Senior Children's Community Nurse

The post holder is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care within the local community and acts as a Case Load Holder, for a defined geographical area. The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care, and to assist with the training and supervision of junior and unqualified staff. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly over seven days. The post holder will be expected to undertake a clinical shift once a month on the Paediatric Unit to maintain competencies in order to support the Unit if required.

We are looking to recruit experienced children's nurses who are ready for a new challenge to work autonomously and as part of a dynamic and supportive team. You will be responsible for providing high quality and responsive care to support the early discharge from hospital of children and families to their own homes as well as promoting the prevention of hospital attendance by facilitating direct referrals from GP's. We welcome applicants who can work autonomously, demonstrate enthusiasm, excellent communication/decision making skills and who are passionate about Children's Community Nursing and providing care closer to home. Applicants must be willing to work flexibly and collaboratively within the team to provide a seven day service for our patients. Due to current service demands, we are only able to consider applicants who have relevant UK experience. Candidates must also be available to commence employment immediately or within a very short timeframe. We regret that we cannot progress applications that do not meet these essential requirements.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme