Community Children’s Sister Band 6

Job overview

This role is offered on a part time basis of 30 hours per week, this means that candidates interested in working part time are encouraged to apply and will receive a salary on a pro rata basis.

This is an exciting opportunity for a caring and compassionate children's nurse to join our Children’s Outreach Nursing Service in providing safe and effective care for children and young people within home and community,

In this role, the post holder will provide clinical guidance and expert knowledge in assessing, implementing and evaluating the needs of this patient group. They will provide specialist clinical skills, teaching, education and support to enable families, carers and other professionals, to engage in managing the needs of children and young person.

Although the role is predominantly day time hours, participation is required in a 24/7 on call service, for those children who are requiring end of life care when required.

If you would like to be part of our friendly and motivated team who are keen to make a difference in the community, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be based within the Children’s Outreach Nursing Service working within the Community Children’s Nursing (CCN) Team.

The post holder will assist the Lead Nurse in developing and maintaining a quality service for children and their families in accordance with the philosophy and standards of care within the Children’s Outreach Nursing Service and Children’s Unit.

The post holder will assess, implement and evaluate the nursing care and needs of children and their families on the CCN caseload, at home and in the community.

The post holder will promote and assist in delivery of high-quality nursing care to children and young people, educating, empowering and supporting them to manage their own health needs in the community and attend educational settings, while reducing hospital admissions and facilitating discharge.

The post holder will support supervision, training and competency assessment for families, support workers, education staff and healthcare professionals, to enable safe and effective care provision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description.

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.

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.