Job overview

This is a development post, if you are appointed as a Band 5, you will be given a list of competencies to complete, these will be reviewed at your appraisal. On completion you will rise to a Band 6.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 paediatric nurse to join the Children’s Community Nursing team.

This role will deliver nursing care and interventions to the children (0-18 years) and families within the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust area.

You will receive support and guidance from an established CCN team to enable you to gain and upskill in your nursing abilities and to develop towards becoming a Band 6.

You will hold a case load of patients and be responsible for ensuring that their nursing needs are met. This will also involve delivering educational / teaching sessions to a variety of people including families and educational settings.

The post holder needs to be highly organised, adaptable and able to work under pressure, with care plans that often needing to change at short notice. Support will be provided to the successful candidate including clinical supervision. Successful candidates must be a car driver as this is a community-based post involving frequent travel to patient homes, schools and other venues.

Main duties of the job

       To participate in the assessment, planning and provision of skilled nursing care in negotiation with the child and family, in conjunction with the Children's Community Team.

To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with complex care needs including technology dependent such as tracheostomy care and central venous access.

To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with a variety of nursing needs, such as enteral feeding, and intra-venous antibiotic administration.

To work in a collaborative manner with other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care to families

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Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process. 

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk