Children’s Community Nurse

at  Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Job Purpose Mon-Fri 8-6
To work as part of the Children’s Community Nursing Team, taking responsibility for the assessment, management, and evaluation of evidenced based nursing care to children and their families or carers.
To coordinate the day-to-day workload in the absence of Team Leads.

To take responsibility for Learner Nurses on placement with the Team.

• To take responsibility for the assessment, management and evaluation of skilled nursing care in negotiation with the child and family in conjunction with the Team Leads
• to provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with a variety of nursing needs, such as enteral feeding, intra-venous antibiotic administration, technology dependent children such as tracheostomy care and central venous access.
• to work in a collaborative manner with other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care to families
• to provide information and support to facilitate the child’s and family’s own choices with regards to nursing care
• to promote Health Education as an integrated aspect of care delivery
• to undertake complex discharge planning and assessment of a child’s needs, ensuring detailed communication with discharging hospital and safe discharge for the child and family
• to empower parents and carers to enable them to safely care for their child within the community environment through education, support and risk assessment.
• to maintain accurate, systematic and timely record keeping including recording of clinical data.

Why join?
Earn more per hour - bank rates are higher than agency and include holiday pay. We also cover your expenses and provide free uniforms
See the best shifts first – bank staff get priority over all agency workers
Book the shifts you want on your phone – build your own rota on our bank booking system
Get 24x7 support from our friendly Staff Bank team – a local team dedicated to helping you
Access NHS benefits – such as NHS pension contributions and discounts
Access Trust benefits – get support with your career development and mental health
Become part of an integrated team – feel more valued and supported in your work
Please see attached Job Description for a comprehensive list of role specific duties and responsibilities
Both verbal and written communication skills, and experience of team working will be essential to the role. Strong interpersonal skills will also be essential. You must be an NMC registered, UK based nurse to apply for this role, as it is ‘zero-hours’ it does not attract visa sponsorship. You must also have at least 6 months acute experience

Please refer the Job description for details