Community Children's Nurse - Continuing Care Team in Bristol

We are looking for a passionate Children’s Nurse to join our Continuing Care Team! This is a part-time position for 35.5 hours per week, although hours can be negotiated if needed. The Lifetime Service is a Community Children’s Nursing (CCN) and Psychology Service for children and young people with non-malignant, life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. The team is based in Kingswood and provides a service across 3 ICB areas, supporting children aged 0-18 and their families, in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). The service has a Continuing Care Team (CCT) which provides unregistered trained support workers to work with children and young people who meet the children’s continuing care framework.

Main duties of the job:

• To work within the Continuing Care Team (CCT) to support children and their families who meet the Children’s Continuing Care criteria and to work with children with complex health care needs and palliative care in the community.
• To be responsible for the line management of Community Children’s nurses and Lifetime Support Workers (LSW).
• To facilitate early discharge from acute settings and fully integrate into the community.
• To deputise for the Team Leader of CCT as required.
• To line manage, to be involved in the recruitment, induction, training and preceptorship of junior members of staff.
• Creating, delivering and evaluating training programmes, specific to a child’s needs, within a multi-agency environment.
• To be involved in the rota for LSW ensuring that commissioned care needs are met.
• To ensure that care is delivered to agreed standards and within the policy framework of Sirona Care and Health and NMC guidelines.

Working for our organisation:

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality! We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire. Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits we offer. Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Person specification:

Qualifications, Skills, experience and knowledge:

• Knowledge of professional agenda and NMC standards.
• Ability to support and challenge in a supportive way.
• Understanding of systems and processes in relation to safe service delivery.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Understanding of Equality and Diversity.
• Ability to work in a changing environment.
• Children’s Continuing Care experience.
• Clinical experience encompassing Special Schools, Children’s Community Nursing, Complex Care and Palliative Care.
• Experience of complex rotas to meet service and staffing demands.
• Relevant community experience i.e. Specialist Practitioner CCN or SCPHN.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.