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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working - various
Job ref
824-BANK-LIT1428
Employer
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Oak Lane Health Centre
Town
Barnet
Salary
£21.88 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
23/06/2025 12:00

Employer heading

NHS

Bank Complex Care Nurse NC

NHS AfC: Band 6

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 14 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, Kingston - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives. 

Job overview

                             Job Purpose - Monday- Friday 9-5

 

·       Children’s Continuing Care assessments and reviews for the eligibility of continuing care packages.  These children may have life-limiting / threatening conditions and/or may be technology dependent.

·       The post holder will be a designated resource to children and their families within the case load, therefore requiring liaison with multidisciplinary teams, other community services, and working across organisational boundaries within the London Borough of Barnet.

·       The post holder will be responsible for ongoing case management of care packages for the child and families until they transition to adult services, or they are no longer eligible for Children’s Continuing Care.

Main duties of the job

To work within the remit of the National Framework for Children and Young People’s Continuing Care and participate in peer review of assessments and reviews with colleagues across NCL.

To keep accurate records of all clinical activity using the agreed system.

Liaise effectively with specialist staff at tertiary centres when the care of a child is shared or complex and inform any external stakeholders of a change in a child’s needs

To attend multi-professional meetings relating to the children on your caseload.

  To receive and process referrals and participate in shared decision making on criteria eligibility, referring on to appropriate services if criteria not met

 To carry out risk assessments of community environments prior to the delivery of care and respond to outcome of assessment.

 To order essential equipment required in the home where appropriate, organise safety checks and ensure equipment is maintained in keeping with guidelines, throughout its use in the home

Working for our organisation

We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.

Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:

  • stay well

  • manage their own health with the right support

  • avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.

We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.

Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.

Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 Case management of children and young people’s care packages

To support the transition of care packages from children to adult services

To develop knowledge of other resources for the Barnet Children’s Continuing Care Team

  To participate in orientation of nurses to the community and educational input with students.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Any of the following: RGN, RSCN, RN (Child) RN (LD) NMC Registration Evidence of post registration education
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant nursing experience Experience of teaching/supporting families with their care package
  • Experience of liaising / negotiating with professionals
Desirable criteria
  • Case management Experience of working in culturally diverse communities

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Expertise in nursing assessment / clinical skills
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Competent I.T. skills, using wide range of data base systems
  • Knowledge of working in culturally diverse communities
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of Children & YP Continuing Care Framework
  • Knowledge of political changes in the profession and NHS

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Sunflower Hidden DisabilitiesNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodNHS Pastoral CareDisability confident committedAccredited Living Wage EmployerStonewall 2023 Bronze

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Shanelle Gree
Job title
Bank Recruitment Business Partner
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0203 937 8322
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