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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an established team of Children's Complex Care Nurses in Birmingham on a Permanent basis. This is a city wide service that offers personalised specialist nursing support to children & families with a variety of highly complex physical health needs.

We provide bespoke commissioned packages of care to children within their own homes, schools and other community locations. The service operates seven days a week and 24 hours a day.

If you are an experienced Children's Nurse with excellent clinical skills, have advanced communication abilities you may be who we are looking for to join our busy team. This post will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to develop rewarding therapeutic relationships with children & families in a community setting.

Main duties of the job

Within this role you will be required to provide training and supervision to other members of the team including health care assistants as well as parents and family members ensuring their competence in meeting the care needs of specific children and young people. This client group has highly complex health needs which include children and young people that are technology dependent i.e. requiring invasive ventilation. The Children's Complex Care Team forms part of the wider Specialist Nursing Service which includes Children's Rapid Response, Children's Palliative Care and the Children's Community Nursing Team.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering high quality nursing care according to agreed standards which are set and monitored.

If you have a positive outlook, professional attitude, are a good team player and are passionate about delivering high quality, safe and compassionate child & family focused care then we would like to hear from you.

In return the successful candidate will be offered opportunities to develop both clinically and professionally within a supportive environment and be encouraged to participate in service developments. Formal clinical supervision and a supported induction period will be provided

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Personal qualities

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to team working.
• Ability to work on own initiative

Desirable

• oDemonstrate an ability to be flexible and able to participate in a changing NHS Environment

Other job requirements

Essential

• Applicants must be a car driver.

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN/ or RN Child Branch
• Evidence of relevant post related experience / on-going clinical training, and commitment to training.

Desirable

• Teaching / Assessing qualification or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Experience working with and caring for children with complex health needs. including children who require To require including: -tracheostomy care and/or long term ventilation needs -oxygen therapy, -suction, -enteral feeds etc -catheterisation These skills will be gained by completing competency based training. A qualified nurse will always be available for advice and support via on-call.
• Experience working with and caring for children with life limited / threatening illnesses.

Skills/ knowledge

Essential

• Experience working with and caring for children with complex health needs. including children who require To require including: -tracheostomy care and/or long term ventilation needs -oxygen therapy, -suction, -enteral feeds etc -catheterisation These skills will be gained by completing competency based training. A qualified nurse will always be available for advice and support via on-call.

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Lansdowne Road Health Service

Birmingham

B18 7EE

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