Band 5 Registered Nurse

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? Do you want to make a difference to a young person's life? If so, you will be interested in an exciting opportunity to work within the children in care team in Birmingham. An opportunity has arisen for a band 5 nurse to work in the Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers team. The service has been running 3 years. You will work as part of a small team to support the health needs of unaccompanied young people arriving in the country. This is an exciting challenge for someone who is compassionate about meeting the needs of these young vulnerable people., The registered nurse will deliver high quality, holistic, compassionate health care to children and young people (YP) under the direction of a registered nurse.
Within the Children in Care Team the primary purpose of the role is to support the Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children's (UASC) clinic
The registered nurse will focus on assessing the health and planning care and interventions for primarily unaccompanied asylum seeking children but may be asked to support with other clients of the Children in Care team, + To keep accurate and contemporaneous electronic patients records for children and families in line with NMC requirements and the Trust's Record Keeping policies and guidelines.
+ To convey information, of a complex nature, to other professionals and to clients with well developed oral communication skills. This will include negotiating, showing empathy and reassurance, to have the ability to gain co-operation of others when needed and overcome barriers to understanding.
+ To make use of appropriate interpreters.
+ Support nursing input into specialist clinic/nurse led clinics.
+ Including:
+ Administering immunisations
+ Venepuncture
+ Urinalysis
+ Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections
+ Referral to allied services i.e. TB clinic
+ Health promotion

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you., Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a 'Great Place to Work'. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
+ Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
+ Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
+ Discounts for local and national retailers
+ Dedicated well-being services for all employees
+ Flexible working where possible