• To work as part of the team to provide nursing assessments, interventions and nursing care to children, young people and families on the caseload.
• To work as part of a mixed skill team in partnership with children and families/carers to implement individualised care plans to meet medical and nursing needs.
• To carry a caseload and act as lead professional.
• To provide leadership and act as team leader if required, advising schools and partners.
• To support other bands of staff in gaining knowledge and skills to enable high quality care for children.
• To participate as part of a skilled mix team and within sphere of competence.
• To be an advocate for the child, young person and family to ensure their holistic needs are met.
Participate in an on call rota for children's community nursing teams
• To make clinical judgements based on specialist assessment, planning, implementing and monitoring of the child in the community setting with a nursing need, categorised into four main groups (Department of Health, 2011)
1. Children with acute and short-term conditions
2. Children with long-term conditions
3. Children with disabilities and complex conditions.
4. Children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
• To work autonomously as well as part of a team/integrated agency approach in provision of high quality, evidenced based care
• To support and supervise staff ensuring safe care in the community and minimise risk. This may include professional mentoring of junior staff and nursing students. Staff appraisals, 1:1’s and practice assessor role will be required.
• To escalate situations to the appropriate professional or service, where there are a number of complicated aspects to take into account and a solution is difficult to identify. This may include advanced clinical assessment needing specialist medical review, requirement for specialist equipment to support a clinical need, additional support from a socio-economic perspective.
• To analyse any concerns raised by the child/young person (CYP) and family or caregiver and resolve/signpost this accordingly. This may include an event, problem encountered with equipment, or recognition of signs and symptoms that require patient assessment and/or specialist management.
Due to promotions within the service, we currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Dorchester's Children's Community Nursing Team as a Band 6 Children's Community Nurse.
This post holder will work within the Children's Community Nursing Team, visiting children in the community with a wide range of conditions and health needs.
The role will include nursing care, training and supporting families as well as deputising for senior team members and supporting student nurses.
• To make clinical judgements based on specialist assessment, planning, implementing and monitoring of the child in the community setting with a nursing need, categorised into four main groups (Department of Health, 2011)
1. Children with acute and short-term conditions
2. Children with long-term conditions
3. Children with disabilities and complex conditions.
4. Children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Oct 2024
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