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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

About
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.
Contact
- Address
- Elizabeth House
- Fulbourn Hospital
- Fulbourn
- Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB21 5EF
- Contact Number
- 0800 953 7016
Children's Community Nurse
Accepting applications until: 18-Jun-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 18-Jun-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- City Care Centre
- Address
- Thorpe Road
- Town
- Peterborough
- Postcode
- PE3 6DB
- Major / Minor Region
- Cambridgeshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £29,970 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Children's Community Nurse
Job overview
This is a development post, if you are appointed as a Band 5, you will be given a list of competencies to complete, these will be reviewed at your appraisal. On completion you will rise to a Band 6.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 paediatric nurse to join the Children’s Community Nursing team.
This role will deliver nursing care and interventions to the children (0-18 years) and families within the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust area.
You will receive support and guidance from an established CCN team to enable you to gain and upskill in your nursing abilities and to develop towards becoming a Band 6.
You will hold a case load of patients and be responsible for ensuring that their nursing needs are met. This will also involve delivering educational / teaching sessions to a variety of people including families and educational settings.
The post holder needs to be highly organised, adaptable and able to work under pressure, with care plans that often needing to change at short notice. Support will be provided to the successful candidate including clinical supervision. Successful candidates must be a car driver as this is a community-based post involving frequent travel to patient homes, schools and other venues.
Advert
To participate in the assessment, planning and provision of skilled nursing care in negotiation with the child and family, in conjunction with the Children's Community Team.
To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with complex care needs including technology dependent such as tracheostomy care and central venous access.
To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with a variety of nursing needs, such as enteral feeding, and intra-venous antibiotic administration.
To work in a collaborative manner with other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care to families
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Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
1. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care and support requirements for children with medical, health needs.
2. Provide skilled paediatric nursing care to children and young people within their own home, or other applicable venues such as outpatient clinics, to ensure families are supported in the care of their children at home.
3. Ensure continuity of care is established and appropriate support available for children, young people, and families, with the aim of preventing unnecessary admission or attendance at hospital and facilitating earlier discharge where appropriate from both local and tertiary hospitals.
4. Maintain excellent communication with the child and family on the caseload and as their advocate ensure that they have ease of contact with the team appropriate information and support. Records should reflect the child’s care, present condition and progress and be available to colleagues
5. Maintain the safety of children and young people by ensuring robust care plan are in place with the supervision of the senior team.
6. To liaise with children and their parents/carers along with other agencies who are involved in their care to promote a person-centred outcomes approach to supporting their needs.
7. Promote the health, comfort, dignity, privacy and quality of life for children and
young people.
8. To support the provision of acute care to children and young people following agreement of care from the wider teams.
9. Ensure prescribed nursing care is carried out in line with local and national policies including administration of SC/IV/CVAD IV treatments, taking of blood samples or specimens as required.
10. Identify those children and families with continuing care / complex needs and plan programmes of care in accordance with either the local agencies or continuing care framework.
11. To provide theoretical training and competency-based assessments in relation to nursing interventions for staff working in partner agencies including schools (mainstream and special needs), colleges and early years settings.
12. To support the Leadership Team in developing service improvements to ensure the health needs of the children and young people who use the service are met.
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
- Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
- Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
- Children and young people’s mental health services;
- Children’s community services in Peterborough;
- Social care;
- Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current RSCN/ RN (child) / Child Branch Registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Desirable criteria
- Degree in Nursing
- SSSA qualification
- Training in PSIRF
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of sick children’s / Paediatric nursing
- Demonstrate an understanding of Safeguarding issues.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work
- Transfer of clinical skills to a variety of settings.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of a specialist area.
- Experience of working in the community / community setting.
- Palliative care experience
- Mentoring of students
Abilities & Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
- Ability to contribution to an MDT approach.
- IV certification, including central lines.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Know own professional limitations.
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Excellent team working skills and evidence of multidisciplinary team
- Organised.
- Demonstrate the Trusts PRIDE values and implements them in practice.
Desirable criteria
- Certified competency in phlebotomy
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential criteria
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Evidence of working with families from diverse backgrounds.
- To have an understanding or have received training in autism/LD/MH.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of the wide range of services provision for children.
- Knowledge of clinical governance
Physical requirements
Essential criteria
- Access to a car / motorbike for work purposes.
- Ability to reach and bed to kneel/work at floor level.
Other
Essential criteria
- Recognise individuals’ right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude.
- Ability to get around local area.
- Provide a seven-day service including weekends, bank holidays.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the geographical area.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hayley Warner
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01733 847060
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