Registered Nurse in Sittingbourne

To provide holistic nursing care and support to children and young people with life limiting/life threatening conditions and their families/carers, utilising the skills, knowledge and expertise of the qualified practitioner in a variety of situations, working on their own initiative and accessing and contributing to the skill base of the wider team. Working in collaboration with other services to best meet the needs of the child/young person and their family.

Main duties of the job

To safeguard all children and young people accessing services; by responding to concerns raised in a timely and appropriate manner and effectively escalating these in accordance with policies and procedures.Be the nurse you dreamt of and join Team Demelza! Are you a qualified and experienced registered nurse (children or learning disabilities)? Do you want time to deliver personalised care to children and young people? Do you want to be part of a nurse-led team where your professional development is paramount and you have access to high quality training? If you do, Demelza is the place for you. At Demelza, you will care for children with a range of complex conditions, getting to know them and their families. You will structure your care around their individual needs, with no two days being the same. Through a comprehensive training programme and continuous professional development, you will utilise your existing skills whilst gaining new ones around palliative care, symptom management and end of life care. Join us and you can be the nurse you dreamt of being by delivering expert, individualised, and compassionate care that makes a real difference to children and families.

About us

Demelza delivers extraordinary care to extraordinary children who are facing serious or life-limiting conditions, throughout Kent, South East London and East Sussex. We're here to support them and their families at every step - from first diagnosis and for as long as we're needed. Demelza believes in care that doesn't back down. We are Demelza.

Job responsibilities

Assess, plan, evaluate and deliver high quality nursing care to meet the diverse and individual needs of children/young people and their families within competency level.To work with other team members to ensure that plans of care are carried out to the agreed standard.To support case load management with allocated children/young people and families when this model of care is in place.To identify, escalate and report significant changes in a child/young persons condition or well-being, outside area of competence.To contribute to area of delegated specialism with support from Band 6 Registered Nurse.To deliver prescribed care, assessing and evaluating child/young persons presentations, observations and contribute to clinical reassessment. To include End of Life Care with support.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Demonstrate close alignment to all Demelza values
• Registered Nurse on subpart 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Registers Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse
• Educated to Level 6 of the National Qualifications Framework, or willingness to undertake
• Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of clinical skills in paediatric nursing
• Able to demonstrate awareness of safeguarding children and young people
• Experience of working with children and/or young people with disabilities and complex health needs
• Hold a mentorship qualification or be prepared to work towards
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to travel to other sites as required
• Full driving licence and access to own vehicle for business use or access to reliable transport arrangements
• Experience of delivering end of life care
• Experience of paediatric intensive care
• Experience of long term ventilation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.