Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5pm Monday to Friday with outside of these hours for specific clinical care in exceptional circumstances)
- Job ref
- 828-PROVIDE3586
- Employer
- Provide CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wren House
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 depending on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/07/2025
Employer heading
Children's Community Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
To work as part of the Children’s Community Nursing Team as an experienced band 5 nurse, providing nursing care primarily within a child’s home, ensuring the delivery of evidenced based care to children and their families or carers. To apply for this post you must have a NMC Child Nursing registration. The application must have a full driving licence. and access to a car for business use.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
- to participate in and critically evaluate the assessment, planning and provision of skilled nursing care in negotiation with the child and family, in conjunction with the CCN team leader
- to provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children within their own homes including technology dependent such as tracheostomy care and central venous access.
- To teach parents and carers skills to enable them to look after their child at home
- To provide information and support to facilitate the child and family’s own choices with regards to nursing care
- to promote Health Education as an integrated aspect of care delivery
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Eligible for NHS Pension
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Management
- to facilitate and encourage a learning environment and be actively involved in meeting the educational needs of learners
- to be responsible for the care of equipment issued to a home and to report any defect or loss
- to participate in Child Protection procedures.
- to establish and maintain good relationships with the members of the multi-disciplinary team, for example, Acute services, Tertiary Centres, Social Services and other agencies
- to actively participate in the orientation and development of new staff to the community
- to participate in developing the CCN team
Administration
- to maintain accurate records and statistical returns as required by Provide
- to participate in team and multi-agency meetings / conferences.
- to take appropriate action in regard to any accident or incident to a child, family member, staff member or visitor
- to be aware of Provide policies and act accordingly
- to maintain and update child’s care plan in partnership with family and key professionals involved in that child’s care.
Personal Development
- to be aware of and act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct
- to participate in clinical and safeguarding supervision in accordance with Provide policy
- to participate in reflective self- appraisal and Personal Development Planning review
- to maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills and undertake education in accordance with individual, team and organisation needs, within a framework of a Professional Development Review
- to ensure personal and team safety by adhering to Provide policy on safety
- to be aware of and act in accordance with the organisations clinical standards and policies
Communication
- Communicate condition-related information to the child and family/carers with empathy and reassurance.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with families and MDT on complex and potentially stressful topics in a range of situations.
- Develops, maintains professional relationships and communicates information to a wide range of health service and external staff as appropriate.
- Communicates issues relating to safeguarding children with the child, families and MDT.
- The post holder will be responsible for contemporaneous record keeping.
There may be a requirement to work outside of normal working hours to facilitate end-of-life care at home with the expectation to support with on call duties which includes overnight and weekend cover.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered children's nurse
- over 12 months' of nursing experience
Desirable criteria
- community nursing experience
- palliative care experience
- demonstrates evidence of both team working and independently
- demonstrates experience in training either other staff, students or parents
- Experience of system one use
Essential
Essential criteria
- Car Driver with access to car for busniess use
Evidence of clinical skills e.g IVAB
Essential criteria
- Competent in administration of intravenous antibiotics
- Competent in nasogastric tube insertion
- Competent in accessing central lines
Desirable criteria
- Phlebotomy
- Experience in healthcare training
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Abigail Woodyard
- Job title
- Team Leader Children's Community Nursing Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07580911992
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