Main area Children & Young People
Grade Band 6
Contract Permanent
Hours
* Part time
* Flexible working
30 hours per week (Evening and weekend shifts will be required on a pro rata basis)
Job ref 277-6654312-CYP-B
Site Acorns Children's Centre Queen Mary's Hospital Town Sidcup
Salary £42,939 - £50,697 pa inc
Salary period Yearly
Closing 19/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
The Community Children’s nursing team is part of an integrated network of services for children in Bexley and Greenwich providing high quality specialist child centred care. The team of specialist and children’s community nurses provides highly skilled nursing care to children and families with nursing needs in their own homes or community settings.
To provide a high standard of evidenced based nursing care for children and young people with the following conditions: acute and long term conditions, children with disabilities and complex conditions including those requiring palliative and end of life care. To provide clear visible leadership and professional clinical expertise to the Band 5 Children’s Community Nurses in the whole team to ensure every aspect of the child and families experience is delivered in a safe, efficient and evidence based manner.
This post is suitable for an experienced children's nurse who should have an interest in or a willingness to develop and extend specialised skills and knowledge. The applicant should have leadership skills and experience in either community or an acute setting.
Main duties of the job
You will hold a caseload of children who have varied health conditions, ranging from CYP who have complex medical needs, long term health conditions and short term health conditions requiring a short term referral under the remit of our H@H service.
You will support more junior staff members to develop skills and confidence in the role of the CCN.
You will work closely with the band 7 specialist nurses who will support your learning and development within the scope of your role as a band 6 nurse.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
* We Listen
* We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will work within an integrated Children's Nursing team covering both CCN & H@H, the role as a community children's nurse is highly varied. We are one large team covering both borough's of Greenwich & Bexley. The caseload is varied with referrals of CYP who have complex medical needs, long term health conditions and short term health conditions requiring rapid service input to enable CYP to be discharged from hospital early.
Person specification
Evidence of completion of Practice Assessor course
* Evidence of completion of Practice Assessor course
Children's Nursing Qualification
* Evidence of NMC Child Nurse qualification at diploma or degree level
* Evidence of working within a community setting
* Evidence of continued professional development
Evidence of core competence within previous and present roles
* Evidence of core competence within previous and current roles
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.
We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
If you'd like to explore opportunities to work for us please submit an expression of interest form.
Our HR team will keep in touch with you to find the right opportunity.
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