The post holder will work as an autonomous nursing practitioner being a named nurse for a designated caseload for CYP and families. The post holder will work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies in the assessment, implementation, evaluating specialist care to children with long-term, life-limiting or palliative care conditions.
To provide and promote evidenced-based knowledge and skills to manage the health outcomes for CYP and their families and carers across a variety of community settings to safely meet the CYP health care needs.
To act in an advisory role to other professionals and staff from other agencies in respect of health care for CYP and families within their area of specialism.
The post holder will support the wider ICPS and participate in the service's provision for telephone 24-hour-on-call and overnight home visits to support end-of-life care when required.
To support and contribute to the further development of the Integrated Community Paediatric Service (ICPS), helping to ensure that policy and practice is developed and delivered in line with Trust, regional, and national best practice.
Main duties of the job
As a senior Children's Community Nurse within the ICPS, you will provide effective leadership across the service around issues within your area of specialism and scope of practice. To work in partnership with other health professionals and agencies to safeguard children and young people.
Act as the CYP and their families in advocating, promoting, and delivering the highest standard of evidenced-based care. To provide clinical knowledge to assess, identify, prioritise, implement, and evaluate health assessments, programmes of care, and provide advice to the other professionals, CYP, and their families and non-medical carers. The clinical responsibilities provided must be delivered within the professional area of expertise, i.e., paediatric nursing. Promote continuous improvement for the CYP and their families by collating their experience.
Communicate effectively with a wide range of people including the young people and their families, colleagues from health, education, and social care, and other relevant professionals.
Provide line management responsibility for junior staff, i.e., Children's Community nurses/ Assistant Practitioners/ Health Care Assistants.
Promote a positive learning environment within the service for all staff and visiting students by advising on professional development; ensuring supportive preceptorship and providing adequate mentorship for those in training.
About us
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate, and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients. Here at Bolton, our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care and are guided by our trust values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal, and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as an autonomous nursing practitioner being a named nurse for a designated caseload for CYP and families. The post holder will work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies in the assessment, implementation, evaluating specialist care to children with long-term, life-limiting or palliative care conditions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level
* Specialist practitioner children's community nursing
Experience
* Evidence of recent professional development
* Evidence of a wide range of experience across paediatric nursing. Example: Acute paediatrics and CYP with long-term conditions, Tracheostomy care
* Evidence of multi-agency working
* Demonstrate evidence of clinical risk
Skills
* Effective communicator to a wide range of professionals and situations
* Demonstrates the ability to prioritise, implement and use new ways of working.
Knowledge
* Underpinning knowledge on a wide range of clinical skills. Example: Ventilation, suctioning, tracheostomy care, ANTT, IV therapy, BLS
* Understanding of the wider workforce across community providing clinical support to CYP.
* Understanding of audits
Other
* Flexible working to meet the needs of the service and CYP
* Able to travel across the community independently
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata.
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