Children's Community Nurse

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an expanding service to the varied demographic of Croydon to optimise the health and well being of children and young people.

The Children's Community Nursing Team provide holistic care to children and young people with acute, highly complex and unstable long-term conditions in partnership with the multiple disciplinary team, statutory and voluntary organisations. We are fortunate to have Specialist Nurses that work in partnership with our team inclusive of a Neurodisability CNS, Transition CNS, Oncology CNS and Epilepsy CNS.

In this combined role the successful candidate will work both as The Practice Educator and hold a small caseload as a CCN. By having this combined role and working clinically this will ensure they are able to maintain their own clinical practice as a CCN , supporting their own and colleagues professional development.

They will be a part of the senior leadership team developing community services for children and young people and ensuring care is evidence based and inline with Local and National Guidelines.

The post holder will also have the opportunity to work as part of the wider Paediatric Nursing Practice Development Team and will receive clinical supervision with these colleagues.

There will be the opportunity to undertake postgraduate teaching qualification at masters level and Professional Nurse Advocate training.

Main duties of the job

To act as a role model and demonstrate expertise in delivering evidence based practice. To support Matrons in mentoring clinicalpractice and meeting professional development needs of all staff to ensure that patient care standards and their experience are exemplary and any poor practice is identified and action plans implemented. The post holder will work alongside the senior management team to implement robust governance in relation to staff training and development, NICE guidance, the development of policies and procedures relating to children's community nursing and staff training and support following clinical incidents and RADAR reviews.

The post holder will work in accordance with the Department of Health, Nursing and Midwifery Council and trust policies relating to infection control, safeguarding children/adults, standards of record keeping, medicines management, learning disabilities, privacy and dignity and other policies as appropriate to the designated areas. Be responsive to the changing needs within the Directorate in relation to local and national policy and guidance.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training. Croydon University Hospital plays an active role in training the clinicians of the future and works in partnership with major London universities

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.