Seeking a highly motivated children's nurse to join our small friendly CCN team, someone who is passionate about providing the best care to children, young people and their families within the community setting.
Responsibilities include:
1. Providing acute nursing care to children within their homes and other community settings, as well as within the acute children's ward, Medical day unit, and Paediatric assessment unit.
2. Providing training and support to families, schools, and carers to enable children and young people to live their lives away from the hospital setting.
3. Developing yourself and the service with training offered and encouraged.
4. Mentoring student nurses.
5. Providing an acute paediatric community nursing service to the local area, supporting and working closely with the Paediatric Department and specialist nurses.
6. Liaising with the MDT, tertiary centres, and local services and agencies to provide wrap-around care.
7. Managing a caseload of patients to build relationships with families and meet the needs of the child.
8. Managing care for a variety of patients with caseloads in oncology, haematology, cardiac, enteral, endocrine, rheumatology, eczema, home oxygen, acute medical needs such as growth/weights, home IV's, and wound management, along with providing care to palliative patients on a 24/7 basis when they reach end of life.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot, and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values guide everything we do: Committed to Excellence, Working Together, and Facing the Future.
Please review the job description and person specification attached to the vacancy for further information on this role.
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