Community Children’s Nurse (SpQ) Senior Sister

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. Detailed job description and main responsibilities MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST: Clinical responsibilities / Professional Practice Provide comprehensive evidenced based and skilled nursing care to children within their own home and/or other community settings. Provide continuous responsibility for the assessment, management and evaluation of care programs in negotiation with the CYP and family/carers. Act in accordance with and role model CCNS standards of care, operational procedures, the Trust clinical standards and guidelines and the NMC code of professional conduct. Work in a collaborative manner with all professionals and agencies involved with the BCYP to ensure a seamless delivery of care that spans through to transition to adult services. Safeguard BCYP and vulnerable adults in accordance with Trust safeguarding policy. Act as the patient's advocate, providing information and support, facilitating the patient's choices regarding nursing care, promoting independence and self-care as appropriate. Support equality and diversity when engaging in professional duties with BCYP and in all working relationships. Support the Lead Nurse in the development of nursing policies, CCNS SOPs and guidelines and provide support for staff with individual patient plans of care. Promote health education as an integrated aspect of care delivery. Lead complex discharge planning, assessment and provision for BCYP needs, ensuring detailed communication with the discharging hospital/department/MDT to enable a safe discharge for the patient and family/carers. Work with colleagues in the Children's Community Nursing Service and MDT, facilitating opportunities to reduce hospital admissions and early discharge of BCYP. Empower parents/carers to enable them to safely care for their BCYP within the community environment, through education and support. Design and update CCNS training documentation and provision to enable parents/carers through education and support. Ensure staff adhere to Trust standards in record keeping, maintaining clear and contemporaneous records. Utilise Trust and local risk policy and documentation to assess prior to and during service delivery within the community setting. Participate in practice reflection, safeguarding and clinical supervision. Management and Leadership Responsibilities Provide day to day management of the Children's Community Nursing Service, escalating concerns to the Lead Nurse. Act as a role model promoting the work of the Children's Community Nursing Service and ensuring that clinical practice and services are evidence-based, policy driven, and delivered to the highest possible standards of person-centred care. Undertake management responsibilities of the service alongside the Lead Nurse, including: ordering and approval of items within agreed budgets, Health Roster management, and absence monitoring and performance management. Support the Lead Nurse in ensuring that resources are used to achieve high quality, effective services that provide value for money. Facilitate and ensure completion of staff appraisals, 1:1 meetings, and monitor compliance with statutory and mandatory and other educational and training provision. Ensure all service members engage in regular team reflection, clinical and safeguarding supervision. Teach, support and empower colleagues and junior staff in their clinical decision-making. Delegate and monitor the individual caseloads of junior staff to achieve effective and timely management. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with Integrated Care Boards, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary care providers, social care, education, statutory/voluntary organisations and other agencies. Monitor and develop the work of the Children's Community Nursing Service within the context of Trust, local and national strategies. Actively participate in the recruitment, orientation, education and development and retention of staff. Participate in relevant meetings, deputising for the Lead Nurse where required. Ensure all DATIX reports are completed, reviewed, investigated and learning and action plans are shared with the CCNS and clinical teams in a timely way. Participate in the processes of clinical risk management and clinical governance. Share the responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others in the working environment. Participate in the evaluation and organisation of measures that invest in staff health and wellbeing. Education Undertake educational leadership responsibility within the CCNS. Actively seek opportunities to develop oneself, consistent with lifelong learning. Identify requirements, design, implement and update competencies and programmes of education specific to the CCNS. Champion and facilitate the personal and professional development of CCNS staff. Undertake opportunities for formal and opportunistic teaching and education. Produce a report regarding service education and training, provision and achievements. Be responsible for collating the annual training needs analysis (TNA) for the CCNS. Represent the CCNS at bimonthly Neonatal & Paediatric Education & Training meetings. Demonstrate a commitment to research and evidence based practice. Service improvement and Policy Development Support the Lead Nurse and SpQ CCN B7 colleagues to conduct audit activity. Participate in developing service policies, procedures and guidelines. Provide assurance that the CCNS is safe, caring, responsive, effective and well-led. Ensure regular Friends and Family feedback/patient experience activity is carried out. Work with the Lead Nurse and Trust teams to monitor activity, performance and quality of service delivery against contractual requirements. General responsibilities To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work. Person specification Education Essential criteria

RSCN/RN Child Specialist Practice Community Children's Nurse ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent IV Certificate/Capital Nurse Desirable criteria

Leadership and Management qualification (e.g. NHS Leadership Academy) / Florence Nightingale Foundation / ILM) Practice Educator Tracheostomy trainer CVAD/ANTT trainer Experience Essential criteria

Previous experience at B7 level or extensive experience at B6 level Experience working with children with life limiting/threatening illnesses and End of Life Knowledge of the current workforce, quality and education agendas within the NHS setting Desirable criteria

Delivering education and training Experience in Quality Improvement, Risk management and recruitment Experience of completing audits, developing action plans and monitoring Knowledge Essential criteria

National and local guidance in relation to the care of CYP in the Community setting Application of evidence based up-to-date clinical practice Desirable criteria

Health Roster management NHS Supply chain and SBS ordering Skills Essential criteria

Excellence in clinical skills Evidence of mentorship, supervision, facilitation and teaching Desirable criteria

QI knowledge and skills Budget awareness / management Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria. References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

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accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly. DBS : We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements 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. Documents to download Band 7 Specialist Practice Community Children's Nurse, with education lead responsibility (PDF, 984.2KB) DBS Policy (PDF, 101.1KB) We're here to care (DOC, 39.0KB)

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