Job summary
Due to a team member being seconded to a course, we are looking for an experienced innovative clinicalnurse with extensive expertise in paediatric nursing, to work in our Continuing Care Team alongside colleagues. Our service sits within a wider multi-disciplinary service including Nursing (Specialist School Nursing, Asthma, Epilepsy, CCNT, Enuresis, Diana palliative care team) and community paediatric dieticians. You will be delivering an effective and person-centered service for children, young people and their families with the highest level of medical needs in the borough, including those that are technology dependent, highly complex and/or requiring palliative care, assessing and supporting with packages of care in the community.
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 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.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key role in managing the Children's Continuing Care caseload within the Community Children's Nursing Service in Newham, working within the remit of the current Children and Young People's Continuing Care National Framework. This includes delivering an effective and person-centred service for children, young people and their families with the highest level of medical needs in the borough, including those that are technology dependent, highly complex and/or requiring palliative care.
The post holder will play a key role in leading and developing the Continuing Care Team, working in conjunction with the Children Community Nursing Team (CCNT), Diana Palliative Care Team and external stakeholders, to implement effective service pathways, ensuring the delivery of key quality outcomes.
An essential element of the role will include seamless working with other professionals and partner agencies when assessing eligibility for Continuing Care and supporting multidisciplinary teams in the assessment process. The role will ensure that the provision of care achieves individual outcomes and ensures the delivery of efficient quality packages of care that is aligned to the Personalisation and SEND agenda and supports the transition of young people into the appropriate adult services.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the detailed job description and person specification for more detail.
In your application please show how you meet the person specification, using your previous job roles and personal statement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the detailed job description and person specification for more detail.
In your application please show how you meet the person specification, using your previous job roles and personal statement.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/Training
Essential
- Registered nurse
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- 1st Level degree or willingness to undertake
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant community experience.
- Significant experience of working with children with complex and life limiting conditions.
- Experience of inter-agency working.
- Experience of the working with continuing care frameworks.
- Experience managing complex discharges from hospital to community
- Experience of managing complaints and incidents.
Desirable
- Experience of personal health budgets and Education health care plans
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experienced practitioner in long term ventilation and tracheostomy care
- An expert in assessing the holistic needs of children with complex needs designing subsequent packages of care.
- An advocate for children, young people and their families.
- Excellent knowledge of the NHS framework for continuing care.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including providing and receiving sensitive or contentious information.
- Excellent teaching skills
- Able to represent health at integrated service meetings presenting findings of continuing care assessments.
- Act as a specialist resource for children, young people, their families and inter agency staff in planning end of life care.
- Willingness to work on call rota to support end of life care
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/Training
Essential
- Registered nurse
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- 1st Level degree or willingness to undertake
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant community experience.
- Significant experience of working with children with complex and life limiting conditions.
- Experience of inter-agency working.
- Experience of the working with continuing care frameworks.
- Experience managing complex discharges from hospital to community
- Experience of managing complaints and incidents.
Desirable
- Experience of personal health budgets and Education health care plans
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experienced practitioner in long term ventilation and tracheostomy care
- An expert in assessing the holistic needs of children with complex needs designing subsequent packages of care.
- An advocate for children, young people and their families.
- Excellent knowledge of the NHS framework for continuing care.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including providing and receiving sensitive or contentious information.
- Excellent teaching skills
- Able to represent health at integrated service meetings presenting findings of continuing care assessments.
- Act as a specialist resource for children, young people, their families and inter agency staff in planning end of life care.
- Willingness to work on call rota to support end of life care
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).
