Job SummaryAs one of our Band 5 Jessie May Children's Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our Wiltshire Children's Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise. An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission.
About usHCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. Established in 2006, HCRG Care Group works with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. The group delivers and transforms adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, MSK services, and adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, HCRG Care Group supports communities of many millions and directly helps more than half a million people each year. Guided by their simple values: 'we care, we think, we do,' they are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join their team. They are a Disability Confident Committed company, ensuring inclusivity in their facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions.
Job IntroductionDo you have a passion for delivering compassionate, holistic nursing care to children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions? Would you like to make a real difference to families in their own homes?
Join our small, dedicated Jessie May Care Team in the Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) area, where you will provide specialist care to children and young people in the community.
Our respite sessions last 3.5 hours long, this is to allow parents and carers to take a break from caring duties. We are looking for two part-time candidates that can predominantly work our teatime sessions, these sessions are usually 3:30/4pm 7:00/730pm, with travel time included around your shift timings. We can be flexible of working days and are happy to discuss your personal preferences whilst ensuring that they meet the service needs.
We support families who live in B&NES, Swindon, and Wiltshire, and whilst we will aim to roster you to support a family who lives nearest your work base location there is an expectation with this role that your will have to travel long distances across BSW.
You will provide skilled holistic nursing care to children and young people who have complex medical needs within the family home or other environments, this may include visiting a child in hospital.You will also provide emotional support and advice to the children, and parent/carers on the caseload, and will be responsible for the planning, implementation and the evaluation of individualised care during each respite visit in the absence of the parents or carers.
You will be skilled in communicating, establishing and maintaining good relationships with the children, young people and their families on the caseload and work effectively within the Jessie May Care Team.
This is an extremely rewarding role and we have 2 part-time positions available working 12.75 hours per week.We have base locations across BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire so you will be allocated a base closest to your home however, as this is a community based role travel is required and therefore willingness to travel and a valid UK driving licence is essential for this role.
For more information or any enquiries, please contact Tracy.Abbott@hcrgcaregroup.com
Main Responsibilities- Provide safe and effective respite care to children on the BSW Jessie May caseload. Care to always be provided in line with child specific care plan(s).
- Support the palliative care needs of children and families
- Maintain clinical skills and competency on a range of complex health needs, to include (but not exclusive to): tracheostomy management, enteral feeding, seizure management, long term ventilation, oral suction, nursing observation and assessment.
- Follow any emergency procedures/guidelines for the child or young person receiving care.
- Administer medication in line with medicines administration charts and service policy.
- Assist with dressing, undressing, personal hygiene, toileting in a sensitive manner, encouraging the child or young person to be as independent as possible within their capability.
- Ensure the child and their family are at the centre of everything that we do. Provide care that is consistent with their wishes and ensure the voice of the child is heard and underpins everything that you do.
- Actively listen to the child and family, and offer emotional support using empathetic communication.
- Keep records of all care given and observations made in accordance with HCRG Care Group policy.
- Identify the need for any additional emotional support for the child and the parent/carer and communicate this in an appropriate manner to the care team and Jessie May team around the family.
- Recognise the need for specialised bereavement support, especially around the
- Maintain communication with the care team and Bereavement lead to ensure the family receives all appropriate support as needed.
- Participate in service evaluation and development.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Registered Nurse qualification (NMC registration required).
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. 
