This is a key nursing role within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, based at Chailey Clinical Services. Our highly skilled nurses deliver specialist nursing care to the children & young people who access the Bluebells Short Breaks Service, Chailey Heritage Foundation School or the residential bungalows over the 24/7 period, 52 weeks of the year.
The children & young people have complex, often fluctuating health needs and physical disability. The post holder will ensure all the children & young people receive health care promoting a valued lifestyle and supporting independence, where possible. They will provide up-to-date knowledge and skills for the nursing management of these children & young people, helping to ensure policy and practice is developed and delivered in line with Trust and national best practice standards.
Key Responsibilities:
1. To deliver evidence-based skilled specialist nursing care according to the individual child or young person’s health needs.
2. To ensure all children & young people receive nursing care promoting a valued lifestyle and independence, ensuring their cultural and religious needs are met.
3. To contribute to safe medicines management, providing nursing advice and troubleshooting for staff, including those within our partner organisation, Chailey Heritage Foundation.
4. To provide education, training and support to non-registered and registered professionals, including student nurses and medical students.
5. To be able to work rotas shift patterns and to be able to respond to stressful situations, manage time effectively, make adjustments and re-prioritise as required, using considerable mental effort on a daily basis.
6. To deliver direct personal and intimate care to children & young people.
7. To be proficient working in a variety of conditions including in school classrooms, outdoor areas and swimming pool.
8. To be able to demonstrate negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations.
9. To support nursing staff in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for children & young people with complex health needs and their families, based on research and evidence of good practice.
10. To be responsible for attending all statutory and mandatory training and ensuring you remain in date with all that is required.
11. To maintain your registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
12. To ensure health records are maintained and compliant with Trust policy and keep accurate, legible, contemporaneous records and written reports as required.
13. To respond and escalate and/or report any concerns regarding child protection and adult safeguarding through the appropriate routes, in line with the Trust safeguarding policy and pan Sussex Procedures.
14. To work together with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to ensure the consistent delivery of safe high-quality nursing care and management.
The post holder will work alongside the Team Leader and Clinical Leads supporting them in their role. They will also work closely with the multidisciplinary team at CCS and other health professionals within the Trust and externally across the health economy, including our partner organisation, Chailey Heritage Foundation.
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