Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
About
On 1 January 2025 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust became one of the largest trusts in the UK following the acquisition of North Middlesex University Hospital.
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation. Welcome to the Royal Free
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Key details
Location
SiteNorth Middlesex HospitalAddressSterling WayTownLondonPostcodeN181QXMajor / Minor RegionLondon
Contract type & working pattern
ContractPermanent: Car Driver Essential to the roleHoursPart time - 15 hours per week (Some weekend working)
Salary
Salary£42,939 - £50,697 inclusive of Outer HCAS pro-rata, per annumSalary periodYearly
Grade(Band 6)
Specialty
Main areaPaediatric Community Nursing
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trusts services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and childrens community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job Overview
Are you an experienced Children's Nurse looking for a new challenge? This is an exciting post working within an award winning team with excellent staff survey results.
The role requires case managing, caring for children with a chronic or acute nursing need outside of the hospital environment, working within a nurse led team. It is an opportunity to share your ideas and improve patient outcomes.
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The service is open 9-5 seven days a week. This role is part time offering 15 hours per week, with some weekend and bank holiday working required.
We are looking for a registered childrens nurse who is motivated, forward thinking and has a sound professional knowledge and excellent communication skills. You should have the ability to prioritize and work both independently and as part of a team.
In this post you will provide highly skilled, quality clinical and non-clinical care, which is outcome focused, to support children and their families, to enable them to live, participate and achieve in all aspects of life, eg at home and within their community. The workload is varied and interesting with opportunity to develop further knowledge and skills.
You will also be responsible for providing support to junior team members through developing their skills & completing staff appraisals.
You will also teach parents, carers and other health professionals as required and will mentor pre and post registered students. In return you will work within a highly supportive nurse-led service with the opportunity to expand your knowledge and work closely with clinical nurse specialists, gain management experience and work collaboratively with the pediatricians to plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
Working for our organisation
Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 party recruitment providers North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely
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By applying for this post you are agreeing to NMUH transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems.
By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
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Applicant requirements
warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
RSCN/RN (Child)
Full NMC Registration
Relevant community qualification
Desirable criteria
Specialist qualification e.g. diabetic course, asthma diploma, oncology course
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
Ability to implement and use a model of child health nursing care in the community
Ability to support staff in planning and delivering care
Ability to identify deficits in the quality of care and take appropriate action
Ability to raise and discuss issues within the multi-disciplinary team
Ability to work alone and as part of a team
Able to distinguish between professional roles as required e.g. CCN/HV/School Nurse
Ability to write and formulate policies
Effective verbal and written communication skills
Ability to ensure accurate and detailed documentation is maintained at all times
Ability to input and retrieve information from IT systems
Ability to deal effectively with stressed, anxious parents and children (and other carers)
Ability to discuss the subject of death and dying appropriately and effectively and to support parents, children and other staff
Excellent interpersonal skills and communication
Ability to function within a team whilst ensuring links with the whole multidisciplinary health care team
Ability to advise/seek advice from relevant professionals on behalf of children, parents and other staff members
Ability to mediate to resolve issues which cause difficulties within the unit
Ability to manage band 5 staff as required
Ability to supervise and participate in the orientation of students and new team members
Ability to identify educational development needs within the team
Ability to prepare and deliver presentations/seminars and local/national events
Proven ability to facilitate change
Documents
Job Description & Person Specification (, 225.2)PDFKB
Functional Requirements (, 392.1)PDFKB
Hospital Map (, 581.7)JPGKB
Further details / informal visits contact
NameRosana Da SilvaJob titleClinical Team Leader - CCN TeamEmail address [email protected]Telephone number Additional information
Malvina Benitez-Castillo
Matron - Community Services
[email protected]
Tel:
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