An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Children's Nurse role within our Children and Young People's Diabetes Nursing Team working across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. The team is part of an integrated network of services for children and young people providing high quality specialist child and young person-centred care. The Team is an integral part of an innovative children and young people diabetes multidisciplinary team with colleagues in our organisation as well as in our local acute trust.
This role will work alongside the band 6 and 7 diabetes nurses within the team providing skilled, comprehensive nursing care, advise and support to children, young people with diabetes and their families in their own homes, schools and other community settings. This post is ideal for newly qualified children's nurses as well as experienced children's nurses looking to specialise in the field of diabetes allowing the post holder to develop within the role.
The service currently operates Monday to Friday from 9am until 5pm however on occasions there may be the need for the post holder to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. The post holder will need to be able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
1. To have responsibility for a delegated workload as agreed with the Clinical Team Leader and Band 6 Nurses.
2. To assist in the organisation and development of education programmes for the child/family/carers/young people in an education setting, including care planning.
3. To deliver education to newly diagnosed children, young people and their families.
4. To support children, young people and their families in the use of technology devices as part of their diabetes management.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the 'Have Your Say' section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
* Evidence of continuing education/training
* The ability to establish good working relationships with families and multidisciplinary team members
* Awareness of safeguarding children issues
* Effective written and verbal communication skills
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrate relevant and recent experience working within an environment supporting children and young people with both complex/long term/acute health needs demonstratble interest in diabetes
* Demonstratable interest in diabetes
Training and Qualifications
Essential
* First level registration - RN child/RSCN
Other
Essential
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Employer details
Employer name
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
Coral House, Longbow Close
Shrewsbury
SY1 3GZ
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