Overview
Could you help us make a real difference to children and families in your community? The Lifetime Service is a Community Nursing and Psychology Service for children and young people life limiting, life threatening conditions and those who meet Children’s Continuing Care criteria. The Lifetime Service is highly regarded in the community, and the team is proud to support the children and families they work with.
"My role as a Community Children’s Nurse within Sirona has given me great opportunities to develop my clinical skills. Working for the Lifetime Service, I am proud to be able to help keep children at home, whenever possible. I know my role helps to keep children and their families together and this gives me great job satisfaction. I also love the variety from working with key community links such as partner organisations, schools, commissioners and our multi professional team. In this role I also love the great work / life balance." - Hannah, Community Nurse
The service is based in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire and currently provides a service across four Integrated care board (ICB) areas, supporting children aged 0-19 and their families in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and B&NES.
This role is for a bank position, enabling new care packages to commence. Bank 6 rates will be considered depending on experience.
The purpose of this role is to undertake clinical shifts working alongside the Lifetime support workers in the child’s home observing their clinical competencies and undertaking annual clinical assessments to provide outstanding care and support to the children and their families who meet Continuing Care Criteria (Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and B&NES). This role includes clinical support to the rota co-ordination team.
The role will require travel across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, visiting service users within their own homes.
Please be aware: you will need to undertake at least one shift within a three-month rolling period to remain on the bank.
Benefits of Bank Work with Sirona
* Flexible working: choose shifts that fit around your lifestyle!
* Agenda for Change hourly rates including a 12.5% annual leave enhancement
* Enhanced pay for weekends, out-of-hours, and Bank Holidays
* Paid training to support your development and expand your competencies
* NHS benefits, including high street discounts
* Generous Stakeholder Pension Scheme with Royal London
* Health & wellbeing support, including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* A great way to build community experience, refresh your skills, or return to practice
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you’re starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don’t be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices. Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Zoe Dunn Job title: Band 7 - Team Lead Email address: zoe.dunn9@nhs.net Telephone number: 07769307392
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