Job summary
- Main area
- Community Paediatric Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 251-FCSS0578-A
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hampshire Hospitals
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Children's Nurse- Children's Home Acute Team
Band 6
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
If you are looking for a paediatric nursing role where you can combine your acute nursing skills whilst working in the community, then please read on!
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the friendly and progressive Children’s Home Acute Team (CHAT). The CHAT is an innovative nursing team, shortlisted for three final award Nursing Times Awards, that sits within an integrated child health team. The team delivers acute and ambulatory care at home to prevent hospital admission and facilitate early discharge.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced paediatric nurse who can work autonomously to care for acutely unwell children at home as well as been part of an ever-developing community nursing team. You will be responsible for delivering excellent acute nursing care in the community in and around Hampshire. You will be joining a high level of nursing expertise and be a role model to the nurses and students within the team. The post holder will have acute and preferably community experience.
This challenging and rewarding role offers the perfect opportunity to develop your acute skills whilst working both in the acute and community setting. You will have the opportunity to work as part of the CHAT developing existing ambulatory and unscheduled care pathways, preventing unnecessary admissions, avoiding hospital admissions and facilitating early discharge from the inpatient wards.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital.
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We reserve the right to close the job early if we receive a high number of applications.
We welcome informal visits to meet the team.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional UK registration, e.g. RSCN, CH Dip
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile
Desirable criteria
- Ability to manage conflicting and constantly changing priorities
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Specialised clinical skills appropriate to the relevant speciality
- To demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust values
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Positive, optimistic attitude, enthusiastic and self motivated.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Justin Wright
- Job title
- Child Health Lead for Integrated Community Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01256 313693
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