Community Outreach Children's Nurse

Introduced in March 2022 our Paediatric Virtual Ward is a new initiative allowing children and young people to receive care at home with support from the specialist paediatric team. This initiative has been widely recognised as a very positive experience for children, young people, their parents and carers.
This is an extremely exciting opportunity to join our team to support our Paediatric Virtual Ward. We are looking for experienced paediatric nurses who will be able to integrate into our well-established community outreach team.
The team works in collaboration with the medical team to admit children on the virtual ward, monitor and support during their stay and undertake nurse-led discharge plans.
The ideal candidate will be highly motivated with a passion for paediatric community nursing and a commitment to service development and excellence in care. You will be required to work flexibly including weekends.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Community Lead Nurse Louise Dunn for further information - ext 3423, The post holder will manage a varied caseload of eligible children aged 0-18 years, (up to age 19 years when attending a special school) to provide high quality nursing services in the community for children who meet the specific referral criteria. They will support the children's ward to facilitate early discharge and prevent hospital admissions where possible.
The post holder will support the implementation of effective care packages with children/young people and their families/carers and other members of the multi-agency team, by leading the discharge from hospital into the community, including the patients who meet the criteria for the newly established virtual ward.
The post holder will be responsible for identifying and writing of guidelines, policies and standards relating to children/young people in line with government and Trust directives and monitoring standards through audit and evaluation.
The post holder may be required to work flexibly during periods of annual leave in order to provide a community service.
The post holder will participate in the education and training of nursing students on the community and will act as a role model to junior staff and other team members.

Working for our organisation
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.
We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible., We are committed to equal opportunities and want to ensure our workforce is representative of the population we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and diverse groups. It is essential we understand our demographics, in order that we can monitor our performance as an equal opportunity employer, as well as continuing to embed a culture of inclusivity across the organisation, which supports the active participation and contribution of our diverse staff groups in the Trusts decision making processes . On application the shortlisting manager will not see this criterion and therefore it cannot be part of their decision making. Please ensure you complete your equal opportunities questions for us and help us to make sure everyone is welcome.
The Trust is committed to employing and supporting people with disabilities. It is the Trust's policy to interview all candidates with a disability who meet the minimum 'essential' criteria as identified on the person specification. To ensure we know you have a disability, please inform us under the appropriate section on the application form. We welcome applications from the LGBTQ+ community and openly encourage people with different sexual orientation, gender identity and expression to apply to join our team. We promise to respect and encourage the use of all pronouns and will not purposefully mis-gender anyone.
We are governed by the public sector equality duties and by our values of Care, Respect and Responsibility to ensure we eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other behaviour that is unlawful, undermines our core values and/or falls short of our Behaviour Framework. We want all of our staff to 'call out' any behaviour from colleagues, patients or visitors that constitutes the above and appropriate action be taken.
We will, at every opportunity, advance equality and inclusivity for all staff, at all levels within the organisation, by removing or minimising disadvantage, encouraging participation and taking all relevant steps to meet the needs of anyone who shares a protected characteristic. We will also foster good relations between persons who share a protected characteristic by tackling prejudice and promoting understanding at every opportunity.
We have staff Networks in place to help support staff experience of diverse staff groups and inform us on the actions, interventions and support what we need to put in place to improve the working lives and daily experiences of all colleagues and all teams. Anyone can join the networks and we take pride in having Allies as part of every network within the organisation.
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Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Please note, preference will be given to at risk employees.
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