Job overview
37.5 Hours per week - Term Time Only
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiasticmotivated Paediatric Nurses to join our team working in the Children's Community Nursing Team based in the special schools. Within the role you would be working autonomously providing care to children with additional health needs.
We are a small Children's Community Nursing Team and follow the Trust values & beliefs of being supportive, respectful and caring. The school Nursing team work collaboratively within the Children's Community Nurses, Specialist nurses both in the Trust and in other Trusts, Paediatricians and GP's to provide high quality care to those on our caseload.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary/Purpose:
1. To provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without direct supervisionwithin the Childrens Services.
2. To provide skilled nursing support to enable children with complex health needs to access educational opportunities
3. Work alone within the special school providing care as per health plan, dispense medication, and support with any emergency situation
4. To offer training and support to education and social care staff specific to the health needs of the individual child / young person.
5. To care for children, and their families, with a wide range of health needs, who require clinical care and support in the home, and other community settings.
6. It is essential that the post holder is sensitive to the emotional needs of children who have a life threatening illness, and complex health needs, and are technology dependent.
7. To deliver the above will require a specific understanding and knowledge base of child health needs, community based care and an understanding of the basic principles of palliative care.
8. It is essential that applicants have recent experience in acute paediatric nursing to ensure they have developed those skills required to nurse sick children, and to work as an autonomous practitioner
This vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
9. Explore leadership within the NHS
10. Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
11. Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
12. Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
13. Experience of working within an acute or community setting.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
14. Current NMC registration (child subpart)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
15. An understanding of government and Trust documents/policies in relation to Childrens Nursing.
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at Stees.Recruitment1@nhs.net
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.