Community Children's Nurse - Specialist Interest Long Term Ventilation

Community Children's Nurse - Specialist Interest Long Term Ventilation

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Community Children's Nurse with Interest in Long Term Ventilation Band 6 - 30 Hours Per Week.

Following internal promotions and progression, we are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for experienced enthusiastic and passionate children's nurses. If you have a passion for delivering outstanding nursing services to the children and young people in our community, please get in touch. Permanent Part time/ and flexible working options can be considered.

Our children's community nursing team is part of the wider children and young people's community nursing service. You will join a team who are passionate about delivering excellent clinical nursing care to our patients in their home, in our special schools, and our residential respite setting. The role offers a valuable opportunity to be part of an innovative service, to display your nursing expertise and make a difference where it matters.

We are looking for compassionate and committed colleagues. You will be able to demonstrate experience in nursing children and young people with a variety of medical conditions, including those with complex and palliative physical health needs. You will have an extensive portfolio of clinical nursing skills which will support the needs of our patients. If you share our passion for excellence, then we would love to speak to you.

Main duties of the job

You will work autonomously managing a caseload of children and young people assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating their nursing care. Your activities will be varied, including, but not limited to delivering clinical interventions, training parents, carers and staff from other agencies, and working with multi professional and multi-agency colleagues to support our children to achieve their best outcomes.

Our wider service is extensive and varied and can offer opportunities to work with children who are technology dependant, children's palliative care, respite care for medically complex children, children's continuing care and medically complex children in our special school nursing. No two days are the same, but each day counts.

You will be part of our 24 hour on call rota and will be supported by a compassionate and caring team who care for each other as we care for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Car driver and access to a vehicle for work essential

You will demonstrate first level qualification of Child Branch or RGN with an RSCN qualification. Applications will be considered from learning disability and adult registered nurses who can demonstrate extensive experience working with children with complex physical health needs. Teaching, assessing and mentoring experience is essential.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a wide range of clinical skills. Good communication skills are essential. Community experience is desirable but not essential. Problem solving, ability to work independently as well as working as part of a large and diverse team are all characteristics we are looking for in applicants. A good knowledge of the principles of safeguarding, SEND and Childrens Continuing Care are a requirement.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Children's Nurse who holds effective registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Registered Learning Disability Nurse
• Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent experience
• Registered Learning Disability Nurse or Registered Adult Nurse who can demonstrate extensive experience working with children with disabilities and complex physical health needs

EXPERIENCE

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of supporting children and young people with a range of complex health needs and/or life limiting conditions
• Teaching and assessing experience
• Experience of working with children with complex health needs
• Experience of working in a paediatric respite setting

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to work across disciplines and agencies
• Ability to work independently using own initiative across a variety of care settings

Other

• Car owner/driver, or suitable alternative transport to enable you to undertake the job - and be prepared to be insured for business use. (It is unlikely that public transport will meet this requirement). If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.

Knowledge and skills

• Ability to demonstrate a range of clinical skills eg. skills in the replacement of nasogastric or gastrostomy tubes, suction, catheterisation, tissue viability
• Must have good working knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection
• Must be able to demonstrate sound personal management skills - time management, prioritising, planning

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust