Job summary
A vacancy has arisen for a Children's Community Nurse to work within our service.
Currently the service provides community nursing for children and young people with acute and long term conditions, complex needs, and palliative care, including end of life care. The children and young people can present with acute illness in addition to requiring skilled nursing intervention to manage highly complex health and developmental needs throughout childhood and at transition to adult services.
The Children and Young Peoples community nursing services provides care within the child's home, their community and within the local special schools.
We have an opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse to join our well-established CYPCN service as a Part-Time Band 6 Children and Young People's Community Nurse. This post will be based in Crawley .This is a challenging but highly rewarding role, and the post holder will be supporting the Team Lead with caseload and local service management.
Main duties of the job
- Manage the delivery of quality nursing care, support, information and advice, for a delegated CCNT caseload, helping to ensure that appropriate resources are available to assist in providing this care.
- Support and educate staff offering clinical specialist knowledge and skills for the delivery of nursing care for children in the CCNT and Special School Nurse (SSN) caseload.
- Maintain excellent communication channels with service stakeholders.
- Multi-disciplinary team working and liaison
- Help develop, implement and review clinical protocols and standard operating procedures which assist in delivering safe care and best nursing practice.
- Develop clinical skills and knowledge within the team, ensuring the relevant clinical skills required for management of safe nursing care are maintained.
- Provide teaching regarding the use of equipment and treatment regimes in the community/ Special school for children, families/carers and staff involved.
- Excellent record keeping.
- Act as a resource and role model of children's community nursing specialist practice to all other professionals and work colleagues.
- Attend essential and relevant clinical practice updates in tertiary centres and special interest groups both within the Trust, locally and nationally to help develop and contribute towards establishment of clinical practice standards.
- Support the Team Lead with caseload and staff management.
About us
The CYPCNS works closely with social care, education and third sector organisations to implement the statutory requirements of the Children and Families Act 2014, and we are actively involved with partners in developing children and young people's urgent care pathways. Our CYPCNS offers innovation, partnership and excellence in community care and we are highly committed to active ongoing engagement with children and families to shape and improve services. We aspire to be what children, families and our partners need us to be to enable the very best health and wellbeing outcomes for children and young people in West Sussex.
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is the lead provider of Children and Young People's Community Nursing Services (CYPCNS) across West Sussex.
The CYPCNS is made up of three teams in Crawley, Lancing and Chichester, along with a Specialist Children's Continence team, and a Special School Nursing team. Professional, operational and strategic leadership is provided through the General manager of Children and Young People's Community Nursing, with additional leadership for quality and standards provided through the Children and Young People's Community Nursing Matrons.
The CYPCNS work across a 7 day week, 365 days of the year.
This can include 24 hour on-call rota for named children at end of life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is for a part time nursing role within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) Childrens Community Nursing Service (CCNS), focused on the clinical and associated public health nursing of children, young people and families. The Service is a 7-day service.
The Children & Young Peoples (CYP) Community Nurse (CCN) will contribute to the development of the local Childrens Community Nursing Team, special school nursing and countywide CCNS together with the Team Lead and senior nurses, helping to ensure that policy and practice is developed and delivered in line with Trust and national best practice standards.
The post holder will have a key role in delivering specialist community childrens nursing for the children and young people on the CCN caseload. They will provide up-to-date knowledge and skills for the nursing management and care of children in the community setting. They will liaise with clinical experts for the provision of specialist knowledge, skills and leadership as required.
As Registered Nurses - Child, they will promote the health and wellbeing of children and their families and ensure the provision of high quality, safe nursing care to children and families on the caseload. They will work closely with other health professionals within the Trust and across the health economy, as well as with statutory and third sector agencies.
Practitioners at this level assume responsibility for planned teaching of nurses and health care assistants, associate practitioners and students, and will help ensure the mentorship and supervision of students.
The CCN are required to educate and clinically support staff to meet the needs of individual children acting as a specialist practitioner in the community setting.
The post holder will protect, safeguard and promote the well-being of children in accordance with The Children Act (1989 & 2004) and Working Together to Safeguard Children (HM Gov. 2013).
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is for a part time nursing role within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) Childrens Community Nursing Service (CCNS), focused on the clinical and associated public health nursing of children, young people and families. The Service is a 7-day service.
The Children & Young Peoples (CYP) Community Nurse (CCN) will contribute to the development of the local Childrens Community Nursing Team, special school nursing and countywide CCNS together with the Team Lead and senior nurses, helping to ensure that policy and practice is developed and delivered in line with Trust and national best practice standards.
The post holder will have a key role in delivering specialist community childrens nursing for the children and young people on the CCN caseload. They will provide up-to-date knowledge and skills for the nursing management and care of children in the community setting. They will liaise with clinical experts for the provision of specialist knowledge, skills and leadership as required.
As Registered Nurses - Child, they will promote the health and wellbeing of children and their families and ensure the provision of high quality, safe nursing care to children and families on the caseload. They will work closely with other health professionals within the Trust and across the health economy, as well as with statutory and third sector agencies.
Practitioners at this level assume responsibility for planned teaching of nurses and health care assistants, associate practitioners and students, and will help ensure the mentorship and supervision of students.
The CCN are required to educate and clinically support staff to meet the needs of individual children acting as a specialist practitioner in the community setting.
The post holder will protect, safeguard and promote the well-being of children in accordance with The Children Act (1989 & 2004) and Working Together to Safeguard Children (HM Gov. 2013).
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification information.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse Child
- Relevant Nursing degree
- ENB 998/ Mentorship Module
- Specialist Practice Qualfication in Children's Community Nursing
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in Childrens nursing, including complex needs
- Relevant community experience
- Experience and skill in clinical competencies/assessment
- Experience in teaching clinical skills
- Experience in line management/appraisals
Desirable
- Experience with clinical Audit
- Experience with end of life care/willingness to learn
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to plan, assess and evaluate care
- Ability to communicate complex/ sensitive information effectively
- Ability to delegate effectively
- Evidence of implementation of Risk assessments
- Evidence of collaborative multi-disciplinary working
- Demonstrates leadership and management abilities
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidelines
other
Essential
- Ability to multi-task
- Car driver insured for business use
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse Child
- Relevant Nursing degree
- ENB 998/ Mentorship Module
- Specialist Practice Qualfication in Children's Community Nursing
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in Childrens nursing, including complex needs
- Relevant community experience
- Experience and skill in clinical competencies/assessment
- Experience in teaching clinical skills
- Experience in line management/appraisals
Desirable
- Experience with clinical Audit
- Experience with end of life care/willingness to learn
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to plan, assess and evaluate care
- Ability to communicate complex/ sensitive information effectively
- Ability to delegate effectively
- Evidence of implementation of Risk assessments
- Evidence of collaborative multi-disciplinary working
- Demonstrates leadership and management abilities
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidelines
other
Essential
- Ability to multi-task
- Car driver insured for business use
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
