Children's Community Continuing Health Care Staff Nurse

The staff within our continuing care team work closely with our children's community nursing team and within children's targeted community services in Salford., The post holder will be responsible for supporting the holistic assessment of children's care needs and development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within a Continuing healthcare caseload.

The postholder will support the management of a caseload of children and young people acting as a link between primary and secondary care with guidance, support from senior members of the team. This involves working unsupervised in patient's homes, and community settings, with regular supervision from senior team members including safeguarding and clinical psychology.

Attendance of mutli agency meetings with senior staff, such as discharge planning meetings, case conferences and meetings as required whilst ensuring that all relevant information is exchanged and communicated to the appropriate participants and agencies.

The staff member must be able to recognise and monitor acute exacerbations of illness and to initiate appropriate nursing interventions that will maintain the safety of the child.

The post holder will support the team leader to develop, deliver and evaluate care packages.

They will also support the team leader in the provision and coordination of the service, which includes the day to day management of the staff rotas, ensuring appropriate levels of staff and clinical safety is maintained across continuing care packages.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.