Job summary Whittington Health NHS Trust has a ground-breaking, friendly, and highly regarded Paediatric Primary Care (PPC) Team delivering care for Children in the community of Islington. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, passionate, and highly motivated paediatric nurse, to join the paediatric community team at The Whittington Health NHS Trust. The successful candidate will join a forward-thinking team of experienced nurses, with extensive opportunities to enhance and develop competences and skill set when providing patient care in autonomous nurse led clinics. The post holder will be a highly visible senior nurse and as such expected to provide specialist knowledge, advice/support, and clinical expertise to the Islington primary care staff regarding CYP. Main duties of the job Working as a team player, your role will require excellent physical assessment skills, partnership working and a strong commitment towards achieving the outcomes to improve the health and wellbeing of this patient group. You will be expected to demonstrate clinical expertise and governance in all aspects of your work, being supported by robust organisational supervision, guidelines, and policies.Facilitate independent nurse led clinics for the conditions specified.Manage these conditions confidently with an aim to gain optimum control and discharge back to the care of the GP or if this is not possible refer up to secondary care for further intervention and support.Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for children and young people with long term conditions.Act as a visible role model and expert practitioner in primary care, providing teaching and upskill staff within GP practices and health centres. About us Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work. Date posted 12 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £44,806 to £53,134 a year pro rata per annum including HCAS Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 220-WHT-2925 Job locations The Northern Health Centre 580 Holloway Road Islington N7 6LB Job description Job responsibilities The Paediatric Primary Care Service is commissioned by Islington CCG, and works collaboratively with stakeholders including GP practices, the childrens community nursing team, secondary care departments, tertiary care and the commissioning team with an aim to educate, support and empower families to better manage their chronic long- term conditions in the community. The Paediatric Primary Care service is provided to children and young people aged 3 months - 18 years, living in the London Borough of Islington who present with wheeze, asthma, and eczema. One of the service aims to reduce hospital admissions where possible and prevent re-admission. The post holder will help to drive an innovative service which involves facilitating nurse led clinics within either GP practices or Health Centres for the conditions listed, this will be in both face to face and virtual formats. The paediatric primary care team engage effectively with both primary, secondary and tertiary care provisions as patients can move between providers. Patients can be referred into the service via their GP or practice nurse, community nursing team, Health visitors or as part of a step-down process initiated by secondary care to support patients with their agreed management plan. The post holder will be expected to confidently complete history taking, perform physical examination, initiate effective treatment and care planning, with routine follow up to ensure patients are responding to treatment and to assure compliance to treatment. The post holder will ensure that effective communication with GPs are maintained when requesting prescriptions and work within the CCGs medicine managements guidance. The post holder will support the team leader, community matron and assistant director of childrens and family Services to embed and develop the Paediatric Primary Care service. The post holder will be supported by an integrated team approach with Practice Nurses and encouraged to develop their skills to provide effective care. The post holder will contribute towards service development to encourage and support management of chronic illness within primary care to aim to minimise hospital attendance, admissions, and re-admissions. The post holder will be expected to act as a visible role model and expert practitioner in paediatric primary care and will be expected to ensure the provision of high quality safe and effective holistic care to all children and young people. Job description Job responsibilities The Paediatric Primary Care Service is commissioned by Islington CCG, and works collaboratively with stakeholders including GP practices, the childrens community nursing team, secondary care departments, tertiary care and the commissioning team with an aim to educate, support and empower families to better manage their chronic long- term conditions in the community. The Paediatric Primary Care service is provided to children and young people aged 3 months - 18 years, living in the London Borough of Islington who present with wheeze, asthma, and eczema. One of the service aims to reduce hospital admissions where possible and prevent re-admission. The post holder will help to drive an innovative service which involves facilitating nurse led clinics within either GP practices or Health Centres for the conditions listed, this will be in both face to face and virtual formats. The paediatric primary care team engage effectively with both primary, secondary and tertiary care provisions as patients can move between providers. Patients can be referred into the service via their GP