment unit.
Providing training and support to families, schools and carers to enable children and young people to live their lives away from the hospital setting.
To develop yourself and the service with training offered and encouraged.
Mentor student nurses.
Main duties of the job
To provide a community service to the local area, supporting the Paediatric Department. Liaising with the MDT and tertiary centres for continuing care
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review job description and person specification attached to the vacancy for further information on this role.
Person specification
Competencies
Essential criteria
- Application of clinical judgement
- Demonstrates good communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to use initiative
Experience
Essential criteria
- Current paediatric experience.
- Aware of key principles of paediatric care and implications for practice
- Aware of research and evidence and implications for practice
Desirable criteria
- Monitors and contributes to protecting children and young people at risk.
- Safeguarding experience
- Participation in audit activity
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to community patient visits and carry equipment
- Able to work flexible hours including weekends, bank holidays and on call as required by the service
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Sick Children’s Nurse (NMC Sub –Part 1 (Children) /RN Child Mentorship/teaching course
- 2 years experience
Desirable criteria
- Community experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Nancy Nathu
- Job title
- Children's Community Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07827808069
- Additional information
0300 615 4617
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