Children's Community Nurse

Co-ordinates day-to-day provision of the CCN's, ensuring patient's needs are met, new referrals triaged in a timely mannerand workload allocated.

Undertake clinical assessments, implement, deliver, and evaluate nursing care for children and young people within a defined caseload in a variety of community settings.

Deliver skilled clinical nursing care.

Using a case-co-ordination approach support families to understand and manage their child's condition at home and in collaboration with multi-agency providers to ensure the child's aspirations and health needs are central to decision making and maximise their opportunities to develop.

To provide patient/parent/carer training and assessment of competence.

Assist in the discharge planning process from hospital to home to identify clinical care and support that can be safely delivered in the community.

Act as a signpost for families to access support from a range of statutory and voluntary organisations.

If you have a non-medical prescribing qualification, you will be expected to practice as a prescriber as part of this role

Ensure that clinical guidelines and electronic patient record systems are evidence based and maintain clinical effectiveness.

Lead on a designated area of clinical practice (e.g. enteral feeding), promoting evidence-based practice and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care across the Children's Community Nursing Team.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Please be aware that East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust will never ask applicants to pay fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. All recruitment communications and job applications should only be made through our official careers website and published contact details.

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Communication

1. Provides clinical advice for children, young people, their families and professionals working with them to understand and manage their health needs.

2. Agree and write care plans/reports to support families/ staff understand and care for the child's condition and health needs using a partnership approach.

3. Work in partnership with a range of health, education and care teams sharing information and reviewing the care plan in response to the child's aspirations and needs.

4. Develop communication pathways with hospital colleagues to implement joint clinical care pathways.

5. Communicates effectively and compassionately with people who may be distressed or angry, e.g., where there is a child with a life limiting illness

6. Input clinical data to electronic patient records to enable data gathering to evidence service activities in addition to statutory clinical record keeping.

Financial Responsibility

1. Use resources responsibly and ensure timely orders for clinical equipment are made to maintain stock control

2. Ensure clinical equipment is used and maintained as intended and that patient safety is assured at all times.

3. Maximise appointment availability to ensure patients are seen in the most appropriate setting for their clinical needs.

People Management

1. Be responsible for the day to day supervision, organisation and leadership of the team and prioritisation of workload .

2. Provide Line management and clinical supervision to designated staff members, supporting their professional development, performance management and wellbeing to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high- quality care.

3. Facilitate learning opportunities, support and assessment to achieve personal and professional objectives for self and wider team members within your scope of practice.

4. Contribute to the support and supervision of student nurses acting as a student Practice Assessor or Practice supervisor where appropriate.

5. Maintain own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process

Clinical and Practice Governance

1. Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

2. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed, or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.

3. Adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes

4. It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with your professional body, and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration.

5. Participate in clinical and practice audits as required to evidence quality provision.

6. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by the organisation.

We're looking for a compassionate and motivated Band 6 nurse who enjoys working autonomously, values teamwork and is passionate about making a real difference to join our growing team., Enjoys solving problems

Co-ordinating needs for the best outcomes

Wants opportunities to grow their leadership skills and clinical expertise

Wants to be part of a team that genuinely values kindness, learning and laughter.

So, if you're looking for a role where you'll have autonomy, offer continuity of care with families and see the impact of your work every day, there's nowhere quite like it!

Whether you're an experienced community children's nurse or an exceptional nurse with transferable skills and a passion for nursing children, we'd love to talk to you. If you have experience and share our values, we'd be happy to have an informal conversation about the role.