The Children's Community Nursing service works together to provide a high quality responsive and dynamic service for children and young people in the community setting across Devon.
We are looking for a band 5 Children's Nurse RSCN or RN (child) to join our Children's Community Nursing team. The post holder should have proven experience of working with children who have complex health needs and who can demonstrate the ability to work well within a team environment and also be able to work autonomously.
This role is to provide nursing support, advice and interventions within the multi-agency ethos of Children and Family Health Devon, for children and their families. You will provide case management of an identified caseload of children with complex and/or long-term conditions by utilising and promoting evidence-based care.
You will assist in promoting the health and well-being of children with complex nursing needs, to enable them to achieve the maximum benefit from their educational opportunities by supporting them to express their views and ensuring that their opinions are considered.
The successful candidate will be based in Torbay and will support the community nurse team and special school nursing team to provide patient care where required.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our nursing team to gain community experience and valuable skills from our highly skilled nursing team.
To promote and lead on providing a strength/asset based approach to the service delivery.
To develop effective patient centred decision-making processes.
To ensure a culture where children, young people and their families/carers and the public are involved in the decision-making processes of services and in the wider context of the Alliance.
To develop strong relationships with partner agencies to provide an effective co-ordination of care for children young people and families
Prioritise own workload, balancing numerous demands to meet deadlines and ensure clinical effectiveness
Works closely with all agencies to promote inclusion and ensure children and young people with complex health and special needs maximise their potential .
Support training for care staff .
Participate in the planning, implementing and evaluation of programmes of care for individual young people to meet all nursing needs .
To be adaptable and flexible to the changing needs of the caseload
To deliver clinical nursing care to children with complex medical needs
This is your chance to gain or further develop your community experience by joining this progressive and innovative service that is children, young people, families and staff focussed
Wellbeing of staff within the team remains a priority along with the delivery of excellent and safe care to the children and families that we support.
The successful candidate can be sure that they will be well supported within a friendly and compassionate team, who value the contribution of each individual team member.
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Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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