Job summary
This is a development post, if you are appointed as a Band 5, you will be given a list of competencies to complete, these will be reviewed at your appraisal. On completion you will rise to a Band 6.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 paediatric nurse to join the Children's Community Nursing team.
This role will deliver nursing care and interventions to the children (0-18 years) and families within the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust area.
You will receive support and guidance from an established CCN team to enable you to gain and upskill in your nursing abilities and to develop towards becoming a Band 6.
You will hold a case load of patients and be responsible for ensuring that their nursing needs are met. This will also involve delivering educational / teaching sessions to a variety of people including families and educational settings.
The post holder needs to be highly organised, adaptable and able to work under pressure, with care plans that often needing to change at short notice. Support will be provided to the successful candidate including clinical supervision. Successful candidates must be a car driver as this is a community-based post involving frequent travel to patient homes, schools and other venues.
Main duties of the job
To participate in the assessment, planning and provision of skilled nursing care in negotiation with the child and family, in conjunction with the Children's Community Team.
To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with complex care needs including technology dependent such as tracheostomy care and central venous access.
To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with a variety of nursing needs, such as enteral feeding, and intra-venous antibiotic administration.
To work in a collaborative manner with other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care to families
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
1. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care and support requirements for children with medical, health needs.2. Provide skilled paediatric nursing care to children and young people within their own home, or other applicable venues such as outpatient clinics, to ensure families are supported in the care of their children at home.3. Ensure continuity of care is established and appropriate support available for children, young people, and families, with the aim of preventing unnecessary admission or attendance at hospital and facilitating earlier discharge where appropriate from both local and tertiary hospitals.4. Maintain excellent communication with the child and family on the caseload and as their advocate ensure that they have ease of contact with the team appropriate information and support. Records should reflect the childs care, present condition and progress and be available to colleagues5. Maintain the safety of children and young people by ensuring robust care plan are in place with the supervision of the senior team.6. To liaise with children and their parents/carers along with other agencies who are involved in their care to promote a person-centred outcomes approach to supporting their needs.7. Promote the health, comfort, dignity, privacy and quality of life for children andyoung people.8. To support the provision of acute care to children and young people following agreement of care from the wider teams.9. Ensure prescribed nursing care is carried out in line with local and national policies including administration of SC/IV/CVAD IV treatments, taking of blood samples or specimens as required.10. Identify those children and families with continuing care / complex needs and plan programmes of care in accordance with either the local agencies or continuing care framework.11. To provide theoretical training and competency-based assessments in relation to nursing interventions for staff working in partner agencies including schools (mainstream and special needs), colleges and early years settings.12. To support the Leadership Team in developing service improvements to ensure the health needs of the children and young people who use the service are met.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
1. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care and support requirements for children with medical, health needs.2. Provide skilled paediatric nursing care to children and young people within their own home, or other applicable venues such as outpatient clinics, to ensure families are supported in the care of their children at home.3. Ensure continuity of care is established and appropriate support available for children, young people, and families, with the aim of preventing unnecessary admission or attendance at hospital and facilitating earlier discharge where appropriate from both local and tertiary hospitals.4. Maintain excellent communication with the child and family on the caseload and as their advocate ensure that they have ease of contact with the team appropriate information and support. Records should reflect the childs care, present condition and progress and be available to colleagues5. Maintain the safety of children and young people by ensuring robust care plan are in place with the supervision of the senior team.6. To liaise with children and their parents/carers along with other agencies who are involved in their care to promote a person-centred outcomes approach to supporting their needs.7. Promote the health, comfort, dignity, privacy and quality of life for children andyoung people.8. To support the provision of acute care to children and young people following agreement of care from the wider teams.9. Ensure prescribed nursing care is carried out in line with local and national policies including administration of SC/IV/CVAD IV treatments, taking of blood samples or specimens as required.10. Identify those children and families with continuing care / complex needs and plan programmes of care in accordance with either the local agencies or continuing care framework.11. To provide theoretical training and competency-based assessments in relation to nursing interventions for staff working in partner agencies including schools (mainstream and special needs), colleges and early years settings.12. To support the Leadership Team in developing service improvements to ensure the health needs of the children and young people who use the service are met.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Current RSCN/ RN (child) / Child Branch Registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Desirable
- Degree in Nursing
- SSSA qualification
- Training in PSIRF
Experience
Essential
- Experience of sick children's / Paediatric nursing
- Demonstrate an understanding of Safeguarding issues.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work
- Transfer of clinical skills to a variety of settings.
Desirable
- Experience of a specialist area.
- Experience of working in the community / community setting.
- Palliative care experience
- Mentoring of students
Abilities & Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
- Ability to contribution to an MDT approach.
- IV certification, including central lines.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Know own professional limitations.
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Excellent team working skills and evidence of multidisciplinary team
- Organised.
- Demonstrate the Trusts PRIDE values and implements them in practice.
Desirable
- Certified competency in phlebotomy
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Evidence of working with families from diverse backgrounds.
- To have an understanding or have received training in autism/LD/MH.
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of the wide range of services provision for children.
- Knowledge of clinical governance
Physical requirements
Essential
- Access to a car / motorbike for work purposes.
- Ability to reach and bed to kneel/work at floor level.
Other
Essential
- Recognise individuals' right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude.
- Ability to get around local area.
- Provide a seven-day service including weekends, bank holidays.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the geographical area.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Current RSCN/ RN (child) / Child Branch Registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Desirable
- Degree in Nursing
- SSSA qualification
- Training in PSIRF
Experience
Essential
- Experience of sick children's / Paediatric nursing
- Demonstrate an understanding of Safeguarding issues.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work
- Transfer of clinical skills to a variety of settings.
Desirable
- Experience of a specialist area.
- Experience of working in the community / community setting.
- Palliative care experience
- Mentoring of students
Abilities & Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
- Ability to contribution to an MDT approach.
- IV certification, including central lines.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Know own professional limitations.
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Excellent team working skills and evidence of multidisciplinary team
- Organised.
- Demonstrate the Trusts PRIDE values and implements them in practice.
Desirable
- Certified competency in phlebotomy
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Evidence of working with families from diverse backgrounds.
- To have an understanding or have received training in autism/LD/MH.
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of the wide range of services provision for children.
- Knowledge of clinical governance
Physical requirements
Essential
- Access to a car / motorbike for work purposes.
- Ability to reach and bed to kneel/work at floor level.
Other
Essential
- Recognise individuals' right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude.
- Ability to get around local area.
- Provide a seven-day service including weekends, bank holidays.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the geographical area.
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).
