Children's Community Nurse

To work as part of the Children's Community Nursing Team, taking responsibility for the assessment, management, and evaluation of evidenced based nursing care to children and their families or carers. To coordinate the day-to-day workload in the absence of Team Leads. To take responsibility for Learner Nurses on placement with the Team.Main duties of the job To take responsibility for the assessment, management and evaluation of skilled nursing care in negotiation with the child and family in conjunction with the Team Leads to provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with a variety of nursing needs, such as enteral feeding, intra-venous antibiotic administration, technology dependent children such as tracheostomy care and central venous access. to work in a collaborative manner with other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care to families to provide information and support to facilitate the child's and family's own choices with regards to nursing care to promote Health Education as an integrated aspect of care delivery to undertake complex discharge planning and assessment of a child's needs, ensuring detailed communication with discharging hospital and safe discharge for the child and family to empower parents and carers to enable them to safely care for their child within the community environment through education, support and risk assessment. to maintain accurate, systematic and timely record keeping including recording of clinical data.

Why join?

• Earn more per hour - bank rates are higher than agency and include holiday pay. We also cover your expenses and provide free uniforms
• See the best shifts first - bank staff get priority over all agency workers