Job summary
We have an exciting job opportunity for a dedicated Band 5 Nurse to join our friendly and progressive Community Children's Nursing Team in Harrow. Our team is well-established and committed to providing compassionate, family-centered nursing care to children who are facing acute, complex, and long-term health conditions. We currently provide a 5-day service to children and their families living in Harrow Borough, supporting palliative and end-of-life care. Join us and become an integral part of our team.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated individual who is a highly motivated independent practitioner, underpinned by a solid foundation in evidence-based nursing practices. While experience working in the community is preferred, it is not essential. We are interested in your skill set and what you can bring to our team.
Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity to become part of a team that provides nursing care to children in a variety of community settings and special schools.
The Children's Community Nursing Team provides clinical nursing care, training and support to children, young people (aged 0-19) and their carer's at home or other community settings, enabling them to remain safely in the community and transition to adult services where appropriate.
Our team look after the following children and young people in the community:
- Children with acute and short-term conditions
- Children with long term conditions
- Children with disabilities and complex conditions, including neonates
- Children with life-limiting and life-threatening illness, including palliative and end-of-life-care
The successful applicant will have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
About us
As an organisation we value our employees, prioritizes quality care, and offer a supportive and fulfilling work environment for healthcare professionals. We encourage personal development and are open to new ideas and innovation.
We are a well established team working closely with multi partners including health, social care , education and voluntary agencies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Children's Community Nurses work closely with the people who use our services and special school in Harrow Borough. We play an important role in helping children and young people receive the care they need while empowering families to manage their health effectively within the community setting. Your dedication and expertise will contribute to improving the lives of the youngest members of our community.
Childrens Community Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive, but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
- ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures
- ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering, and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Childrens Community Nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model, to ensure they are working to the standards that the people using our services deserve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Children's Community Nurses work closely with the people who use our services and special school in Harrow Borough. We play an important role in helping children and young people receive the care they need while empowering families to manage their health effectively within the community setting. Your dedication and expertise will contribute to improving the lives of the youngest members of our community.
Childrens Community Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive, but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
- ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures
- ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering, and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Childrens Community Nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model, to ensure they are working to the standards that the people using our services deserve.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- RSCN / RN(Child) NMC Registration
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Mentorship Qualification
- Epilepsy PET 1& 2 Course
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Previous experience as a Band 5 nurse
- Evidence of post registration experience
- Recent acute general children's nursing
- Recent experience with children's nursing within acute/or community setting.
Desirable
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports
- Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
- High standard of clinical expertise and knowledge of general paediatrics
- Experience of working with the acute, long term conditions and complex children/young people
- Experience of working with students
- Experience of teaching
Desirable
- Expertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them and use them in your current role
- Awareness of the health needs of children and young people
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- RSCN / RN(Child) NMC Registration
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Mentorship Qualification
- Epilepsy PET 1& 2 Course
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Previous experience as a Band 5 nurse
- Evidence of post registration experience
- Recent acute general children's nursing
- Recent experience with children's nursing within acute/or community setting.
Desirable
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports
- Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
- High standard of clinical expertise and knowledge of general paediatrics
- Experience of working with the acute, long term conditions and complex children/young people
- Experience of working with students
- Experience of teaching
Desirable
- Expertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them and use them in your current role
- Awareness of the health needs of children and young people
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
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).