or practice nurse, community nursing team, Health visitors or as part of a step-down process initiated by secondary care to support patients with their agreed management plan. The post holder will be expected to confidently complete history taking, perform physical examination, initiate effective treatment and care planning, with routine follow up to ensure patients are responding to treatment and to assure compliance to treatment. The post holder will ensure that effective communication with GPs are maintained when requesting prescriptions and work within the CCGs medicine managements guidance. The post holder will support the team leader, community matron and assistant director of childrens and family Services to embed and develop the Paediatric Primary Care service. The post holder will be supported by an integrated team approach with Practice Nurses and encouraged to develop their skills to provide effective care. The post holder will contribute towards service development to encourage and support management of chronic illness within primary care to aim to minimise hospital attendance, admissions, and re-admissions. The post holder will be expected to act as a visible role model and expert practitioner in paediatric primary care and will be expected to ensure the provision of high quality safe and effective holistic care to all children and young people. Person Specification Education / Qualifications Essential RN / RSCN with current registration Mentorship qualification or equivalent Evidence of further professional development in relevant subject area e.g., Respiratory, Allergy, Dermatology, and constipation Desirable Advanced History Taking and Physical Assessment Course - Level 7 Independent and Supplementary Prescribing - Level 7 Asthma Level 5 Module Skills Essential Well developed general paediatric nursing skills Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Good teaching and assessing skills Paediatric advocate Ability to supervise junior nursing staff and students Good problem solving skills Competent IT skills - using EMIS / MEDWAY / Anglia ICE and RIO Competent and contemporaneous clinical notes Good leadership and organisational skills Desirable Extended clinical skills e.g. skin prick test Advanced respiratory assessment, advanced eczema assessment Knowledge Essential General paediatric nursing experience Experience of nursing asthmatic and/ or allergy/ eczema paediatric patients Experience of working with learners Knowledge of current issues and NHS reforms locally and nationally Desirable Paediatric High Dependency or Emergency Department nursing experience Paediatric Ambulatory care and /or community nursing experience Clear understanding of child protection policies Principles of teaching and assessment of learners Personal qualities Essential Professional demeanour Committed to family centred care Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team Ability to work autonomously without direct supervision Self-motivated and the ability to motivate others Motivated to learn and develop and to teach others Approachable, flexible, adaptable and supportive Positive attitude to change and development within the team Ability to recognise stress within self and team and identify coping mechanisms Able to work flexible hours to cover service needs if required Willing to rotate to other paediatric areas to meet service needs as required Good attendance record Person Specification Education / Qualifications Essential RN / RSCN with current registration Mentorship qualification or equivalent Evidence of further professional development in relevant subject area e.g., Respiratory, Allergy, Dermatology, and constipation Desirable Advanced History Taking and Physical Assessment Course - Level 7 Independent and Supplementary Prescribing - Level 7 Asthma Level 5 Module Skills Essential Well developed general paediatric nursing skills Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Good teaching and assessing skills Paediatric advocate Ability to supervise junior nursing staff and students Good problem solving skills Competent IT skills - using EMIS / MEDWAY / Anglia ICE and RIO Competent and contemporaneous clinical notes Good leadership and organisational skills Desirable Extended clinical skills e.g. skin prick test Advanced respiratory assessment, advanced eczema assessment Knowledge Essential General paediatric nursing experience Experience of nursing asthmatic and/ or allergy/ eczema paediatric patients Experience of working with learners Knowledge of current issues and NHS reforms locally and nationally Desirable Paediatric High Dependency or Emergency Department nursing experience Paediatric Ambulatory care and /or community nursing experience Clear understanding of child protection policies Principles of teaching and assessment of learners Personal qualities Essential Professional demeanour Committed to family centred care Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team Ability to work autonomously without direct supervision Self-motivated and the ability to motivate others Motivated to learn and develop and to teach others Approachable, flexible, adaptable and supportive Positive attitude to change and development within the team Ability to recognise stress within self and team and identify coping mechanisms Able to work flexible hours to cover service needs if required Willing to rotate to other paediatric areas to meet service needs as required Good attendance record 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Address The Northern Health Centre 580 Holloway Road Islington N7 6LB Employer's website https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)