Patient Care

• To develop the community based children’s services, paying attention to developing and establishing effective systems of multi-professional liaison and communication that encompass co-ordinated care planning.
• To monitor the co-ordination and completion of multi-disciplinary assessments in partnership with Richard House Children’s Hospice and service team leads for children with life limiting / life threatening or complex care needs within the borough of Newham.
• To work in partnership with the Head of Nursing to identify developments required to continually improve the paediatric community nursing services e.g. profiling and analysis of caseloads,  and advice on the allocation of resources to meet the local health need by development of out of hour’s services.
• To provide a key contact for clinicians and other health care teams regarding issues relating to the team or the services they provide, ensuring development of new partnerships within the area.
• In collaboration with the Head of Nursing and team leads ensure appropriate utilisation and development of the nursing workforce within community children’s nursing.
• To be the health representative on the EHC gateway panel and responsible for leading the continuing care framework for children within the borough of Newham.
• In partnership with the Head of Nursing ensure that transition for health from children to adult services is developed and implemented across the organisation in collaboration with the Local Authority and Clinical Commissioning Group.
• To carry out research activities/Quality improvement, as deemed appropriate, in any area approved by senior management that will foster improved working knowledge and/or skills and abilities for the benefit of the organisation overall and community care specifically.
• To develop appropriate systems that ensure and monitor accurate records and record keeping in accordance with NMC and organisation policies and supplying returns and statistics punctually, as requested,
• To actively promote and encourage patient and public involvement in the development of all community services.
• To attend in-service and other training programmes and meetings as required, and take responsibility for keeping up to date with changes in the NHS and Health and Social Policies.
• To provide safeguarding support / guidance to staff in their respective teams to ensure safe practice supported by the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Young People.

Clinical

• To provide specialist knowledge resource in supporting joint issues across health, social and voluntary sectors around community children’s nursing e.g.: complex care, palliative care.
• To lead on and work closely with key stakeholders to ensure the implementation and development of National Service Framework for Children and NICE guidance, to ensure successful outcomes.
• To practice a high standard of professional conduct, in accordance with the policies, protocols and guidelines of the organisation and the NMC Code (2015) and revalidation requirements.
• To develop and review community children’s based services and produce robust protocols for clinical care incorporating clinical pathways, standards, policies developed with partner agencies in line with trust policies and procedures
• To co-ordinate the development, monitoring and update of clinical and operational policies & standards for Community Children’s Nursing Services including psychology and play services within the Diana team. 
• To support and participate in the organisation’s strategies for clinical governance and ensure that clinical governance is pre-eminent within the remit of community children’s nursing services. Ensuring the risk registers are completed on a quarterly basis for all services within Children’s Community Nursing Services
• To provide clinical support and guidance to team leads and maintain responsibility for continuing professional development, skills and competencies through individual appraisals and goal setting in order for the   nurses to practice in the current environment.
• To exercise awareness of professional responsibilities and development by organising own work to include time to continuously upgrade knowledge base and by taking opportunities for personal and professional development.
• To develop sound clinical practice across community children’s nursing in close working practice with the team leads.
• To encourage evidence-based practice by ensuring that information and/or training evaluation from conferences/study days are fed back to team members and that the sharing of best practice is maintained.
• To assist and aid the development and implementation of nurse prescribing within children’s community nursing services.

Management

• To co-ordinate daily operational issues relating to the Community Children’s Nursing Services and the development and delivery of services to ensure reflection of best practice.
• To represent the collective views of the Community Children’s Nursing service and feedback information to the Head of Nursing as appropriate.
• To provide and maintain compliance and adherence of high standards of nursing practice & leadership within Community Children’s Nursing Services
• To ensure clinical supervision is in place for all the community nursing services members as stipulated within ELFT guidelines
• To represent children’s nursing on steering groups as appropriate, contributing to the business planning and performance management processes through membership of appropriate groups
• To undertake a facilitator’s role in weekly/monthly team meetings, daily handovers and promote a robust two-way communication system conducive to enable maximum utilisation of information.
• To monitor the management and processing of health and safety regulations, ensuring compliance at all times, including the reporting requirements for hazards, (COSHH) accidents, incidents and diseases (RIDDOR) and the submission of the relevant documentation to the appropriate authorities.
• To be responsible for the management of incidents, comments and complaints from patients, carers or relatives, in accordance with the Trust policies and procedures
• To be accountable for delivery, co-ordination, development and promotion of in-service educational, induction and preceptorship programmes for all staff and monitor implementation.
• To co-ordinate  the identification of training needs, ensuring staff have the requisite skills to match their supporting responsibilities
• Work in conjunction with the Head of Nursing to develop a Nurse Leadership pathway.  Identifying the training needs of band 7 nurses, liaising with the Training Department in organising training to ensure they are effective in managing their teams and developing the required leadership skills.
• To organise and co-ordinate, in liaison with link lecturer, student placements and facilitate a supportive, learning environment which is conducive to ongoing professional development.
• To work with senior staff to identify, lead and participate in education, training and research projects within children’s nursing in the community setting
• To monitor and actively participate, where required, in the induction training of new staff, and to ensure that existing staff have equal access to training and development opportunities
• To act up for the Head of Nursing as appropriate.

Human Resources

• To actively participate and guide the Trust’s Performance Review process, by appraising team members and ensuring that all staff within the service has personal development plans agreed.
• To effectively monitor performance issues i.e.: sickness, absence, poor performance, clinical competencies, including the implementation of appropriate strategies and mechanisms, in liaison with the Human Resources Department
• To take responsibility for the recruitment and selection process as required for Community Children’s Nursing Services and identifying potential areas of skill mix

Performance and Quality

• To maintain an outlook diary of work activities and travel in the required manner, and make it available to the Head of Nursing.
• Ensure data is captured in an effective and meaningful way to inform practice and resource requests
• To be responsible for the collection, reporting and use of data to demonstrate effective service delivery and highlight population health needs.
• To analyse trends and risks occurring within the area and bring to the attention of the Head of Nursing in accordance with ELFT’s clinical governance requirements.
• To ensure risks are added to the risk register, rag rated and that the risk register is kept up to date.
• To develop quality initiatives and participate in standard setting and auditing clinical effectiveness.  Participate in research projects as required

Financial and Physical Resources

• To oversee and manage, in partnership with the General Manager / Head of Nursing and finance manager the Community Children’s nursing service budgets.
• To undertake regular capacity and demand modelling that informs and directs service development and resource requests.
• Participate in the formulation of Business Cases to expand the service