Community Children\'s Nurse role at Buy A Boat Now
We are looking for a Band 5 Community Children\'s Nurse (RSCN or RN (child)) to join the Children\'s Community Nursing team. The post holder should have proven experience of working with children who have complex health needs, be able to work well within a team and autonomously.
Overview
The Children\'s Community Nursing service provides a high-quality, responsive and dynamic service for children and young people in the community setting across Devon. The post holder will provide nursing support, advice and interventions within the multi-agency ethos of Children and Family Health Devon, and will manage an identified caseload of children with complex and/or long-term conditions by utilising and promoting evidence-based care.
Responsibilities
* Provide case management for an identified caseload of children with complex and/or long-term conditions.
* Promote the health and well-being of children with complex nursing needs to enable them to benefit from educational opportunities, supporting them to express their views and ensuring their opinions are considered.
* Support the community nurse team and special school nursing team to provide patient care where required (based in Torbay).
* Promote a strength/asset-based approach to service delivery and develop effective patient-centred decision-making processes.
* Involve children, young people, families/carers and the public in decision-making within services and in the wider Alliance context.
* Develop strong relationships with partner agencies to coordinate care for children, young people and families.
* Prioritise workload, balance multiple demands to meet deadlines and maintain clinical effectiveness.
* Work closely with all agencies to promote inclusion and maximise potential for children and young people with complex health and special needs.
* Support training for care staff and participate in planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care for individual young people to meet nursing needs.
* Be adaptable and flexible to changing caseload needs and deliver clinical nursing care to children with complex medical needs.
* Contribute to a service that focuses on children, young people, families and staff, with wellbeing of the team and safe, excellent care as priorities.
Qualifications
* Band 5 Nurse (RSCN or RN (child)) with proven experience of working with children with complex health needs.
* Ability to work well within a team and autonomously.
* Experience of multi-agency working and coordinating care for children and families.
Location & Hours
Based in Torbay with support to the community nurse team and special school nursing team as required.
Employment Type
* Contract
Additional details and full vacancy information can be found in the attached Job Description/Person Specification.
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