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Children's Community Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 23 July 2025
Are you a passionate, innovative and experienced Paediatric Nurse?
Have you got experience of working with children and young people with acute, short or long term/complex nursing needs?
Want to deliver holistic nursing care within a professional and supportive team?
Keen to develop your leadership skills and influence quality clinical practice?
We have a great opportunity for you to join our Children's Community Specialist Nursing (CCN) Team; You will be leading holistic assessment, care planning and review of clinical care for children and young people with a range of health needs to optimise their health outcomes.
All our CCN's take the lead on an area of community clinical practice e.g. IV's, enteral, palliative care, respiratory, oncology, It is important for you to develop and continually influence good quality practice in the community and with partner organisations.
We recognise it may feel daunting to move into a leadership role in the community setting, where you'll be expected to lead and work independently but you will be working with a supportive team who will guide and support you.
Main duties of the job
The post requires the job holder to have:
* Clinical competence to deliver clinical nursing care independently and respond to unexpected demands and scenarios in a variety of community settings.
The ability to travel daily during the working day sometimes at short notice is therefore essential.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
Provide skilled paediatric nursing care to children and young people within their own home, or other applicable venues such as outpatient clinics, to ensure families are supported in the care of their children at home.
Ensure continuity of care is established and appropriate support available for children, young people, and families, with the aim of preventing unnecessary admission or attendance at hospital and facilitating earlier discharge where appropriate from both local and tertiary hospitals.
Act as a named nurse for a caseload of generic children and young people responsible planning and co-ordinating care, delivering and evaluating the care given. Must use own initiative and work autonomously to provide skilled care. Supervision and support available from Team Leader and senior CCN.
Complete accurate client records in line with CPFT policy. Be aware of the requirements of both paper and electronic record keeping.
Maintain excellent communication with the child and family on the caseload and as their advocate ensure that they have ease of contact with the team appropriate information and support. Records should reflect the childs care, present condition and progress and be available to colleagues.
Promote the health, comfort, dignity, privacy and quality of life for children and young people.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
* RSCN / Child Branch
* Specialist Community Practitioner pathway degree or willingness to undertake.
* Paediatric Oncology Qualification
* Non-medical prescriber
Experience
* Extensive and broad experience of sick children's/paediatric nursing
* Caseload management
* Experience of a specialist area
* Experience of working in the community
Skills & Abilities
* Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
* IV certification, including central lines.
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
* Excellent team working skills and evidence of multidisciplinary team working
* Good teaching skills
* Ability to deal with emotionally challenging situations.
* Knowledge of and participation in clinical supervision
* Audit skills.
* Evidence of participation in community-based projects / initiatives.
* Experience in palliative / terminal care.
* Evidence of recent professional development.
* Knowledge of recent developments within nursing
* Working with families from diverse backgrounds
* A good knowledge and understanding of children's community nursing issues
* Behaviour management
* An understanding of national drivers for children's integrated services
Physical Requirements
* Access to a car/motorbike for work purposes
* Ability to reach and bend to kneel/work at floor level or pick items from the floor and from shelves
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.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum pro rata
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