Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the North Derbyshire Children's Community Continence Service. We are a small friendly team which is the lead provider for the Countywide Continence Service who supports children and young people aged 4-19 years in the community to achieve their continence potential.
We are looking for a registered Children's Nurse who has a passion for continence and strives to make a difference to children and young people's incontinence needs.
Applicants need to possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills whilst working independently and as part of a team. The post is for 4 days a week. Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post.
Main duties of the job
This role is to provide specialist clinical knowledge to support Children and Young People to reach their continence potential within community continence clinics across North Derbyshire. This will involve working independently with support/guidance from a multi-disciplinary (MDT) as required. You will be required to working collaboratively with all agencies to promote health, education and well-being of children with continence care needs.
Please see Job description for main duties of the job in attachments
About us
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated "Good" by the CQC .
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- 1st level Registered Children's Nurse
- Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students
Desirable
- Children's Nurse
- Advanced communication course
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
- Leadership training/qualification/experience
- Non-Medical prescribing
- Communication skills training
Experience
Essential
- Significant, relevant (post registration) experience with two years or more in speciality area
- Experience of working with Children and Young People
- Ability to conduct nurse led clinics
- Facilitate and support learning
- Awareness of Quality Assurance/peer review process
- Management and leadership experience
Desirable
- Working with CYP in the community
- Evidence of leading a change project
- Experience of quality assurance/peer review process
- Experience of caring for children and young people with complex bowel and bladder conditions
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Audit experience and subsequent quality improvement
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Sound IT skills
- Good record keeping
- Awareness of local and national guidelines
- Evidence of developing clinical skills
Desirable
- Advanced communication course
- Deputising for senior sister/ charge nurse/ clinical nurse specialist
- Research experience
- Leadership course
- Presentation skills
- Risk management awareness
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to use own initiative and work autonomously
- Positive attitude, self-motivated
- A car driver with a full current driving licence and own transport (for disabled applicants, suitable alternative arrangements may be agreed if necessary)
Demonstrates Trust Values
Essential
- Proud to CARE (Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement)
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- 1st level Registered Children's Nurse
- Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students
Desirable
- Children's Nurse
- Advanced communication course
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
- Leadership training/qualification/experience
- Non-Medical prescribing
- Communication skills training
Experience
Essential
- Significant, relevant (post registration) experience with two years or more in speciality area
- Experience of working with Children and Young People
- Ability to conduct nurse led clinics
- Facilitate and support learning
- Awareness of Quality Assurance/peer review process
- Management and leadership experience
Desirable
- Working with CYP in the community
- Evidence of leading a change project
- Experience of quality assurance/peer review process
- Experience of caring for children and young people with complex bowel and bladder conditions
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Audit experience and subsequent quality improvement
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Sound IT skills
- Good record keeping
- Awareness of local and national guidelines
- Evidence of developing clinical skills
Desirable
- Advanced communication course
- Deputising for senior sister/ charge nurse/ clinical nurse specialist
- Research experience
- Leadership course
- Presentation skills
- Risk management awareness
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to use own initiative and work autonomously
- Positive attitude, self-motivated
- A car driver with a full current driving licence and own transport (for disabled applicants, suitable alternative arrangements may be agreed if necessary)
Demonstrates Trust Values
Essential
- Proud to CARE (Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement)
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).
