Job Summary
Are you looking for a new and exciting community-based role, working within a supportive and friendly team?

This band 6 post will be for 37.5 hours per week on a12 month contract. The service cover for the Community Children's Nursing (CCN) team is 8am-8pm Mon-Friday, including Bank Holidays.

This exciting and varied role is looking for someone with post registration experience in paediatrics, with experience in teaching and assessing. Experience with working with children with complex needs and safeguarding experience is desirable. The CCN team strive continuously to improve the lives of those children and families for whom they care, acting as not only clinicians but advocates and advisors too.

You will be based primarily at L11, University of Reading, London Rd, RG1 5EX but will also cover the areas of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham.

Main Duties of the Job

• Holding a caseload for children with a wide range of medical and nursing needs across Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham
• Working within the CCN team whilst improving cohesive working between the CCN and specialist school nursing team.
• Acting as a keyworker for children and families and being the link between hospital and the community. This will include signposting to other appropriate sources of support and liaising with other professionals involved as applicable.
• Providing excellent standards of clinical nursing care, support and advice to children and their families, including regular reviews, visits and attending clinic appointments as needed.
• Being part of multidisciplinary meetings with allied professionals, including discharge planning meetings, safeguarding meetings, team meetings etc.
• Central line maintenance and all associated cares, including taking bloods as required.
• Administering medications such as IM injections and intravenous antibiotics.
• Raising concerns appropriately and being involved with safeguarding processes and attending any Child in Need / Child Protection meetings as required.
• To be part of the extension of the 8am-8pm service in conjunction with the other senior nursing staff as required.
• To be part of the Rapid Response rota alongside the Police if a child dies unexpectedly in the community.

About Us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job Responsibilities
The must haves for this role:

• RSCN/RNCB qualification
• Post registration experience in paediatrics
• Safeguarding knowledge and experience
• To work effectively as a team member
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work flexibly to meet service needs

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please do not hesitate to call: Claire Thompson on 07760 415776 who will be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential

• NMC Registered Children's Nursing qualification

Desirable

• PGDip CCN

Continuous Professional Development
Essential

• Evidence of CPD
• Safeguarding Children

Previous Experience
Essential

• Proven experience in working with children and young people who have complex health needs and an associated learning disability
• Safeguarding knowledge and experience

Desirable

• Training Clinical skills
• Children's Community Nursing Experience
• Hospice experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Excellent Communication Skills: Ability to demonstrate high level communication skills dealing with complex situations that arise within the community setting and outside agencies
• Good communication skills incorporating communication with children\young people and their carers
• Effective time management skills and prioritise workload
• Approachable, confident, empathetic, trustworthy, passionate about delivery of high quality nursing care
• To be able to organise and manage own work and caseload
• Ability to use own initiative and work independently
• Good understanding of IT skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of palliative and end of life care
• Wide range and nursing skills, knowledge and experience, including care of tracheostomies, enteral feeding devices and epilepsy
• Ability to assist and motivate others
• Able to manage junior staff

Additional Information
Essential

• UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Contact Details
For questions about the job, contact:
Talent Acquisition Partner
Jamie Poole
jamie.poole@berkshire.nhs.uk