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Job summary

Main area
Children's Community Nursing
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
310-CYPF-6365702
Employer
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City Care Centre
Town
Peterborough
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2024 23:59

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust logo

Children's Community Specialist Nurse

Band 6

Job overview

Are you a passionate, innovative and experienced Paediatric Nurse?

Have you got experience of working with children and young people with acute, short or long term/complex nursing needs?

Want to deliver holistic nursing care within a professional and supportive team?

Keen to develop your leadership skills and influence quality clinical practice?

We have a great opportunity for you to join our Children's Community Specialist Nursing (CCN) Team; You will be leading holistic assessment, care planning and review of clinical care for children and young people with a range of health needs to optimise their health outcomes.

All our CCN's take the lead on an area of community clinical practice e.g. IV's, enteral, palliative care, respiratory, oncology, It is important for you to develop and continually influence good quality practice in the community and with partner organisations.

We recognise it may feel daunting to move into a leadership role in the community setting, where you'll be expected to lead and work independently but you will be working with a supportive team who will guide and support you.

Main duties of the job

The post requires the job holder to have:

  •  Excellent communication skills,
  • Time management skills,
  • Clinical competence to deliver clinical nursing care independently and respond to unexpected demands and scenarios in a variety of community settings.

The ability to travel daily during the working day sometimes at short notice is therefore essential.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

Provide skilled paediatric nursing care to children and young people within their own home, or other applicable venues such as outpatient clinics, to ensure families are supported in the care of their children at home.

Ensure continuity of care is established and appropriate support available for children, young people, and families, with the aim of preventing unnecessary admission or attendance at hospital and facilitating earlier discharge where appropriate from both local and tertiary hospitals.

Act as a named nurse for a caseload of generic children and young people responsible planning and co-ordinating care, delivering and evaluating the care given. Must use own initiative and work autonomously to provide skilled care. Supervision and support available from Team Leader and senior CCN.

Complete accurate client records in line with CPFT policy. Be aware of the requirements of both paper and electronic record keeping.

Maintain excellent communication with the child and family on the caseload and as their advocate ensure that they have ease of contact with the team appropriate information and support. Records should reflect the child’s care, present condition and progress and be available to colleagues.

Promote the health, comfort, dignity, privacy and quality of life for children and young people.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RSCN / Child Branch
  • Teaching/Mentorship/Practice Assessor qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Specialist Community Practitioner pathway degree or willingness to undertake.
  • Management qualification.
  • Specialist qualification.
  • Paediatric Oncology Qualification
  • Non-medical prescriber

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive and broad experience of sick children’s/paediatric nursing
  • Caseload management
  • Mentoring skills
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of a specialist area
  • Experience of working in the community

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
  • IV certification, including central lines.
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
  • Excellent team working skills and evidence of multidisciplinary team working
  • Good teaching skills
  • Good IT skills
  • Ability to deal with emotionally challenging situations.
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of and participation in clinical supervision
  • Audit skills.
  • Evidence of participation in community-based projects / initiatives.
  • Experience in palliative / terminal care.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of recent professional development.
  • Knowledge of recent developments within nursing
  • Working with families from diverse backgrounds
  • A good knowledge and understanding of children’s community nursing issues
Desirable criteria
  • Behaviour management
  • An understanding of national drivers for children’s integrated services

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Access to a car/motorbike for work purposes
  • Ability to reach and bend to kneel/work at floor level or pick items from the floor and from shelves

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.NHS Rainbow badgeStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Prince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Hayley Warner
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01733 847060
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