Paediatric Outreach Nurse

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

The closing date is 25 March 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated experienced paediatric nurse to join our Paediatric Outreach Team.

The Paediatric Outreach Team cares for children and young people within their own home and primary care setting.

Currently the service provides community nursing for children and young people with acute and long term conditions, complex needs, and palliative care, including end of life care.

The children and young people can present with acute illness in addition to requiring skilled nursing intervention to manage highly complex health and developmental needs throughout childhood and at transition to adult services.

Our services are designed to promote excellent holistic care for the children and their families.

The Paediatric Outreach Team is based within Stoke Mandeville Hospital and is part of the thriving paediatric unit, we work closely with the acute ward. Therefore you will have the opportunity to experience many specialities and get to know many of the families before visiting them in their own homes.

We are looking for nurses who have community experience or experience of managing complex medical needs of children in any setting.

The service runs from 8am to 6pm Monday- Friday and 10am-3pm Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays. We also provide on call service for end of life care when required

Main duties of the job

To work effectively with sound judgement when dealing with complex emotional situations, family dynamics and in difficult environments.
To work in partnership with parents/guardians and gain informed consent.
To create individual care plans for specific children, negotiating, agreeing, implementing and evaluating with parents and other professionals.
To be responsible for assessing, delivering, developing and maintaining high standards in the quality of care in the home and clinic setting. Delivering face to face support and/or telephone advice.
To deliver patient care including accessing central and peripheral IV lines, IV drug administration, managing and replacing enteral feeding devices, oxygen therapy, suctioning and complex healthcare needs, wound care and End of Life Care .
Demonstrates the ability to manage time and resources effectively.
Demonstrate an ability to prioritise workload and is able to show flexibility in response to urgent and/or changing needs.
Through reflection and clinical support, develop strategies to improve, and where necessary change practice.

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.

As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.

Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Date posted

11 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

Depending on experience per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

434-CR6646810-D

Job locations

Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Extensive and recent experience in a variety of Paediatric settings
Experience of managing and leading a team as a Band 6 Senior Nurse
Experience of Quality management against current National Paediatric Standards/ Children and Young People
Active participation and experience of clinical governance processes

Skills

Essential

Computer literate

Desirable

Flexibility and ability to cope with different work environments

Education

Essential

Registered Children's Nurse
Teaching/Assessing Certificate or equivalent
Evidence of further continued professional development
Safeguarding Level 3 Training

Desirable

Degree level qualification

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Extensive and recent experience in a variety of Paediatric settings
Experience of managing and leading a team as a Band 6 Senior Nurse
Experience of Quality management against current National Paediatric Standards/ Children and Young People
Active participation and experience of clinical governance processes

Skills

Essential

Computer literate

Desirable

Flexibility and ability to cope with different work environments

Education

Essential

Registered Children's Nurse
Teaching/Assessing Certificate or equivalent
Evidence of further continued professional development
Safeguarding Level 3 Training

Desirable

Degree level qualification

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).