Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the post holders own work
• To maintain a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management.
• To undertake the assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills.
• To formulate an individual management and/or treatment programme, using clinical reasoning and a range of treatment skills.
• Where necessary to accompany patients on home visits prior to discharge and communicate with relatives and carers regarding continuation of treatment at home.
• To participate in the Junior Rotational scheme which involves working across the Trust in a range of ward settings, outpatient departments and the patients own home, which will provide a broad base for both personal, clinical and professional development and ensure the required clinical competencies are met.
• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
• To assess and manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.
• To assess capacity to give consent, where possible to gain valid informed consent and have the competence/ ability to work within a legal framework with patients who are not capable to consent to treatment.
• To actively participate in the out of hours evening and weekend emergency on-call rota having being assessed as competent. On these occasions being the only member of the physiotherapy team on duty, although advice can be accessed by telephone
• When working on the emergency duty rota, undertake the assessment, treatment of acutely ill patients with respiratory problems, who may have a complex presentation and maintain associated records as an autonomous practitioner.
• When working on the emergency duty on-call rota, provide advice to medical and nursing staff and other members of the multi-disciplinary team regarding patients respiratory and chest functions/conditions.
• To maintain comprehensive and accurate assessment and treatment records in line with legal and departmental and Trust requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment outcomes appropriately in the form of letters and reports

Person Specification

Shortlist

Essential

• BSc Hons Degree in Physiotherapy
• Health Professional Council Registration
• Skills gained from a range of clinical placements, including in and outpatient settings.

Desirable

• Member of the CSP
• Ability to communicate effectively with peers and members of the MDT

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hillingdon Hospital

Pield Heath Road

Uxbridge

UB8 3NN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.thh.nhs.uk/index.php (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

Childrens Community Nurses work closely with the people who use our services. Families, friends and carers play an important role in the partnership and their feedback is valued regarding how people experience our services. Childrens Community Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive, but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
• ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering, and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Childrens Community Nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model and supervising Health Care Support Worker's, students, or other Band 5 nurses, to ensure they are working to the standards that the people using our services deserve.

Key Responsibilities

Community Childrens nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

• Using their clinical judgment and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalating concerns when necessary
• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
• Being open and transparent about their own practice
• Supervising the work of others
• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
• Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
• Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Community Childrens nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

Clinical Outcomes

Community Childrens nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:

• Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification
• Providing skilled, evidence based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
• Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs
• Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
• Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but also working as team members

Contributing to creating and maintaining high-performing teams by:

• Communicating well with all members of the team
• Understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its objectives
• Reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
• Encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes

Patient Experience

Community Childrens nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:

• Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers
• Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making
• Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector
• Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
• Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behaviour to patients, families, or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the trusts values are embedded in all practice
• Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy

Supporting yourself and others

All services and teams in the Trust should be able to demonstrate that they are meeting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards of care. Community Childrens nurses are expected to be Clinical Leaders and play an active role in ensuring that the team understands the CQC standards and what individual team members do to help achieve those standards by:

• Taking a lead role in gathering and recording evidence which demonstrates that CQC and locally agreed standards are being met: assessing the performance of the whole team by using audit and benchmarking exercises and often contribute to the implementation of quality improvement initiatives
• Contributing to the performance management of teams and creating a positive culture in which the team can learn from mistakes and is enthusiastic to improve
• Deputising for the team leader as required ensuring there is no fall in performance in their absence. This may include managing the team and coordinating shifts.
• Providing supervision and annual appraisals to individuals and giving constructive, regular feedback which helps those individuals reflect on their work, understand their objectives
• Participating constructively in their own supervision and annual appraisal processes
• Use continuing professional development funds to develop a relevant clinical specialism, gain sign-off mentorship skills, or undertake accredited leadership or management modules.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Children's Nurse (RSCN or RN Child Branch) NMC Registration
• Education to degree level
• Evidence of post registration education and training, including paediatric training

Desirable

• Community Nursing/Specialist Practitioner Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of post registration experience
• Recent acute general children's nursing experience
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams Experience in child protection procedures
• Experience of facilitating professional development of other staff

Desirable

• Community experience - Experience of working in culturally diverse communities,
• Experience working with students
• Experience teaching

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct
• Knowledge and experience of Personal Development Planning
• Knowledge and demonstration of the use of evidence-based Care
• Knowledge and experience of Clinical Supervision
• Knowledge of equal opportunities and their impact on practice

Desirable

• Knowledge of budgetary management
• Knowledge of legal and statutory implications/requirements for training parents / carers
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its implementations Knowledge of political issues within the profession and NHS Knowledge of the audit process

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Able to demonstrate recent use of clinical skills, including palliative care, respiratory, cardiac, gastroenterology, special needs and complex care and/or life threatening/limiting conditions
• Ability to work independently and within a team Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care
• Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing
• Decision-making skills IT skills/record keeping skills.
• Ability to adapt to change
• Ability to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations.

Desirable

• Leadership skills and the ability to motivate staff
• Ability to respond to demands and challenges
• Car Driver

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Armstrong Way

1 Armstrong Way

Ealing

UB2 4SD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Special School Nurses work closely with the people who use our services and their families. Families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Special School Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive, but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
• ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Special School nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model to healthcare assistants/ support workers/school staff and students to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• oNMC Registered nurse - RNChild / LD Nurse / Community Children's Nurse
• oNumeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
• oEvidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development

Desirable

• oMentorship qualification
• oEpilepsy PET 1 & 2 course
• oIndependent & Supplementary Prescribing Course

Previous Experience

Essential

• oPrevious experience as a Band 6 in children's services or a Band 5 nurse with significant experience in clinical setting catering for children.
• oRecent experience with children's nursing within acute/community or school setting/ children nursing.

Desirable

• oPrevious experience working in Special school
• oCommunity experience

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• oAble to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports.
• oAble to demonstrate partnership working with agencies
• oMaintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
• oAble to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
• oAble to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
• oYou are expected to have the skills required to act as a professional, registered nurse and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

Desirable

• oExpertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them and use them in your current role
• oIntravenous Training (theory & practice)
• oAwareness of the health needs of children and young people
• oAn understanding of clinical governance framework in relation to practice
• oSupervision, Line management and appraisal training

Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

Essential

• oCaring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
• oRespectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
• oAble and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
• oAble and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals

Other

Essential

• oAbility to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptions
• oAble to work efficiently in the community

Desirable

• oAccess to Car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Armstrong Way

1 Armstrong Way

Southall

UB2 4SD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)