Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Community Children's Nurse Band 6 - 37.5 Hours Per Week.
Following internal promotions and progression, we are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for experienced, enthusiastic, and passionate children's nurses. If you have a passion for delivering outstanding nursing services to the children and young people in our community, please get in touch. Permanent full time/part time and flexible working options can be considered.
Our children's community nursing team is part of the wider children and young people's community nursing service. You will join a team who are passionate about delivering excellent clinical nursing care to our patients in their home, in our special schools, and our residential respite setting. The role offers a valuable opportunity to be part of an innovative service, to display your nursing expertise and make a difference where it matters.
We are looking for compassionate and committed colleagues. You will be able to demonstrate experience in nursing children and young people with a variety of medical conditions, including those with complex and palliative physical health needs. You will have an extensive portfolio of clinical nursing skills which will support the needs of our patients. If you share our passion for excellence, then we would love to speak to you.
Main duties of the job
You will work autonomously managing a caseload of children and young people assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating their nursing care. Your activities will be varied, including, but not limited to delivering clinical interventions, training parents, carers and staff from other agencies, and working with multi-professional and multi-agency colleagues to support our children to achieve their best outcomes.
Our wider service is extensive and varied and can offer opportunities to work with children who are technology dependent, children's palliative care, respite care for medically complex children, children's continuing care and medically complex children in our special school nursing. No two days are the same, but each day counts.
You will work in collaboration with your colleagues to deliver end of life care to children at home, when this is their chosen place of death. To do this you will be part of our 24-hour on-call rota and will be supported by a compassionate and caring team who care for each other as we care for our patients.
About us
We are a service that is inclusive and welcoming. We are committed to working together, valuing and respecting every team member's contribution to providing the highest standard of care to the children, young people, and families we support. You can expect respectful and compassionate managerial and clinical supervision. We are committed to offering a range of opportunities for further professional development.
Our service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion. We have been recognised locally and nationally for the services we provide by receiving awards in the categories of collaboration, compassion, integrity, and excellence.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it.
We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.
Job responsibilities
Car driver and access to a vehicle for work essential
You will demonstrate first level qualification of Child Branch or RGN with an RSCN qualification. Applications will be considered from learning disability and adult registered nurses who can demonstrate extensive experience working with children with complex physical health needs. Teaching, assessing, and mentoring experience is essential.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a wide range of clinical skills. Good communication skills are essential. Community experience is desirable but not essential. Problem solving, ability to work independently as well as working as part of a large and diverse team are all characteristics we are looking for in applicants. A good knowledge of the principles of safeguarding, SEND and Children's Continuing Care are a requirement.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
* Registered Children's Nurse who holds effective registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Registered Learning Disability Nurse
* Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent experience
* Registered Learning Disability Nurse or Registered Adult Nurse who can demonstrate extensive experience working with children with disabilities and complex physical health needs
EXPERIENCE
* Extensive experience of working with children with complex health needs
* Teaching and assessing experience
* Extensive clinical skills
* Experience in a variety of paediatric clinical settings
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
* Ability to work across disciplines and agencies
Other
* Car owner/driver, or suitable alternative transport to enable you to undertake the job - and be prepared to be insured for business use. (It is unlikely that public transport will meet this requirement). If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
Knowledge and skills
* Ability to demonstrate knowledge of supporting babies, children and young people with a range of complex health needs and/or life-limiting conditions
* Ability to demonstrate a range of clinical skills e.g., skills in the replacement of nasogastric or gastrostomy tubes, suction, catheterisation, tissue viability
* Must have good working knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection
* Must be able to demonstrate sound personal management skills - time management, prioritising, planning
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
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