Band 5 Community Nurse

Job summary

The Children's Community Nurse (CCN) will work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies in the assessment, implementation and evaluation of specialist nursing care to children with long term, life limiting or palliative care conditions.

The CCN will support and contribute to the development of the Integrated Community Paediatric Service (ICPS), helping to ensure that policy and practice is developed and delivered in line with Trust, regional and national best practice.

Provide and promote evidenced based knowledge and skills to manage the health outcomes for CYP and their families and carers across a variety of community settings to safely meet the CYP health care needs.

To act in advisory role to other professionals and staff from other agencies in respect of health care for CYP and families within their area of specialism.

The post holder will support the wider ICPS and participate in the service provision for 24-hour-on-call, which will include at times attending home visits to support end of life care out of hours (supported by other staff).

Main duties of the job

• Promote continuous improvement for the CYP and their families by collating their experience, utilising the Friends and Family Test and Patient Experience survey.

• Listen to and attempt to resolve problems for the CYP and their families and escalate any concerns to SCCN or Team Leader.

• Clinical duties will include; clinic based work, home visiting, administration of medication, teaching and training families and carers, undertaking risk assessments, reviewing acutely unwell children and escalating any concerns identified.

• Provide support to SCCN in the management of complex cases and report back any concerns identified.

• Provide local support to patients under the care of Oncology services this will include; line flushes, blood taking and administration of low dose cytotoxic drugs.

• To actively seek the views and experience of the CYP and use the information to ensure the service is responsive to the CYP and their families.

• To support SCCN in End of Life Care in the community if this is the child and families preferred place of care.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Breightmet Health Centre

Breightmet Fold Lane

Bolton

BL2 6NT

Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Breightmet Health Centre

Breightmet Fold Lane

Bolton

BL2 6NT

Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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