Community Children's Nurse

Job overview

We are seeking a compassionate and motivated Community Children's Nurse to join our Lifetime Service on a part-time basis.

In this rewarding role, you will support children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, helping them receive high-quality nursing care in the environment of their choice. Working closely with families, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will play a vital role in delivering person-centred care that promotes comfort, dignity and quality of life.

You will undertake allocated clinical and administrative tasks identified by caseload managers and contribute to the delivery of holistic nursing care tailored to the individual needs of each child and family.

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible for maintaining and updating own clinical competence and skills
• Promote a family centred approach to care and empowerment of the child’s family to take a lead in their child’s care
• Develop and maintain knowledge of the conditions that affect the children on the caseload
• Work as part of the Lifetime core nursing team to provide clinical advice and support to the multi-agency teams
• Undertake specialist investigations and with support from nursing team interpret results and initiate appropriate action.
• Deliver clinical training to parents, carers and others to enable children to be cared for in a variety of settings
• Provide nursing interventions to children in accordance with the Lifetime and Sirona policies and procedures
• To plan, implement and review care that is provided in partnership with children, parents and others caring for the family with senior nursing support

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this positio

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.