12 Month Fiexed Term Contract We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Senior Nurse to join our Children's Community Nursing Team in the Community of St Helens and Halton areas. You will be based in Lowe House HCRC in St Helens and will be expected to travel across the boroughs. There will be lots of opportunities for learning new skills; the successful candidate must be comfortable in working in patients homes, liaising with other hospitals and preparing care plans for children in the community. There will also be opportunities to work directly with complex needs children within the school setting. An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for Children is required for this post. Post holder to work flexibly across the Children’s Community Nursing service, delivering high quality, evidence based nursing care for continuing care children (ICB commissioned packages of care) and young people with short and long term conditions including supporting children with life limiting and life threatening conditions. To liaise with the staff in the school regarding any changes in the care plans of the ICB funded children and young person. To keep up to date with members of the MDT team and with families, parents and carers. To accept responsibility for own professional practice as a reflective, accountable clinical practitioner. To provide nursing interventions to meet the complex medical health needs of young person in school including supporting the young person on transport to and from school. To work within the Children’s Community Nursing Service, delivering high quality, evidence based nursing care for children and young people with short and long term conditions, including life-limiting and life threatening conditions that receive continuing care funding. To meet these health needs of the identified children by working in liaison with multi-agency partners to promote collaboration and effective communication. Please note that driving, and being a car owner is an essential requirement for this role as clinical interventions are undertaken in the community. 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 Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. 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. 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 For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Cain Job title: Children's Community Nursing Team Lead Email address: louise.cainmerseywestlancs.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 495 5448