The Community Children's Nursing Specialist and Family Services team has an opportunity for a Band 6 Community Children's Nurse (CCN) to join their team in Fenton.
The Community Children's Nurse (CCN) will manage a defined caseload of CYP with a range of acute and complex health care needs, including life limiting and life‑threatening conditions requiring palliative and terminal care. The service aims to support families in caring for their sick children at home, to avoid hospital admission and/or facilitate early discharge. This is achieved by assessing children and young people’s healthcare needs and planning, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care.
Responsibilities
* Plan and organise own caseload to meet the needs of children and families.
* Develop, assess, implement and evaluate plans of care in partnership with children, families and the wider multidisciplinary team.
* Provide specialist nursing knowledge and skilled care to children and families in their own home or community setting.
* Work flexibly and participate in on‑call rota to provide 24‑hour coverage when required.
* Establish and maintain links with professionals and agencies involved in the child’s care, taking on key worker responsibilities where appropriate.
* Work in partnership with all concerned to ensure smooth transition between hospital and home, including discharge planning.
* Identify and report any cases of suspected child abuse in accordance with Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) guidelines and the 2004 Children Act, and attend core group and case conferences, preparing statements and reports as appropriate.
* Assist in planning and organising individual therapeutic programmes of care by attending assessment, discharge planning and safeguarding meetings, ensuring reports are submitted on the child’s progress.
* Manage a defined caseload and take responsibility for the team caseload, including out‑of‑hours/on‑call duties when required.
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