Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Community Children’s Nurse
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Are you looking for a new and exciting community-based role, working within a supportive and friendly team?
This band 6 post will be for 37.5 hours per week on a 12-month contract. The service cover for the Community Children’s Nursing (CCN) team is 8am-8pm Mon-Friday, including Bank Holidays.
This exciting and varied role is looking for someone with post-registration experience in paediatrics, with experience in teaching and assessing. Experience with working with children with complex needs and safeguarding experience is desirable. The CCN team strive continuously to improve the lives of those children and families for whom they care, acting as not only clinicians but advocates and advisors too.
You will be based primarily at L11, University of Reading, London Rd, RG1 5EX but will also cover the areas of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham.
Responsibilities
- Holding a caseload for children with a wide range of medical and nursing needs across Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham
- Working within the CCN team whilst improving cohesive working between the CCN and specialist school nursing team.
- Acting as a keyworker for children and families and being the link between hospital and the community. This will include signposting to other appropriate sources of support and liaising with other professionals involved as applicable.
- Providing excellent standards of clinical nursing care, support and advice to children and their families, including regular reviews, visits and attending clinic appointments as needed.
- Being part of multidisciplinary meetings with allied professionals, including discharge planning meetings, safeguarding meetings, team meetings etc.
- Central line maintenance and all associated cares, including taking bloods as required.
- Administering medications such as IM injections and intravenous antibiotics.
- Raising concerns appropriately and being involved with safeguarding processes and attending any Child in Need / Child Protection meetings as required.
- To be part of the extension of the 8am-8pm service in conjunction with the other senior nursing staff as required.
- To be part of the Rapid Response rota alongside the Police if a child dies unexpectedly in the community.
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About Us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
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Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your Wellbeing Is Important To Us
Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jamie Poole
- Job title: Talent Acquisition Partner
- Email address: jamie.poole@berkshire.nhs.uk
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