Community Staff Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication Skills

To provide up to date information for families in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary professional team. To use the lone worker device to maintain effective communication with the wider team and to enhance personal safety.

To undertake liaison with other staff and outside agencies to ensure continuity of care.

Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills, both detailed and legible.

Ensure patient and family confidentiality at all times in line with NMC guidelines.

To participate in an effective communication system, which ensures that a team approach to family centred care is encouraged and adopted.

Analytical Skills

Maintain training and competency for all medical devices used within the community settings.

Be aware of calibration of allocated medical devices.

Planning and Organising Skills

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate family centred care without direct supervision that is evidence based/ best practice.

To maintain high standards of nursing care and to promote and maintain an environment suitable for the care of children within the community.

To maintain a role as a primary nurse at all times through admission to discharge addressing care requirements sensitive to the individual needs of the patient and family.

Maintaining patient records and confidentiality.

To contribute to and participate in clinical audit and research programmes.

Ensure the privacy and dignity of patients and their families is maintained and religious and cultural beliefs are respected at all times.

Responsibility for Patient/Client Care

To act as an effective role model to all staff, student nurses, children and their families and to promote and always maintain a professional appearance and manner in accordance with NMC guidelines and Trust Uniform Policy.

To contribute to quality initiatives and the be aware of Quality Team information hub.

To be familiar with and adhere to the NMC code of professional conduct, developing own role within professional guidelines and accountability and taking personal responsibility for own professional growth and keep up to date with professional development and research including attending both mandatory training and non-mandatory training opportunities.

To ensure that all the Trusts policies and processes are adhered to.

Responsibility for Policy/Service Development

Maintaining patient records are legible and accurate at all times

To participate in incident reporting as required.

Promote and maintain a safe and comfortable therapeutic environment for children young people and their families.

To ensure that all Trust policies and procedures are adhered to.

Maintain readiness of all equipment ensuring that it is decontaminated after use and report if equipment is broken or faulty.

Contribute to evidence based nursing practice policies and procedures.

Responsibility for Financial & Physical Resources

Contribute to the effective use of levels of PPE and Consumables to reduce waste and support costs.

Physical Skills

To be attentive and demonstrate high levels of concentration across the working day.

To be able to drive and have use of a car.

To have a full driving licence

Responsibility for Research and Development

To support and teach new members of staff and work alongside pre-registration students.

To participate in professional development programmes, attend mandatory training days and keeping updated with new research findings, PDPs and role expansion.

Acknowledges any limitations of competence and comply with all professional and trust rules, codes, policies and procedures

To develop nursing practice within the clinical area to the highest possible standard.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Good organisational and problem-solving skills - able to plan and prioritise work
• Able to support pre and post registration students and new members of staff to achieve learning outcomes. Mentorship/ ENB 998
• Evidence of enthusiasm flexibility and commitment for team ethos.

1.Education and Training

Essential

• Registered children's' nursing qualification i.e. Dip HE Children's nursing, RN Child, RSCN

2.Experience

Essential

• Experience / knowledge of audit process and how it influences change and management
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Able to plan, implement and assess family centred care
• Sensitive to the needs of children and their families
• Able to work effectively as an empowered member of the multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care.
• Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy.
• Understanding of partnership working.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous professional development
• Be able to travel around the geographical area of Liverpool and Sefton in a timely manner to visit CYP&F within the Community environment.
• Willingness to take on expanded roles
• Full UK driving licence and own car

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Beech House

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L123HF

Employer's website

https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)