An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and progressive Community Children's Nursing Team Full-Time (37.5 hours per week) as a Band 6 Nurse. The post sits in a well-established, friendly CCN team that delivers acute, specialist school, ambulatory and chronic, complex care, providing a 5-day service to children and their families living in Harrow Borough. The post holder will work across the Community Children's and Specialist School Nursing Team. You will not be required to work weekends and bank holidays currently. However, this may be needed in future as the service is looking to provide a 7-day week service. This challenging and rewarding role offers the opportunity to meet the needs of children, young people and their families within a multidisciplinary inter-agency framework.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic forward thinking children's nurse, community experience would be an advantage but not essential. You will be a highly motivated independent practitioner with sound evidence based skills. The post holder will manage a varied caseload, act as a resource for an identified area of clinical special interest and contribute to the on-going development of the CCN and SSN team.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

About us

We will offer you clinical supervision, regular appraisal and support in achieving your personal development plan as well as peer support from colleagues in similar roles. Car owner, driver essential

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will have the ability to provide case management of an identified caseload of children and young people with complex needs by utilising and promoting evidence-based care. You should also have excellent interpersonal skills to support you in managing complex discussions with a range of agencies and individuals, including care providers, patients and relatives.

In addition theability to work in partnership with parents and multi-disciplinary agencies to provide skilled care to children and young people within the community to support safe discharge and hospital admission avoidance, is essential.

You will be highly organised and have a flexible approach to work, able to deal with difficult situations autonomously with demonstrable, excellent communication skills.

This role also requires the post holder be flexible around working days, as support to staff may be required in the evening or nights, as part of planned supervision and support.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification
• Epilepsy PET 1 & 2 course Independent & Supplementary Prescribing Course

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Children's Nurse RSCN
• Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines

Previous experience

Essential

• Experience as band 6/band 5
• Recent experience within an accute/community setting

Desirable

• Community experience
• Special school experience

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports.
• Care planning: being able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
• Medicine management/administration
• Safeguarding and advocacy
• Experience of working with accute and long term conditions
• Experience of teaching, mentoring and supporting others in the team
• Empowering and working in partnership
• Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with
• Understanding how the Mental Health Act impacts on their work and the people they are working with
• Infection control and Aseptic Non Touch Technique
• Manual Handling patients
• Obtaining consent
• Help others in the team achieve their objectives and deliver safe, effective care
• Supervise others in the team
• Facilitate appraisals
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
• Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic
• Manage others and contribute to the management of the team
• Contribute to the culture of the team and play a role in making it inclusive, kind and hard working
• Coordinate work allocation and shifts (if appropriate)

Desirable

• Intravenous taining theory and practice
• Ability to work autonomously/prioritise work load
• Expertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them and use them in your current role
• An understanding of clinical governance framework in relation to practice
• Ability to work under the direction and guidance of senior team members
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise workload
• Supervision, Line management and appraisal training
• HR skills training e.g. recruitment, managing absence
• Awareness of the health needs of children and young people

Other

Essential

• Access to a car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes
• Able to work efficiently in the community
• Ability to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptions

Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

Essential

• Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
• Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
• Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
• Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
• Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Caryl Thomas Clinic

Headstone Drive

Harrow

HA1 4UQ

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