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Job overview
JOB SUMMARY
To manage the Generalist Community Children's Nursing (CCN) Team, which includes supporting hospital @home nurses and working key CNS's within the community and administrators. The service is provided to children and young people living in the London borough of Islington. The main responsibilities for the post are to:
1. Ensure that the nursing needs of children are identified, with appropriate strategies, to meet those needs at home or in other community settings. Children may require short term acute interventions and clinical care through to case management for children with long term conditions, complex health needs and physical disability.
2. Undertake clinical activities and responsibilities for an appropriately reduced caseload and at times act as the multi-agency lead professional.
3. Be accountable for Generalist CCN team standards of practice according to Trust and National guidelines.
Main duties of the job
1. Manage the children's community nursing team.
2. Manage the caseload and support the team to undertake visits, this includes children from the active and dormant caseload.
3. Ensure monthly caseload reviews.
4. Attend DPM with staff.
5. Hold a small caseload and support young people through transition.
6. Work closely with MDT and other AHP.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Operationally manage the nursing and support staff of the generalist team. Ensure all financial transactions are carried out in accordance with the Trust's instruction and within service resources.
2. Implement and carry out annual appraisals in accordance with the Trust Guidelines and consider the future development and training needs that may be identified through this process.
3. Provide regular caseload management supervision including child protection advice to members and facilitate a rolling programme of caseload reviews.
4. Ensure robust standards and frameworks are in place, in line with current recommendations, to ensure children always receive high quality family centred care.
5. Arrange quarterly safeguarding supervision with the trust's named safeguarding lead.
Person specification
Essential criteria
* Years of experience
* Management responsibility
* Degree qualification or Specialist Practitioner
Desirable criteria
* ANP qualification
* Atopy experience
* Non-Medical prescribing
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to:
* Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
* Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
* Participate in required training and supervision.
* Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirements in the job description as this forms the basis of our shortlisting criteria.
Other important information
* Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
* Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
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