Job summary
Lincolnshire's Community Childrens Nursing Service is expanding!!!
We have a rare and super exciting job opening for a compassionate, inclusive Team Leader with a passion for community children's nursing to join us and set up our 4th CCN Team in the County!
You will be instrumental in developing a local CCN service for the children, young people and families residing within the East Lindsey District.
You will be responsible for the operational management and leadership of the team Monday - Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm providing direct nursing care, support and education to children and young people with acute nursing needs, long-term, complex medical and life-limiting conditions and their families.
Working flexibly, you will meet the needs of individual children and families offering 'before' and 'after' school visits as required.
You will participate in a On-Call Telephone service to the county-wide CCN caseload Monday to Friday 5.00pm -10.00pm and at weekends 9.00am -10.00pm including participating in the 24/7 On-Call rota for children requiring end of life care.
Applicants must be NMC Registered Nurse (Child) with experience as a Band 6 Community Childrens Nurse or experience leading a children's community team.
An MSc / BSc (Hons) in Community Health with the Childrens Specialist Practitioner qualification or equivalent experience is essential. Qualifications in Leadership or equivalent experience and Teaching and Mentoring are also essential for this role.
Main duties of the job
You will have responsibility to lead your team and provide high quality safe nursing care to children, young people 0-19 years and their families at home and in various community settings.
Working collaboratively across multi-agency / organisational boundaries you will initiate and coordinate appropriate services to facilitate the early discharge, prevent hospital admissions and manage children and young people with long-term conditions and complex medical needs at home. You will have the confidence and ability to liaise with professionals within primary care and community health services, social care, education and voluntary services.
You will provide direct nursing care and have responsibility of managing your own caseload. In partnership with individual children and young people and their families and all professionals involved in their care, you will formulate personalised holistic packages of care which incorporate the child / young persons feeling, wishes and goals (where possible) and promote the ethos of empowering children and their families to confidently self-care.
This will include preparing them for healthcare transition: working closely with the GP, District Nurses / Specialists, Consultants, Specialist Tertiary Centre and our Roald Dahl Transition Nurse Specialist to ensure young people have a positive experience in their journey across to adult services.
About us
This new team will be part of our well-established CCN Teams and form part of our wider Children's Community Services.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse (Child)
- Masters / BSc(Hons) Degree in Community Health with Specialist Practitioner qualification or equivalent experience
- Teaching / Mentorship qualification
- Leadership qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- NMC recorded Independent / Supplementary V300 Prescribing qualification
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently throughout the county
- Flexible working
- Commitment to developing children's services
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Band 6 Community Childrens Nurse or experience of leading a community team
- Experience of managing a nursing caseload and of working within the community setting
- Evidence of a wide experience of children's nursing
- Evidence of continued professional development and training
- Experience of partnership working with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of child protection / safeguarding
Desirable
- Quality Improvement experience
- Previous experience in application of research in practice and audit
Evidence of Particular: Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to evidence / demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust Framework
- Range of direct care / clinical skills - e.g. IV Administration
- Excellent Interpersonal and organisational skills and ability to work with multiple stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills: written and verbal
- Ability to make autonomous clinical decisions and judgements through critical reasoning and problem-solving
- Good working knowledge of clinical governance and risk management
Desirable
- Advanced Communication Skills Training
- Political awareness and knowledge / interest of current issues - understanding of health policy and the national and local nursing agenda
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse (Child)
- Masters / BSc(Hons) Degree in Community Health with Specialist Practitioner qualification or equivalent experience
- Teaching / Mentorship qualification
- Leadership qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- NMC recorded Independent / Supplementary V300 Prescribing qualification
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently throughout the county
- Flexible working
- Commitment to developing children's services
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Band 6 Community Childrens Nurse or experience of leading a community team
- Experience of managing a nursing caseload and of working within the community setting
- Evidence of a wide experience of children's nursing
- Evidence of continued professional development and training
- Experience of partnership working with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of child protection / safeguarding
Desirable
- Quality Improvement experience
- Previous experience in application of research in practice and audit
Evidence of Particular: Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to evidence / demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust Framework
- Range of direct care / clinical skills - e.g. IV Administration
- Excellent Interpersonal and organisational skills and ability to work with multiple stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills: written and verbal
- Ability to make autonomous clinical decisions and judgements through critical reasoning and problem-solving
- Good working knowledge of clinical governance and risk management
Desirable
- Advanced Communication Skills Training
- Political awareness and knowledge / interest of current issues - understanding of health policy and the national and local nursing agenda
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).
