Children's Community Nurse (Band 6 - Permanent)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Registered Children's Nurse to join our friendly and supportive Children's Community Nursing Team on a permanent basis, as soon as possible.

If you enjoy variety and a challenge, this position offers you the opportunity to make a positive difference to the of care of children and young people aged 0-19, who have acute, chronic and complex/life limiting and life- threatening conditions and associated nursing needs providing holistic child and family centred nursing care in partnership with parents and carers for our children and young people in their own homes and in other community settings across the beautiful rural County of Herefordshire and its borders.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for facilitating the delivery of high quality care for the children and young people who are on the Children's Community Nursing caseload, including assessing their needs, care planning, teaching, direct careprovision and of the evaluation of nursing care interventions throughout their very individualised and varied health care journeys.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and inspiring individual who is passionate about caring for CYP, who is able to work on their own initiative and as part of our supportive team. Someone who has the ability to communicate confidently and professionally with CYP, their families, carers, other professionals and colleagues and who isn't afraid to challenge decision making or raise concerns. You must have excellent record keeping skills and be committed to ensuring a high standard of individualized care is delivered to our diverse caseload. You must be able to work flexibly to meet the changing demands of the caseload and must be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle in order to meet the travel requirements of the post.

Please apply if you have the relevant and also the substantial post Registration experience required for the position.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Registered first level nurse who holds an effective registration with the NMC
• Hold RSCN/Child Branch Degree / Diploma

Desirable

• Teaching qualification i.e. Community Practice teaching certificate/ENB 998 or equal
• Community Qualification E.g. BSc in Community Healthcare (Sp Q) CCN, HV, School Nurse, District Nursing, Certificate

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrate good clinical skills
• Demonstrate sound personal management skills i.e. time management, prioritising, planning, organisational and problem solving
• A good awareness of recent research issues
• Ability to contribute to the supervisory process for junior staff and learners

Desirable

• Good leadership qualities

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post registration experience RNC or RSCN
• Experience in the health care of children with complex life threatened/life limited needs
• Be able to demonstrate relevant effective learning from this experience

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Able to demonstrate teaching experience
• Previous management/ leadership experience

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Children's Community Nursing Office, Child Development Centre

Ross Road

Hereford

HR2 7RL

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