Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Community Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 333-G-ECP-0633
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 21-22 Carmelita House, The Mall, Ealing, W5 2PJ
- Town
- Ealing
- Salary
- £35,763 - £43,466 per annum pro rata inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Children's Community Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
We have an exciting job opportunity for a dedicated Band 5 Nurse to join our friendly and progressive Community Children's Nursing Team in Ealing. Our team is well-established and committed to providing compassionate, family-centered nursing care to children who are facing acute, complex, and long-term health conditions. We currently provide a 5-day service to children and their families living in Ealing Borough, supporting palliative and end-of-life care. Join us and become an integral part of our team.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated individual who is a highly motivated independent practitioner, underpinned by a solid foundation in evidence-based nursing practices. While experience working in the community is preferred, it is not essential. We are interested in your skill set and what you can bring to our team.
Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity to become part of a team that provides nursing care to children in a variety of community settings.
The Children’s Community Nursing Team provides clinical nursing care, training and support to children, young people (aged 0-19) and their carer’s at home or other community settings, enabling them to remain safely in the community and transition to adult services where appropriate.
Our team look after the following children and young people in the community:
- Children with acute and short-term conditions
- Children with long term conditions
- Children with disabilities and complex conditions, including neonates
- Children with life-limiting and life-threatening illness, including palliative and end-of-life-care
Working for our organisation
As an organisation we value our employees, prioritizes quality care, and offer a supportive and fulfilling work environment for healthcare professionals. We encourage personal development and are open to new ideas and innovation.
We are a well established team working closely with multi partners including health, social care , education and voluntary agencies.
Our team is diverse and sits within the wider Children's Specialist Community Nursing Service (CSCNS) and work closely with other staff within the wider nursing services, our therapy colleagues and colleagues in education, social care and voluntary sector.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Children's Community Nurses work closely with the people who use our services and play an important role in helping children and young people receive the care they need while empowering families to manage their health effectively within the community setting. Your dedication and expertise will contribute to improving the lives of the youngest members of our community.
Children’s Community Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive, but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
- ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures
- ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering, and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Children’s Community Nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model and supervising HCA's, to ensure they are working to the standards that the people using our services deserve.
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- RSCN / RN(Child)
- NMC Registration
- Evidence of post registration education and training, including paediatric training
- Education to degree level
Desirable criteria
- Community Nursing/Specialist
- Practitioner Qualification
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Evidence of post registration experience
- Recent acute general children’s nursing experience
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Community experience
- Experience of working in culturally diverse communities
- Experience of working with student
- Experience of teaching
KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct
- Knowledge and experience of Personal Development Planning
- Knowledge and demonstration of the use of Evidenced Based Care
- Knowledge and experience of Clinical Supervision
- Knowledge of equal opportunities and their impact in practice
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of budgetary management
- Knowledge of legal and statutory implications / requirements for training parents / carers
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its implementations
- Knowledge of political issues within the profession and NHS
- Knowledge of audit process
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate recent use of clinical skills, including palliative care, respiratory, cardiac, gastroenterology, special needs and complex care and/or life threatening/limiting conditions
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care
- Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing
- Decision making skills, IT skills / record keeping skills
- Ability to adapt to change
- Car driver
- Ability to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations
Desirable criteria
- Leadership skills and the ability to motivate staff
- Ability to respond to demands and challenges
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
- Shabana Razak
- Job title
- Clinical Service Lead/Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07861747868
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