Band 6 Community Children's Nurse

Job overview

Are you a passionate Children's Nurse looking to expand your skills and make a real difference to children, young people and families in their own homes and communities?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Community Children's Nurse to join our dedicated Community Children's Nursing Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary service supporting children and young people with complex health needs, long-term conditions, disabilities, palliative care and end of life care requirements across Birmingham.

As a Community Children's Nurse, you will have the privilege of building meaningful relationships with children and families, delivering holistic, family-centred care and enabling children to receive care in the place that is right for them. You'll play a key role in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting hospital discharge and helping children achieve the best possible quality of life.

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The Band 6 Community Children’s Nurse will provide high quality, evidence based care to children and young people with acute, complex and long term health needs in their homes and community settings. The post holder will undertake holistic assessments, develop and evaluate care plans, and ensure safe, effective and family centred care.

Managing a delegated caseload, the post holder will work collaboratively with children, families, schools, GPs, hospital teams and partner agencies to coordinate care, support hospital avoidance and facilitate timely discharge from acute services.

The role includes supporting children and young people with complex healthcare needs, life limiting conditions and palliative care requirements, helping families to manage care safely within the community. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of specialist palliative and end of life care, including participation in the out of hours on-call service.

As a senior member of the team, the post holder will provide clinical leadership, support colleagues and students, contribute to service development and quality improvement, and maintain high standards of safeguarding, clinical governance and record keeping. They will also provide education and support to families and carers, promoting independence and improving outcomes for children and young people across Birmingham.

Working for our organisation

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Work in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Practice and Scope of Professional Practice. Professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all activities.
2. Provide comprehensive evidenced based and skilled nursing care to children within their own home and/or other community settings.
3. Ensure assessment, planning and delivery of holistic care is of the highest standard utilising an agreed nursing model.
4. Work in partnership with children, families and carers to provide optimum individual outcome acknowledging children and family’s personal preferences and lifestyles.
5. Liaise and work in collaboration with acute services, primary healthcare team and other agencies when planning and implementing programmes of care.
6. Provide the clinical lead in care packages funded by the Community Complex Care team when allocated to the Community Children’s Nursing (CCN) caseload.
7. Provide health education information to the child/young person, family and carers to promote a healthy lifestyle through health promotion activities as required.
8. Plan and participate in teaching packages to families and carers to ensure evidenced based care is delivered.
9. Advise the Team Leader, Clinical Lead or Service Manager of any circumstances which give cause for concern in relation to patient care and/or any concerns raised by the primary healthcare team or partner agencies.
10. Undertake home visits to children registered with GP’s within Birmingham as required.
11. Undertake home visit risk assessments to ensure safety during visits especially those during unsociable hours.
12. Obtain informed consent from Children, Parents and Carers prior to undertaking care.
13. Maintain clear, concise and contemporaneous records adhering to BCHC record keeping policies.
14. To be professionally and legally accountable for nursing practice and all activities.
15. Provide a flexible service to accommodate the working environment.

UK Home Office Visa Sponsorship requirements

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 6) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link, will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.

All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 7 - 9) that meet the prescribed skill level (RQF 6) and salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.

The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As part of our ongoing commitment to being a Great Place to Work, we actively foster and support a workplace culture that is inclusive and equitable for all staff, patients and service users.

We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with diverse abilities, experiences, and perspectives.

We are also dedicated to supporting the career progression of colleagues from underrepresented backgrounds into this role and more senior roles within the Division and the wider organisation.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

DBS Costs

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with the Trust will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary in 3 payments over a 3-month period once you start employment. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to these deductions being made. The charges for the DBS include the administration fee. The total costs are £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for. For bank Workers the full cost of the DBS check (as detailed above) will be deducted from your pay following completion of your online mandatory training. No payment will be made for your online training until it is all complete and verified by the Temporary Staffing Team. Please note: You will not be able to work any bank shifts until you have completed your mandatory training, and your DBS is in place.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Using Artificial Intelligence

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible