0-19 Integrated Community Staff Nurse-Tower Hamlets

Job description

Job responsibilities

Aim of the role

The purpose of this job description is to outline the level of responsibility and accountability of this post. This will ensure that all work undertaken by our staff is clearly identified and carried out under clear lines of accountability.

The post holder will have a delegated caseload under supervision of the Senior Nurse and other senior staff members. The post holder will have a responsibility to carry out specific nursing care for patients, families/ carers. The post holder will work in partnership with the Multi-Disciplinary Team, and other agencies, to ensure that excellent standards of care are provided.

The 0-19 Universal Service teams provides support to all children and young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependant on assessed need. The service offers every child/family a programme of screening, immunisations, developmental reviews and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices as defined by The Healthy Child Programme (Department of Health, 2011/Updated 2021).

The GP Care Group 0-19 Universal teams provide a safe, effective, and high-quality service to clients using research-based evidence to inform practice within agreed professional standards.

The 0-19 Universal Service Team Community Staff Nurse will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within a universal model of service delivery dependant on assessed needs and provision of personalised care. The Community Staff nurse will work in partnershipwith other statutory and non-statutory agencies. This role will play a key part in the development and safe delivery of 0-19 services, utilising best available evidence to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people especially those from disadvantaged groups.

Key working relationships

Internal

0-19 Universal Health Teams

Locality Clinical Manager/Clinical Lead

Targeted Services

Safeguarding Teams

External

Children, Young people, Families and Carers

GPs

Social Care

Acute Hospital

Allied Health Professionals

Community Childrens Team/Hospital at home Services

Voluntary Services

Schools

Children and Family Centres/Early Years

Maternity Services

Public Health

Any other statutory or voluntary organisations

Key result areas

To support the delivery of 0-19 Universal Services as well as the Healthy Child Programme.

To support and assist Community Nursery Nurses and skill mix teams as required.

To participate in the development of skill mix within the 0-19 Universal Services Team.

To participate in Health Education programmes and health promotion activities on a multi-disciplinary basis as agreed by the 0-19 Universal Services Team.

To participate in strategy meetings, case conferences, providing reports as required and to have clinical and safeguarding supervision as per policy for safeguarding children.

Main duties and responsibilities

Management and Leadership

To ensure equity to service delivery and best practice by participating in team meetings, meeting key performance indicators and clinical governance priorities.

To actively support the effective functioning of the school nursing teams as well as the overall schools service, by being a positive and responsive role model for junior staff.

To undertake any other duties as required by the Locality Clinical Manager /Clinical Lead for service across 0-19, as required, providing it is within the incumbents sphere of competence.

To participate in the education and training of pre and post registration students and assist in the induction of new community staff.

To participate in clinical and child protection supervision and annual performance appraisal in line with the Tower Hamlets GPCG policies.

To maintain up-to-date and accurate records of all children and young people seen on relevant data systems, including EMIS and in accordance with local standards.

To complete statistical data collection and performance information in a timely manner.

To identify equipment and supplies as needed.

Meet with team members on a regular basis to discuss in line with accountability and delegation pathways, report and evaluate patient care.

To support the team and service.

To provide and receive clinical supervision.

To assist in induction and orientation programmes, this will include acting as preceptors/mentors for new staff.

To promote a continuous learning environment for colleagues and students within the0-19 services.

Ensure that all staff have access to information that enables them to practice safely and effectively.

To begin to develop the necessary skills to be an effective leader and role model for successive programme participants.

Partnership and Service Users

To ensure that there are opportunities for ongoing involvement of children, parents, and carers in development of services and quality assurance.

To ensure clarity about the role of the specialist school nurse with staff, parents/carers and colleagues within the health service, local authority, and voluntary agencies.

To work closely with other members of the school nursing team and collaborate with other health services and multi-disciplinary teams across the PRUs and including the Looked After Children team.

Quality Assurance

To ensure that there are Clinical Governance mechanisms and effective monitoring systems in place to assure the quality of the service.

To be involved in feedback of audit results and statistical data to staff and action planning based on those results. To ensure that evaluation data is cascaded up to those in senior management who need to be aware of it.

To complete statistical data collection and performance information in a timely manner.

To participate in audits of case note quality on a termly basis.

Ensure statistical returns are completed within agreed timescales by self and others.

Support the implementation of appropriate operational frameworks and objectives as agreed by the team and service or the professional forum.

Participate in service best practice and development groups as delegated by theSenior Nurse/Manager.

Contribute to the development and review of guidelines of the service.

Contribute to audit programmes and support the application of findings.

Maintain up to date knowledge of services available.

Participate in research projects and health surveillance programmes as delegated by the Senior Nurse / Manager.

To collect relevant information as requested as delegated by the Senior Nurse / Manager.

To use the Child Health Information System as necessary.

To use IT facilities to support the writing of letters, emails, reports and for audit purposes.

To record all client, contact on NHS Computerised record keeping systems and diary of non-clinical activities.

To maintain contemporaneous, accurate records, completed according to GPCGs policy.

To keep an electronic record for planning and recording all work.

Revalidation and Registration

To act as a registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.

Current Effective Status on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered

Nurse.

Communicate changes to a Senior Nurse daily to aid care planning.

Manage own workload as part of the team, ensuring optimum use is made of working time.

Other

Any other duties as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC Registration as a nurse (Or qualifying within 4 months).
• Degree level

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate a keen interest in public health and working in the community.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Safeguarding Children.
• Clear Commitment to undertake further training.
• Having the ability to deal psychologically and emotionally with potentially distressing situations.

Desirable

• Relevant experience of working as a community nurse.
• Demonstrate some post registration experience working with children or in the community or knowledge required to work with this group.

Skills

Essential

• IT awareness and IT Skills, including electronic Record management.
• Good interpersonal and organisation skills.
• Time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written and communication skills.
• Have a flexible approach to team working, acknowledging own limitations but working under delegation.
• Adaptable to change/service transformation.

Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development, willingness to develop.
• Healthy Child Programme.
• Understanding of Safeguarding.
• Knowledge of Information and Clinical Governance.

Desirable

• Infant Feeding and Healthy weight eg UNICEF standards.
• Knowledge of Clinical Effectiveness programme eg Audit, research.

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.

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

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ

Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)