Job summary
Specialist Children and Young people's service (SCYPS)
Senior sister/charge nurse
Community Children's Nursing Team
Band 7 (full time, 37 1/2 hours / week) - fixed term maternity cover 12-14months - secondments and part time will be considered.
We are looking for an experienced innovative clinical nurse with expertise in paediatric nursing to lead our community children's nursing team (CCNT) whilst our current team leader is on maternity leave. Our CCNT sits within a wider multi-disciplinary service including Nursing (Asthma, Epilepsy, Continuing care and Transition), Diana palliative care team and Community paediatric dieticians. You will lead a team of nurses delivering specialist nursing care in a variety of community settings. Care includes accessing central venous access devices, home oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation, tracheostomy care and enteral feeding for children with a variety of conditions including oncology, cardiac, chronic respiratory conditions, eczema and complex medical needs within their home or other community settings.
This is an exciting time to join the team as we are developing and expanding the service from its current five day/week delivery to a seven-day service delivery, providing the opportunity to facilitate and lead the change process supporting by a children's community matron.
Main duties of the job
You will have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, experience of leadership and be able to work within a senior management team to support the wider service. You will be directly line managing and appraising junior members of the team. You should be highly motivated, caring and passionate about improving the healthcare and wellbeing of children and young people in Newham. You will work in an environment that actively supports continuous professional development and is part of a service that enjoys a successful relationship with colleagues from a range of disciplines and organisations.
You will be joining an integrated community children's nursing service which aspires to provide care of thehighest quality, in collaboration with those who use our services. This role includes working closely with nursing leads for continuing care and life limiting conditions to support nursing care across the service. We embrace continuous improvementand learning and you will be instrumental in supporting the service to think differently and beinnovative. A flexible and forward thinking approach is essential for this role.
About us
Newham is culturally the most diverse of all London boroughs, with people from a rich variety of ethnic, religious, and linguistic backgrounds. We have the third fastest growing population in England with 40% of the community being 0-24 years old and children and young people's health services are at the centre of local developments.
Please read the Personal and Job specifications carefully. You should provide evidence in your application of the essential qualities required and why you would be an asset to our Service. We put children, young people and their families at the heart of all we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Come and vis rebeccadaniels@nhs.net/Bianca.gardiner@nhs.netit us, or enquire for more information: Rebecca Daniels, Community Childrens Matron or Bianca Gardiner (practice development facilitator) via 0203 738 7063 or email rebeccadaniels@nhs.net / Bianca.gardiner@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Come and vis rebeccadaniels@nhs.net/Bianca.gardiner@nhs.netit us, or enquire for more information: Rebecca Daniels, Community Childrens Matron or Bianca Gardiner (practice development facilitator) via 0203 738 7063 or email rebeccadaniels@nhs.net / Bianca.gardiner@nhs.net
Person Specification
Educational/Qualification
Essential
- oRSCN/ RN Child Branch
- oEvidence of continued professional development
- o1st Level Degree (or working towards)
- oMentorship module (ENB 998 or equivalent
Desirable
- Community Nursing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience at Band 6 working with children & young people with community experience essential
- oExperience of working with children with wide ranging health needs within the community setting
- oExperience of supporting children & young people with complex conditions as a lone worker
- oExperience of interagency working
- oExperience of supporting children and families through the child protection process
- oExperience of managing staff and resources
- oExperience of providing supervision in an advisory role
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oEvidence of ability to practice as an expert practitioner
- oExpert in core clinical skills including central venous access devices, enteral feeding, home oxygen therapy, tracheostomy care and non-invasive ventilation.
- oExperience managing complex discharges from hospital to community
- oAbility to act as an advocate for children and their families where the child has complex health care needs
- oEvidence of the ability to manage time effectively
- oUnderstanding of clinical governance and ability to implement the associated systems and process in delivery of care
- oExcellent teaching skills
- oEvidence of ability to influence evidence based practice and be innovative
- oExcellent verbal / written communication and interpersonal skills
- oAbility to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for choices made.
- oAbility to effectively supervise and appraise line-managed team members and ensure that professional needs of staff are identified
- oExperience of performance and sickness management of staff.
