Employer: Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Brierley Hill Health and social Care Centre
Town: Brierley Hill
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/2025 08:00
Community Children's Staff Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region we provide:
* Adult and older adult mental health services
* Specialist learning disability services
* Mental health services for children and young people
* Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley
The team requires an experienced Children’s Nurse to join the Children’s Community Nursing team in the Dudley Borough.
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Based at Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre. The nurse will support children with complex health needs and children with long-term health conditions that require nursing interventions. The nurse works closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Teams and Special Schools. Home visits and community visits will be carried out.
The role includes teaching/training parents and school staff to ensure the health needs of the children are met, which may involve epilepsy management, enteral feeding, and tracheostomy care.
The nurse will require the experience and ability to manage emergency health situations ensuring the safety of the child and others in the absence of the band 6.
We require an experienced Registered Children’s Nurse with recent experience of working with children with complex health needs. Previous community nursing experience would be desirable. The nurses are expected to provide cover for all the other nurses in the team when the need arises.
Main duties of the job
To work within the Children's Community nursing team to provide clinical nursing care to children and young children in the community. This will involve supporting families and carers with a range of clinical needs for their children. The team supports children with enteral feeding devices and feeding; children with complex health needs including oxygen/suction and at times tracheostomies and ventilators.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Demonstrate continual evaluation of clinical practice and recommend changes.
2. Provide and maintain a high standard of skilled nursing care for children with additional health needs.
3. Assist in the completion of detailed holistic assessments of children and families, while giving consideration to cultural differences.
4. Clinically assess children in homes/schools as appropriate and provide support/information and the necessary advice or care to maintain the safety of the child.
5. Encourage children and families to participate in their care by providing training and support on a range of clinical procedures to meet the health needs of the child.
6. Complete accurate and timely recordings of involvement with the child and family.
7. Develop and maintain effective communication networks with professionals from other agencies and voluntary groups.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Substantial experience
* Community experience
** Please Note that Internal at Risk Employees will be given preference for this position**
The Trust is committed to equal opportunities, providing opportunities for flexible working and is a non-smoking organisation.
As a Trust, we are passionate about Anti-Racism, Disability Inclusion, and LGBTQ+ Equality, and are committed to diversifying our staff team in all areas and at all levels of seniority to better reflect the diverse communities we serve.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Nicola Davies
Job title: Team Leader
Email address: Nicola.Davies8@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07817571124
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