Junior sister - Community Children's Nurse

• Provide high quality nursing care for children and young people in the London borough of Newham, which is planned and delivered, reviewed and evaluated within the clients home, wound dressing clinic or other appropriate setting within the community using family centered, evidence based practice.
• Assess and order equipment and supplies for the child or young person to enable them to manage their condition safely in the community setting, including regular reassessments dependent on the changing needs of the child/young person.
• Provide initial triage and assessment of new referrals to the service, identifying where urgent response is required and allocating to staff, based on staff logistics and skill mix.
• Initiate and manage safe, effective discharge from hospital to home carrying out risk assessments of the receiving community setting.
• Enable and promote independence by teaching, supporting and encouraging carers and children, including those children with complex health needs, to participate in meeting their own care needs where possible in community settings.
• Initiate and manage appropriate changes in care in negotiation with children, families and professionals following review of planned care at either case review, morning handover or joint visits.
• Provide emotional support to clients and families who may be facing difficult decisions, bad news or bereavement.
• Communicate with families for whom English is not their first language and/or children with communication difficulties/ special needs. This involves working in collaboration with health advocates (interpreters), or using highly developed verbal/ non-verbal communication skills

Essential

• RSCN/ RN Child Branch
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Degree level qualification (or working towards)

Desirable

• Community nursing qualification

Essential

• Significant experience at Band 5 working with children & young people.
• Experience of working with children complex health care needs
• Experience of supporting children and families through the child protection process
• Experience of interagency working

Desirable

• Working at Band 6 level
• Community experience

Essential

• Sound knowledge and skills in paediatric nursing, including enteral, respiratory, oncology, wound care, tracheostomy and Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs)
• Knowledge and understanding of the child health needs of a racially and culturally diverse population
• Ability to work flexibly, prioritise and respond to changing demands in workload.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills and ability to facilitate these skills in others
• Ability to support the implementation of successful change management
• Ability to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.

Essential

• Excellent teaching skills with an ability to adapt these for use with health care support workers, parents, children and young people.
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for choices made.
• Excellent verbal / written communication and interpersonal skills