Community Children's Staff Nurse

Job overview

Providing high quality, holistic, family centred, nursing care for children in the community setting who meet the criteria for referral. The post holder will be an effective member of the Community Children’s Nursing team. The post holder will provide skilled nursing care, working in partnership with organisations and child, patients, carers and families. The post holder will work independently, with supervision, within the community in line with local and national policies. The post may also support the special schools and involve working across sites during normal working week

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out clinical visits to family homes and educational settings providing care which prevent hospital admissions.  They will advise families and allied health professionals with queries and have good experience in clinical skills.

They will be responsible for a caseload of patients but also be reactive to day to day requests from all patients who require intervention that day.

They will be part of a busy team communicating and working together to provide good quality care in the community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work in partnership with families and the Multi-disciplinary team to provide a high standard of care in appropriate settings to maximise life opportunities for the child and young person.

Demonstrate knowledge, skills, competency and innovative practice in

paediatric nursing Care,

Demonstrate continual evaluation of clinical practice and recommend

changes

Provide and maintain a high standard of skilled nursing care /skills for

children with additional health needs. This will include-

Taking bloods, repassing nasogastric tubes and gastrostomies, recording oxygen saturations, proving and giving rescue medication, providing suction, tracheostomy care, injections, dressings, pressure area care and assessments

Assist in the completion of detailed holistic assessments of children and

families, while giving consideration to cultural differences.

Clinically access children in homes/schools as appropriate and provide

support/information and the necessary advice or care to maintain the safety

• f the child. This may at times evolve escalating and calling ambulances

Assist in the completion of Education and Health Care Plans

To establish or maintain relationships with the child and family when

relevant whilst the child is an inpatient in hospital to help facilitate smooth

discharge.

Provide training and support to other areas of the community i.e school and

nursery staff

Completing accurate and timely recordings of involvement with the child

and family and reporting any changes affecting the child and family

appropriately.

Working in conjunction with other agencies, ensure the appropriate

planning for the transition of care takes place in a timely fashion and meet

the on going needs of the child/young person and family.

Develop and maintain effective communication networks with professionals

from other agencies and voluntary groups.

To support in the development of integrated care pathways.

With supervision, post holder will take referrals as appropriate within tht

agreed scope of the role, as per the pathways and refer children and

families to other specialists and generic services as required

Be accessible and available to key stakeholders in order to ensure advice

is obtained in a timely manner.

Work in conjunction wither other nurses in the team and provide cover as

required depending on scope of practice

Maintain knowledge and competence in computer skills, in order to access

“drives”, databases, email and approved internet resources and critically

appraise sources of information and their evidence base.

To maintain clinical skills and practice in order to offer support and direction

to clinical teams and other multi disciplinary teams.

To provide training for parents/carers/schools/nurseries about complex

health needs and support services available. This may include child

specific training  and will be in conjunction with band 6 members of the

team.