Band 5 Community Children's Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an established team of Community Children's Nurses in Birmingham. This is a city wide service that offers specialist nursing support to children & families with a variety of complex physical health needs.

We provide clinical interventions to children within their own homes, schools and other community locations. The service operates seven days a week and also provides an out of hours 'on-call' service.

If you are an experienced Children's Nurse with excellent clinical skills, have advanced communication abilities you may be who we are looking for to join our busy team. This post will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to develop rewarding therapeutic relationships with children & families in a community setting.

• Follow the NMC Code and professional standards and take responsibility for your work.
• Provide safe, skilled and evidence-based nursing care to children at home and in community settings.
• Give health advice and education to children and families to support healthy lifestyles.
• Help teach families, carers and other professionals so that care is provided safely and effectively.
• Carry out risk assessments in children's homes.
• Get informed consent from children, parents or carers before providing care.
• Keep accurate, clear and up-to-date records of all care provided.
• Work closely with hospitals, GPs, community healthcare teams and other services when needed.
• Be flexible to meet the needs of the service.
• Always maintain a professional attitude and follow NMC standards and the organisation's policies.
• Work independently and safely while following BCHC guidelines and policies.
• Travel to visit children and families within the Birmingham area.
• Keep your knowledge and nursing skills up to date.
• Take part in professional development and mandatory training required by the NMC and organisation.
• Support the teaching and mentoring of other staff.
• Take part in research and clinical audits related to the service.
• Help maintain high standards of care and patient safety through good clinical governance.
• Report any concerns or risks to the Team Leader, senior nurse or manager.

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

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.

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

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

• 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…