Community Children's Nurse

at  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 RN (child) who have had previous experience with children with complex health needs based within the Community Children’s nursing team. As a Band 5 Nurse you will be working across all of our Community Children’s nursing areas including Community Children’s nurses and Special schools. This role involves supporting children and young people with a variety of health conditions across different settings.
As a member of the team a flexible approach to working will be required, excellent communication skills are necessary and evidence of previous multi agency / disciplinary working are essential to the role.
This role is part of the Community Children’s Nursing team across Shropshire and Telford.
Operational hours are variable between Monday- Friday 08.00-18.00 there may be the need for the post holder to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including seeing the children in their own homes, in Special schools or other community settings. The role will also include supporting End of life care and part of an On call roster as this is needed. The post holder will need to be able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
We will offer the right candidate a very warm and friendly welcome with a full induction programme and ongoing support, training and development to further advance your skills and career.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
To provide specialist children’s nursing care, advice and support in negotiation with the child and family to meet their individual needs.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in conjunction with senior nurses.
To have responsibility for a delegated workload as agreed with the senior nurses.
Act as a supervisor for junior staff and students.
To communicate with relevant professionals as required.
To work across the range of teams within the Community Children’s Nursing team including Special school Nursing, Children’s continence service and Children’s Phlebotomy service.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role

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