Job summary
To work within both the Continuing Care and Reactive Care team to;
Deliver evidence based nursing care to children and young people (CYP) in a variety of community settings by providing clinical assessment, planning, delivery, evaluation of care and clinical advice in liaison with the team leader, peers and or multi-disciplinary professionals.
Recognise and monitor acute exacerbations of illness and initiate appropriate nursing support and action any urgent medical interventions.
Work collaboratively with the hospital inpatient areas, accident and emergency, A&E, Observation and Assessment unit and primary care to facilitate early and prompt discharge and deflect unnecessary admissions to secondary care.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team and other service providers to ensure care is patient centered, efficient and effective and to develop guidelines and policies for children with acute and continuing health care needs.
Main duties of the job
To work preventatively utilising health promotion skills and implement self-management skills initiatives / plans for CYP and families to ensure optimum health outcomes.
To recognise and monitor acute exacerbations of illness and initiate appropriate nursing support and action any urgent medical interventions.
To act as patient's advocate in promoting, and delivering the highest standard of nursing care, ensuring all fundamentals of care are addressed and current, relevant policies and procedures are adhered too.
The post holder will work as an autonomous nursing practitioner to support named nurses for designated caseload for CYP and families. The Senior nurse will work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies in the assessment, implementation, evaluating specialist care to children with (long term, life limiting or palliative care conditions).
About us
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.
The Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care in maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children's services. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1,500 gynaecological procedures each year. The Trust also has a tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, enabling 1 in 4 women across Greater Manchester to receive in-utero transfer and birth at extreme premature gestation at Bolton.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see attached Job description and person specification for the role.
Applications from overseas Nurses - The Trust appreciates and values the contribution international nurses bring to the NHS. We also understand the support overseas nurses need to gain full registration once in the UK (via OSCE) and therefore we only recruit internationally to fill nursing vacancies when we can ensure support is in place. At this present time we arent in a position to offer that support and therefore will not accept applications from overseas nurses who only have Part 1 NMC registration. If that position changes in future we will clearly advertise our opportunities for international nurses to join our nurse team here in Bolton. Thank you for your understanding.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see attached Job description and person specification for the role.
Applications from overseas Nurses - The Trust appreciates and values the contribution international nurses bring to the NHS. We also understand the support overseas nurses need to gain full registration once in the UK (via OSCE) and therefore we only recruit internationally to fill nursing vacancies when we can ensure support is in place. At this present time we arent in a position to offer that support and therefore will not accept applications from overseas nurses who only have Part 1 NMC registration. If that position changes in future we will clearly advertise our opportunities for international nurses to join our nurse team here in Bolton. Thank you for your understanding.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Experience of caring for children with acute illness
- Experience of care of children with chronic and complex conditions
Desirable
- Community nursing experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work in demanding situations using delegation
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
- Knowledge of current safeguarding legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Experience of caring for children with acute illness
- Experience of care of children with chronic and complex conditions
Desirable
- Community nursing experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work in demanding situations using delegation
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
- Knowledge of current safeguarding legislation
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).
