The Children’s Community Nursing Team in York have an exciting opportunity for a Children’s Nurse with a minimum of 2 years experience to join the team.
We are a friendly, supportive team of experienced and skilled Children's Community Nurses that cover the York and Selby area. This full time Band 5 post will provide clinical care and support to children, young people (aged 0-19yr) and their families, with a wide range of acute and long term health needs in a community setting.
You will need to be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team. Excellent communication skills, adaptability and a drive to provide high quality care which empowers children and families is essential for the role.
Care will be provided manly through home visits, school or nursery visits. However, the role also involves working in collaboration with the acute areas, Consultants, Specialist nurses and Special school nurses, Tertiary centres, Martin House and Primary care.
The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy. Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence (role will involve travel to numerous addresses that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means) is required.
As a Children's Community nurse, you will provide advice, support and nursing interventions to children and young people with both acute short term health needs and children with complex long term conditions within their home and other community settings.
You will manage a caseload of children and will play a key role in the assessment of patient care needs and the development implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. Working in partnership with the children, young people and families, as well as carers and other health, education and social care colleagues. Experience of NG and gastrostomy care, Tracheostomy care, IV’s and central lines, wound care, complex needs would be beneficial.
We provide the shared care for the regional oncology centre at the Leeds General Infirmary. We also offer short term support for medical and surgical patients to facilitate discharge and reduce ward attendance and readmission.
The post holder will be expected to work flexibly. The service currently provides Monday to Friday cover from 8am until 6pm. As a team we offer on-call support for end of life care. The post holder will need to be a car driver and be expected to work independently around the region.
The role will be supported by the Community Clinical Educator and will provide the opportunity for personal, professional development
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
· Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
· 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
· A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
· A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
· Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
· NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
· An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
· Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Mar 2025
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