Band 5 Paediatric Nurse Post

1 x 37.5 hour post

The Children's Continuing Care Team provide nursing support for children with complex health needs either in the child's own home or Swanbourne Gardens. (Our NHS 4bedded respite unit.)

The successful candidate will be based at Swanbourne Gardens, but will provide care in other community settings such as home or school.

You must have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Main duties of the job

We strive to provide the children we support with high standards of care. We work in partnership with parents to help the children achieve their full potential. This includes accompanying the children on visits out into the community to gainsocial experiences.

We are looking for staff that are able to be flexible,we work around the needs of the families and the children which means we need staff who can flex their hours to start early, finish late and work overnight too.

We are looking for anBand 5 paediatric nurse. The post holder will have post registration experience, preferably of working with children with complex health needs and disability, either in a hospital or community setting.

Full training and supervision will be available from our existing senior team, but any previous experience would be desirable.

We are a very small but supportive team who can offer support and guidance to you in developing new skills and adapting to working in a new environment.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

o Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

o NHS pension scheme membership

o Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further

o NHS Staff discounts

o Cycle to work scheme

oSalary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt

o Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a band 5 working within the team you would be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. You would be at the forefront of teaching and assessing the competencies required for the staff to deliver day to day care for the children with complex health needs, this will include interventions such as care and management of tracheostomies, gastrostomies and ventilation support. You would be expected to provide supervision and appraisals for the junior staff and ensure all mandatory training is up to date. As a band 5 we would expect you to role model the trusts value and behaviour framework when working within the team.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of �41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of �13.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Current 1st level registration

Desirable

• Teaching and assessing certificate

Knowledge

Essential

• Computer literacy

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

• Working within clinical areas
• Working with complex children

Desirable

• Supervision of others
• Working within a community setting

skills

Essential

• Effective time management
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Motivated and enthusiastic, positive approach to change
• Caring and professional attitude
• Excellent verbal and written communication / documentation

Desirable

• Ability to use own initiative
• Problem solving

Other

Essential

• Access to a vehicle and full driving license

Employer details

Employer name

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Swanbourne Gardens

45 Swanbourne Gardens

Stockport

SK3 9RT

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