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Job overview
Children’s Community Nurse: band 6 – Permanent (30 hours)
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Children’s Community Nurse to join our Children’s Community Nursing Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to work as an autonomous practitioner, providing high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people with acute, chronic, complex and palliative care needs within their own homes and community settings.
The successful candidate will work closely with Paediatric Same Day Emergency Care (PSDEC), inpatient wards, Emergency Department, General Practice and the wider multidisciplinary team to support admission avoidance, facilitated discharge and care closer to home.
The role also provides opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement, pathway redesign and audit, supporting the continued development of integrated acute and community services.
We are looking for a confident, compassionate and proactive nurse with excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills, who is able to work effectively under pressure and across professional and organisational boundaries.
If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and families and developing innovative models of care closer to home, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as an autonomous Children’s Community Nurse, providing high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people with acute, chronic, complex and palliative care needs within their own homes and community settings.
- Undertake comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
- Manage a varied community caseload, prioritising changing clinical needs and responding appropriately to deterioration.
- Provide specialist nursing interventions and support children and families to manage complex and long-term conditions at home.
- Assess and triage referrals from PSDEC, inpatient wards, primary care and other services to determine suitability for community management.
- Support admission avoidance, facilitated discharge and Virtual Ward pathways, working closely with acute and community colleagues.
- Undertake home visits and virtual reviews, providing timely community intervention where clinically appropriate.
- Participate in daily clinical handovers and multidisciplinary discussions to identify children who may benefit from community nursing intervention.
- Work collaboratively with children, families and the wider multidisciplinary and multi-agency team.
- Recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns and elevate clinical concerns appropriately.
- Support and supervise junior staff and students and contribute to teaching and education.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
- Teaching qualification
- Educated to degree level
- Community Practitioner Qualification or equivalent experience
- V300 None medical prescriber
Knowledge
- NMC standards and requirements of nursing.
- Sound knowledge of acute health needs of children.
- Demonstrate an understanding of patient confidentiality
- Ability to work sensitively with service.
- Demonstrate and understanding of informal consent.
- Comfortable with demanding workloads and competing priorities
- Understanding of admission avoidance and Virtual Ward models of care
Experience
- Significant experience at Band 5 level
- Substantial experience working with children and young people with acute needs
- Evidence of good organisational and planning skills
- Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development
- Experience of working collaboratively across acute, community and multi-agency services.
- Experience of coordinating complex care pathways and discharge planning
- Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role
- Caseload Management
- Recent evidence of working with Multi agency and Multi disciplinary groups
- Evidence of service improvement, pathway development or quality improvement initiatives
- Community Experience
- Experience of supporting service transformation or pathway redesign
- Experience of working within Virtual Ward or Hospital at Home services
- Knowledge of patient flow principles and demand/capacity management
- Teaching
Skills and Abilities
- An enthusiastic and supportive leader who motivates people.
- Critical analysis skills
- Proven clinical skills.
- Able to comply with Trust policies.
Applicants are encouraged to read the documents attached to this vacancy before applying, including the job description and person specification and the information for applicants which includes useful information to assist you in completing your application.
Please note that all correspondence will be via your NHS Jobs account. Unfortunately we are not able to acknowledge each application. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please consider that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. Please also note that Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are unable to refund Interview expenses or re-location costs.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our “two tick” kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.
At the Trust we always adhere to the UK Visas and Immigration rules pertaining to right to work; candidates who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) citizenship are required to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to be eligible to apply for either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa which allows them to work in the UK, unless they have eligibility to work in the UK via another route.
To avoid disappointment, candidates wishing to apply for a role at the Trust who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland citizenship and who would require a CoS from an employer, should carry out a self-assessment process to identify the likelihood of obtaining CoS by visiting Work in the UK.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
If you choose to use AI when writing a job application, it is essential to personalise the content, particularly the supporting statement. AI cannot fully understand the specific context or requirements of a role and may generate inaccurate or misleading information. Over ‑ reliance on AI can reduce an applicant’s chances of success, as it cannot effectively demonstrate how individual knowledge, experience, and skills meet the job criteria. Applicants should ensure their statements reflect a personal voice and avoid a generic or robotic tone. Please note that we monitor the use of AI in applications. Applicants who use AI are required to declare this as part of the application process.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
The vacancy may close early if it attracts a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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