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 family's 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.
Evening and weekend shifts will be required on a pro-rata basis.
Main duties of the job
You will hold a caseload of children who have varied health conditions, ranging from children and young people 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. About us
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 through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools, and people's homes. 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, 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're Kind We Listen We Care Job 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 boroughs of Greenwich & Bexley. The caseload is varied with referrals of children and young people who have complex medical needs, long-term health conditions, and short-term health conditions requiring rapid service input to enable children and young people 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 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.
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You will hold a caseload of children who have varied health conditions, ranging from children and young people 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. About us
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 through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools, and people's homes. 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, 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're Kind We Listen We Care Job 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 boroughs of Greenwich & Bexley. The caseload is varied with referrals of children and young people who have complex medical needs, long-term health conditions, and short-term health conditions requiring rapid service input to enable children and young people 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 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.
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