Children's Community Nurse

Communication
1. Provides clinical advice for children, young people, their families and professionals working with them to understand and manage their health needs.
2. Agree and write care plans/reports to support families/ staff understand and care for the childs condition and health needs using a partnership approach.
3. Work in partnership with a range of health, education and care teams sharing information and reviewing the care plan in response to the childs aspirations and needs.
4. Develop communication pathways with hospital colleagues to implement joint clinical care pathways.
5. Communicates effectively and compassionately with people who may be distressed or angry, e.g., where there is a child with a life limiting illness
6. Input clinical data to electronic patient records to enable data gathering to evidence service activities in addition to statutory clinical record keeping. Financial Responsibility 1. Use resources responsibly and ensure timely orders for clinical equipment are made to maintain stock control
2. Ensure clinical equipment is used and maintained as intended and that patient safety is assured at all times.
3. Maximise appointment availability to ensure patients are seen in the most appropriate setting for their clinical needs. People Management 1. Be responsible for the day to day supervision, organisation and leadership of the team and prioritisation of workload .
2. Provide Line management and clinical supervision to designated staff members, supporting their professional development, performance management and wellbeing to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high- quality care.
3. Facilitate learning opportunities, support and assessment to achieve personal and professional objectives for self and wider team members within your scope of practice.
4. Contribute to the support and supervision of student nurses acting as a student Practice Assessor or Practice supervisor where appropriate.
5. Maintain own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process Clinical and Practice Governance
1. Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. 2. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed, or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.
3. Adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes 4. It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with your professional body, and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration.
5. Participate in clinical and practice audits as required to evidence quality provision.
6. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by the organisation. See job description attached for full list of responsibilities

East of England Community Health & Care NHS Trust

East of England Community Health & Care NHS Trust

£49,387 - £56,515 pro-rata if candidate is part time or Term Time Only.

East of England Community Health & Care NHS Trust