Job summary
Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse Childrens Continuing Care
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated professional to join our childrens continuing care team based in Guildford.
- 37.5 hours per week, working both day and night shifts
- Able to work Surrey-wide
As a senior staff nurse you will work with the team of clinical case managers, staff nurses and childrens community carers. You will provide a consistently high standard of professional, person centred care to children/young people with additional health needs within their homes, educational environment and within the community.
Main duties of the job
Key duties include,
- leading on the clinical care of the child, ensuring the clinical care planning, equipment provision and care package is delivered effectively and efficiently
- maintaining close links with community and both local and tertiary hospital based services, keeping the childs lead clinicians clinically updated as appropriate
- supporting with the planning and delivery of competency based training to Childrens Community Carers and Registered Nurses and on occasion other external agencies who work with the caseload. Evaluating the training and supporting its development.
- Providing training to school and nursery staff identified to facilitate the childs journey into educational establishment
- Participating in the On Call telephone service for rota issues across a 7 day rota
If you are passionate about person centered care and want to help shape the continuing care service, wed love to hear from you!
Please contact Service Manager Joy on07703 469935 if you would like an informal chat.
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest
established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get
NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of
5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the
care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to
the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and
leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,
Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called
The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are
heard at Board level.
CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused
individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
We welcome candidates from
all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for
and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named
individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description for full duties.
To provide a consistently
high standard of professional nursing and clinical care to children at home,
school and in the community.
To lead on the clinical care
of the child, ensuring the clinical care planning, equipment provision and care
package is delivered effectively and efficiently
To maintain close links with
community and both local and tertiary hospital based services, keeping the childs
lead clinicians clinically updated as appropriate.
To support with the planning
and delivery of competency based training to Childrens Community Carers and
Registered Nurses and on occasion other external agencies who work with the
caseload. Evaluating the training and supporting its development.
To provide training to
school and nursery staff identified to facilitate the childs journey into
educational establishments
To participate in the On Call
telephone service for rota issues across a 7 day rota
To be flexible to work across the county of Surrey, on days, nights and/weekend
hours
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description for full duties.
To provide a consistently
high standard of professional nursing and clinical care to children at home,
school and in the community.
To lead on the clinical care
of the child, ensuring the clinical care planning, equipment provision and care
package is delivered effectively and efficiently
To maintain close links with
community and both local and tertiary hospital based services, keeping the childs
lead clinicians clinically updated as appropriate.
To support with the planning
and delivery of competency based training to Childrens Community Carers and
Registered Nurses and on occasion other external agencies who work with the
caseload. Evaluating the training and supporting its development.
To provide training to
school and nursery staff identified to facilitate the childs journey into
educational establishments
To participate in the On Call
telephone service for rota issues across a 7 day rota
To be flexible to work across the county of Surrey, on days, nights and/weekend
hours
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNC or RN
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Community Qualification
- Evidence of broad clinical experience
- Mentorship Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience and knowledge of working with children with additional health needs.
- Knowledge and experience of working with children with tracheostomy and Long Term Ventilation
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children procedures
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Experience of staff management
- If no recent experience in this field, a desire to be trained
- Experience of multi professional multi agency working
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload effectively and efficiently
Desirable
- Experience of working in the community
- PICU experience
- Discharge planning with complex health needs
- Working unsocial hours
- Participated in clinical audit
- Evidence of change management
- Experience of arranging play schemes for children
- Management expertise
- Experience of participation in clinical On Call.
- Experience of participating in clinical audit
Skills
Essential
- Ability to exercise good judgment based on up to date clinical knowledge and experience
- Experienced in managing staff and parental expectations
- Professional and maintains boundaries
- Excellent communication skills, and an ability to communicate with all members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team colleagues, external agencies, parents, children and young people
- Ability to show understanding and compassion
- Ability to work within multi-professional team
- Effective team worker
- Enthusiastic, reliable, committed and self-motivated
- Ability to travel across the County of Surrey, and outside Surrey
- Ability to maintain a calm and professional approach at all times
- Able to participate in service On Call pro rata
- Car driver with access to a vehicle
- Fully aware of Information Governance, GDPR and maintaining confidentiality
- Open, honest, approachable and flexible
Desirable
- Visible commitment to and enjoyment of working with children and families and wanting the best for them
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNC or RN
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Community Qualification
- Evidence of broad clinical experience
- Mentorship Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience and knowledge of working with children with additional health needs.
- Knowledge and experience of working with children with tracheostomy and Long Term Ventilation
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children procedures
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Experience of staff management
- If no recent experience in this field, a desire to be trained
- Experience of multi professional multi agency working
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload effectively and efficiently
Desirable
- Experience of working in the community
- PICU experience
- Discharge planning with complex health needs
- Working unsocial hours
- Participated in clinical audit
- Evidence of change management
- Experience of arranging play schemes for children
- Management expertise
- Experience of participation in clinical On Call.
- Experience of participating in clinical audit
Skills
Essential
- Ability to exercise good judgment based on up to date clinical knowledge and experience
- Experienced in managing staff and parental expectations
- Professional and maintains boundaries
- Excellent communication skills, and an ability to communicate with all members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team colleagues, external agencies, parents, children and young people
- Ability to show understanding and compassion
- Ability to work within multi-professional team
- Effective team worker
- Enthusiastic, reliable, committed and self-motivated
- Ability to travel across the County of Surrey, and outside Surrey
- Ability to maintain a calm and professional approach at all times
- Able to participate in service On Call pro rata
- Car driver with access to a vehicle
- Fully aware of Information Governance, GDPR and maintaining confidentiality
- Open, honest, approachable and flexible
Desirable
- Visible commitment to and enjoyment of working with children and families and wanting the best for them
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
