Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
There may be a possibility for a Band 5 secondment opportunity.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Children's Community Nursing Outreach Team.
We are looking to recruit an experienced Children's nurse who is ready for a new challenge to work autonomously and as part of a dynamic and supportive team.
You will be responsible for providing high quality and responsive care to support the early discharge from hospital of children and families to their own homes as well as promoting the prevention of hospital attendance by facilitating direct referrals from GP's.
We welcome applicants who can work autonomously, demonstrate enthusiasm, excellent communication/decision making skills and who are passionate about Children's Community Nursing and providing care closer to home.
Applicants must be willing to work flexibly and collaboratively within the team to provide a seven day service for our patients.
Interview date: 11th February 2025
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care within the local community and acts as a Case Load Holder for a defined geographical area. The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care, and to assist with the training and supervision of junior and unqualified staff.
The post holder will be expected to work flexibly over seven days.
The post holder will be expected to undertake a clinical shift once a month on the Paediatric Unit to maintain competencies in order to support the Unit if required.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
1. Acute Care: Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
2. Primary Care: Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
3. Community Services: Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
4. Specialist Regional Services: We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job responsibilities
Please refer to job description and person specification for more information regarding the role.
Closing Date: 27th January 2025
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Professional Registration. RN (Child) / RSCN
* Degree level or actively working towards same
* ENB 998 mentorship course or equivalent
* Paediatric Clinical Assessment skills module
Knowledge and Experience
* Experience in autonomous decision making, and management of own workload.
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Knowledge / experience in community nursing
Skills and abilities
* Up to date and highly developed clinical skills in order to ensure quality of services being provided
* Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and have a flexible approach with respect to responsibilities.
* Excellent organisational skills
* Able to prioritise and use initiative
* Basic IT skills
* Ability to work independently & as a team member
* Be effective in implementation of best practice
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.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Manager. Children's Community Nursing Team
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