- oExperience of managing complaints and incidents
- oAbility to demonstrate evidence-based care and decision making that is responsive to the needs of clients and carers and negotiated in partnership with them.
Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- oKnowledge and understanding of the child health needs of a racially and culturally diverse population
- oExcellent organisational and time management skills and ability to facilitate these skills in others
- oAbility to work flexibly, prioritise and respond to changing demands in workload.
- oAble to prepare and chair professional meetings
- oBe computer literate for IT processors e.g. Word, Powerpoint, email, RiO.
- oMaintain contemporaneous record keeping using excellent communication skills including an ability to write concise and comprehensive reports
- oAbility to assess, advise and refer appropriately in situations involving complex needs.
- oEffectively uses specialist knowledge and communication skills to initiate and sustain open interactions, recognising the individual and collective needs of clients and other professional agencies
- oExcellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with an ability to adopt a number of ways to influence diverse parties.
- oProvide advice and guidance with tact and sensitivity.
- oAbility to be self-motivated, use initiative and work without close supervision.
- oAbility to build rapport and establish effective one to one and team relationships
- oAbility to lead others and gain the respect of colleagues.
- oAbility to support the implementation of successful change management
- oAbility to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
- oBe committed to equal opportunities
- oAbility to provide out of hours on call rota covering for out of hours support for terminally ill child
- oCommitment to working an on call rota covering weekends
Person Specification
Educational/Qualification
Essential
- oRSCN/ RN Child Branch
- oEvidence of continued professional development
- o1st Level Degree (or working towards)
- oMentorship module (ENB 998 or equivalent
Desirable
- Community Nursing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience at Band 6 working with children & young people with community experience essential
- oExperience of working with children with wide ranging health needs within the community setting
- oExperience of supporting children & young people with complex conditions as a lone worker
- oExperience of interagency working
- oExperience of supporting children and families through the child protection process
- oExperience of managing staff and resources
- oExperience of providing supervision in an advisory role
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oEvidence of ability to practice as an expert practitioner
- oExpert in core clinical skills including central venous access devices, enteral feeding, home oxygen therapy, tracheostomy care and non-invasive ventilation.
- oExperience managing complex discharges from hospital to community
- oAbility to act as an advocate for children and their families where the child has complex health care needs
- oEvidence of the ability to manage time effectively
- oUnderstanding of clinical governance and ability to implement the associated systems and process in delivery of care
- oExcellent teaching skills
- oEvidence of ability to influence evidence based practice and be innovative
- oExcellent verbal / written communication and interpersonal skills
- oAbility to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for choices made.
- oAbility to effectively supervise and appraise line-managed team members and ensure that professional needs of staff are identified
- oExperience of performance and sickness management of staff.
- oExperience of managing complaints and incidents
- oAbility to demonstrate evidence-based care and decision making that is responsive to the needs of clients and carers and negotiated in partnership with them.
Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- oKnowledge and understanding of the child health needs of a racially and culturally diverse population
- oExcellent organisational and time management skills and ability to facilitate these skills in others
- oAbility to work flexibly, prioritise and respond to changing demands in workload.
- oAble to prepare and chair professional meetings
- oBe computer literate for IT processors e.g. Word, Powerpoint, email, RiO.
- oMaintain contemporaneous record keeping using excellent communication skills including an ability to write concise and comprehensive reports
- oAbility to assess, advise and refer appropriately in situations involving complex needs.
- oEffectively uses specialist knowledge and communication skills to initiate and sustain open interactions, recognising the individual and collective needs of clients and other professional agencies
- oExcellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with an ability to adopt a number of ways to influence diverse parties.
- oProvide advice and guidance with tact and sensitivity.
- oAbility to be self-motivated, use initiative and work without close supervision.
- oAbility to build rapport and establish effective one to one and team relationships
- oAbility to lead others and gain the respect of colleagues.
- oAbility to support the implementation of successful change management
- oAbility to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
- oBe committed to equal opportunities
- oAbility to provide out of hours on call rota covering for out of hours support for terminally ill child
- oCommitment to working an on call rota covering weekends
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).
