A band 5 children's nurse post in Paediatric Outpatients at Hinchingbrooke, within the Children's Unit Nursing team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. The work is direct care for children and families in clinic, with the post holder supporting HCAs and liaising across the multidisciplinary team. Most of the role sits in a nurse-led clinic taking referrals from in-house and tertiary specialties for bloods, renal reviews and injections. Only applicants with a live NMC registration or UK students awaiting their PIN can be considered.
What the job involves
- Provide direct care to children and their families in outpatient and clinic settings
- Work with children and young people who have varying health and social care needs
- Support HCAs on shift within the nurse-led clinic
- Deliver blood tests, renal reviews, prolonged jaundice screens, endocrine testing and injections
- Take and manage referrals from in-house specialty teams and tertiary centres
- Advocate for children and families, promoting child-focused, family-centred care
- Liaise with the multidisciplinary team and other agencies involved in a child's care
- Act as a role model in patient care, supporting and teaching staff
- Contribute to the development of the service
Qualifications
- RSCN or RN Child
- Mentoring qualification, or willingness to work towards one
Registration & licences
- Live NMC registration, or UK nursing student awaiting PIN
Experience
- Minimum of 1 year in an acute paediatric setting
- Evidence of safeguarding experience
- Experience of mentoring students
- Experience of working with children with complex health care needs
- Sound clinical ability, including articulating the prioritising of clinical issues
- Awareness of current legislation relating to children in primary and secondary care
Skills & knowledge
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good communication skills
- Good organisation, time management and initiative, including prioritising own caseload
- Basic computer skills
- Critical analysis skills
- Willingness to learn to cannulate and take bloods if not already competent
Other
- Awareness of professional responsibilities
Nice to have
- BSc Nursing, or willingness to work towards it
- Experience of children's nursing in an outpatient setting
- Understanding of primary care
- Venepuncture and cannulation skills
- ECG skills
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
