Children's Community Nurse

Job overview

• The Staff Nurse will deliver high quality, personalised, compassionate care to service users, providing a range of specialist interventions.
• Ensure consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence, which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
• Lead the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of patient-centred care in a range of settings.
• Provide clinical supervision and support to junior colleagues, including students.
• Assist and support the manager, as directed, to deliver a nurse-led integrated care service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
• Maintain a safe and therapeutic working environment, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining accurate records.
• Band 5 Nursing roles are only open to staff with a Nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

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To offer nurse-led continence clinics across Greenwich & Bexley, and to support children and young people with complex needs in special schools, and at home as part of the special school & children's continuing care nursing service.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Task and Responsibilities

Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments, using decision-making skills.

Deliver high-quality clinical care within the service. This will include acute and primary care, long-term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services, health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.

Demonstrate and provide robust clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome-driven practice on a day-to-day basis.

Support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and promote research as appropriate.

Participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision, training, and annual appraisal and ensure that this becomes an integral part of team practice.

Ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient-centred care-planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout the service.

Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.

Be guided by standard operating procedures (SOPs), good practice, established precedents and understand what results or standards are to be achieved. Make comments on proposals for changes, regarding working practices, service improvements or patient feedback.

Work independently within organisational and professional guidelines and established professional parameters, working to the nationally recognised code of conduct and Standards of Proficiency for Nurses. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion, and manage relationships with people, making reasonable adjustments where necessary.

Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.

Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the members of the MDT team, families and carers.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

If you have declared you are part of the armed forces community, you may be asked to provide evidence during the recruitment process. If you misrepresent this information, your offer may be withdrawn. For Armed Forces specific support, see our webpage: https://oxleas.nhs.uk/armed-forces-community/

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, it's essential to personalise this information, particularly your supporting information section. While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you’re applying for. There is also a risk that it can generate false or misleading information. AI-generated job applications can often be generic, impersonal and may not accurately reflect your qualifications, knowledge, skills, and experiences. It is crucial that you personalise your supporting statement by articulating these in your unique voice. Relying solely on AI to write your application or supporting information section is not advocated by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process.

We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct. Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.