Community Childrens Nurse

Band 6 Childrens Community Nurse Rotherham Childrens Community Nursing Team

Part-Time: 23 hours per week, 12 months Fixed Term to cover maternity leave.

Are you a passionate and experienced childrens nurse looking to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people within the community? If so, we invite you to join our well-established and highly respected Rotherham Childrens Community Nursing Team.

Our team provides high-quality, holistic, and family-centred nursing care to children and young people with a wide range of health needs, empowering families to manage care safely and confidently at home. All children and young people under our care are registered with a Rotherham GP and reside within Rotherham or its surrounding areas.

We support children and young people with:

• Acute and short-term conditions
• Long-term conditions
• Disabilities and complex healthcare needs, including those requiring continuing care and neonatal support
• Life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, including palliative and end-of-life care

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Registered Childrens Nurse with a minimum of two years post-registration experience in paediatric nursing. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic, supportive, and multidisciplinary team committed to delivering outstanding care.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a candidate with strong clinical and communication skills who is able to lone work and make informative decisions. You need to have good listening skills and be able to manage difficult situations and challenging conversations in a calm and supportive manner.

You will be required to manage a named caseload of children with both acute and complex needs. You will be expected to manage your own time and use your own initiative to provide evidence-based quality care.

You will be required to assess and plan the care needs of children/young people and their families in the home, visit them at school and other community settings. Your assessment and interventions will take into consideration the immediate and long-term physical, psychological and social impact of diagnosis and treatment and identify the impact of this on a child/young person's development.

You will act as a role model in the delivery of patient care, lead, support, supervise and teach staff, and contribute to the development of the service.

A good knowledge of basic IT systems including working knowledge of spreadsheets, databases, patient access systems and video conferencing skills will be key to good patient and caseload management.

You will be an advocate for children and their families, promoting child focus, family-centred care and providing effective liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and other professional colleagues and agencies involved within the child's care.

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for 'would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?', and we were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But don't just take our word for it; each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trust's values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Member of relevant professional body (NMC)
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Willingness to undertake further education in relation to Childrens community nursing
• Holds a degree in a relevant health related subject

Experience

• Knowledge and experience of working within a childrens community nursing service

Knowledge

• Knowledge of local, regional and national policies, practices and procedures e.g. NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to Paediatric nursing and community care
• Knowledge of autonomous practice and the challenges it presents

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.

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata/per annum