Band 6 Community Children's Nurse

Are you a passionate Children's Nurse looking to expand your skills and make a real difference to children, young people and families in their own homes and communities?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Community Children's Nurse to join our dedicated Community Children's Nursing Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary service supporting children and young people with complex health needs, long-term conditions, disabilities, palliative care and end of life care requirements across Birmingham.

As a Community Children's Nurse, you will have the privilege of building meaningful relationships with children and families, delivering holistic, family-centred care and enabling children to receive care in the place that is right for them. You'll play a key role in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting hospital discharge and helping children achieve the best possible quality of life., The Band 6 Community Children's Nurse will provide high quality, evidence based care to children and young people with acute, complex and long term health needs in their homes and community settings.

The post holder will undertake holistic assessments, develop and evaluate care plans, and ensure safe, effective and family centred care.

Managing a delegated caseload, the post holder will work collaboratively with children, families, schools, GPs, hospital teams and partner agencies to coordinate care, support hospital avoidance and facilitate timely discharge from acute services.

The role includes supporting children and young people with complex healthcare needs, life limiting conditions and palliative care requirements, helping families to manage care safely within the community. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of specialist palliative and end of life care, including participation in the out of hours on-call service.

As a senior member of the team, the post holder will provide clinical leadership, support colleagues and students, contribute to service development and quality improvement, and maintain high standards of safeguarding, clinical governance and record keeping. They will also provide education and support to families and carers, promoting independence and improving outcomes for children and young people across Birmingham.

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (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, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation 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.