Children's Community Nurse

To offer nurse-led continence clinics across Greenwich & Bexley, and to support children and young people with complex needs in special schools, and at home as part of the special school & children's continuing care nursing service.

Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments, using decision-making skills.

Deliver high-quality clinical care within the service. This will include acute and primary care, long-term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services, health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.

Demonstrate and provide robust clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome-driven practice on a day-to-day basis.

Support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and promote research as appropriate.

Participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision, training, and annual appraisal and ensure that this becomes an integral part of team practice.

Ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient-centred care-planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout the service.

Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.

Be guided by standard operating procedures (SOPs), good practice, established precedents and understand what results or standards are to be achieved. Make comments on proposals for changes, regarding working practices, service improvements or patient feedback.

Work independently within organisational and professional guidelines and established professional parameters, working to the nationally recognised code of conduct and Standards of Proficiency for Nurses. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion, and manage relationships with people, making reasonable adjustments where necessary.

Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.

Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the members of the MDT team, families and carers.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

Education

Essential: - NMC Registered nurse with children's experience, or a registered children's nurse.

Desirable: - Evidence of CPD related to a specialist children's nursing subject.

Experience

Desirable: - Knowledge of common bowel and bladder issues in children

Knowledge

Essential: - An understanding of basic bladder and bowel management.

Skills

Essential: - Clinical skills in history taking and assessment.

Desirable: - Communication skills in the community.