Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 posts based within our Community Children's Nursing service.
You will be supporting children and young people with complex health needs within their homes and across various settings. You will be a RN (child) /RSCN who has had previous experience working with children with complex health needs.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To provide high quality nursing care to children young people.
- To be responsible for a delegated workload as agreed with the Team Lead and senior Community Children's Nurses.
- To provide nursing care, advice and support in negotiation with the child and family /carers to meet their individual needs.
- To assess care needs, plan implement and evaluate individualised programmes of care to meet identified needs in negotiation with children, young people and their families.
- To manage a nursing caseload with the support of senior nurses.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- RN Child/ RSCN
- Evidence of consolidation experience post registration
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate relevant and recent post registration experience working within an environment supporting children and young people with both complex/acute health needs
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Evidence of continuing education/training
- The ability to establish good working relationships with families and multidisciplinary team members
- Experience of liaison with multi-disciplinary team working
- Awareness of child protection issues
- Ongoing awareness of recent developments in practice and research including local and national guidelines
Other
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- RN Child/ RSCN
- Evidence of consolidation experience post registration
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate relevant and recent post registration experience working within an environment supporting children and young people with both complex/acute health needs
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Evidence of continuing education/training
- The ability to establish good working relationships with families and multidisciplinary team members
- Experience of liaison with multi-disciplinary team working
- Awareness of child protection issues
- Ongoing awareness of recent developments in practice and research including local and national guidelines
Other
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
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).
