Band 5 Community Children's Nurse

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for assessing, planning and evaluating care under the supervision of the Team Leader. They are required to work in conjunction with paediatric palliative care team, supporting parents, carers and children with life limiting conditions in the terminal phase of their illness. To liaise with other professionals as guided by the team leader.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RSCN/ or RN Child Branch
• Evidence of recent post basic clinical training and commitment to on-going training.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience working with and caring for children with life limited/threatening illnesses
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of teaching/assessing

Skills/ Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of professional Practice.
• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical practice.
• Current clinical skills or willingness to develop to include: Enteral Feeding / Central line access / Tracheostomy care.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practice and those concerning paediatric nursing.
• Knowledge of clinical audit and its relationship to research.
• Ability to manage workload and caseload with Team Leader supervision.
• Evidence of assessment skills and use of the nursing process and nursing models.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to use software packages appropriate to clinical care.
• Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility in respect of health and safety.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the requirements of the post.
• Demonstrate evidence in relation to showing awareness of the needs of ethnic minority clients / carers.
• Provide evidence of time and resource management.

Other job requirements

Essential criteria

• Access to independent means of transport.
• Ability to work flexible hours, evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays

UK Home Office Visa Sponsorship requirements

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

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