Nurse; Paediatric​/Young

Role: Nurse/Senior Support Worker

Salary: Up to £39,400 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.

Location: Headington, Oxfordshire.

Contract/

Hours:

Permanent Full time 37 hours per week.

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Free Parking
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Do you have a strong background in children and young people’s nursing? Are you focused and passionate about changing the lives of children and young people for the better? We have a unique opportunity for a Nurse/Manager to work as a ‘hands on’ Nurse as part of the leadership team within our 6 bedded Residential Short Breaks service, Viking House.

Viking House is our Children's Short Break centre in Headington for children with disabilities who have a diagnosis of autism, complex health needs and/or complex behaviour, up to the ages 4 to 18.

The centre provides a structured environment and nursing care as a nurse within the service you will give parents and carers the opportunity to ‘recharge their batteries' in the knowledge that their child is in a safe and stimulating environment.

You will be dealing with auditing medication, overseeing and supporting our support workers with training in healthcare tasks and clinical administration tasks.

• Being responsible for direct care for young people with significant and complex health needs.
• Being part of the leadership team.
• Training and supporting colleagues in healthcare tasks.
• Conducting individual risk assessments and person-centred planning providing a positive proactive outlook to support the young people in our care.
• Being responsible for the safeguarding of the young person, as well as being resilient in supporting them through challenging situations.
• Maintaining accurate records and audits of medication.

• A positive and confident approach to engaging with children and young people.
• To hold an appropriate Nurse registration.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Experience of working as a Nurse with children and young people with complex needs.
• Experience of multiagency working and attending meetings when required.
• Leadership skills.
• A ‘hands on’ approach whilst overseeing a team.

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

At Action for Children, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles.

We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.