Band 5 Jessie May Children\'s Nurse in Swindon

Join our small, dedicated Jessie May Care Team in the Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) area, where you will provide specialist palliative nursing and respite care to children and young people in the community. You will provide skilled holistic nursing care to children and young people who have complex medical needs within the family home or other environments where respite is requested including, on occasions, hospital-based care. 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 that is part-time (25.5 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.

Do 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?

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).
• 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 Advance Care Plans and funeral planning. 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.

Note: We change lives by transforming health and care.

Package Description / Benefits

• £31,049 - £37,796 (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 everyday 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 life's 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 you're 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.