The nurse will adhere to clinical policies, promote excellence in nursing, participate in staff education and development, and engage in quality assurance initiatives. Operational hours span from Monday to Sunday, 8 AM to 10 PM, including Bank Holidays, necessitating a valid driving license and access to a vehicle. The Trust promotes equality and diversity and encourages applications from all individuals, aiming to create an inclusive workforce that represents the communities served.
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a qualified band 5, who is a motivated and enthusiastic nurse with excellent communication skills and good organisational skills who can deliver evidence based nursing care to children at home. Trafford Children's Community Nursing team support children in the community with acute and chronic conditions and work closely with other members of the multi disciplinary team. You will be part of a forward thinking, friendly team and you will be supported to develop professionally.
The post holder will be working within the Children's Community Nursing Team (CCNT), with dedicated support from Community Specialist Practitioners. By developing knowledge and skills by working with CCNT, the post holder will then later be supported to gain their Specialist Community Specialist Practitioner qualification.
Operational hours of the service are Monday to Sunday, 08.00am - 10pm, including Bank Holidays. Applicants must have a valid driving license and access to a vehicle.
Clinical
Demonstrate that all delivery of care complies with the Trust's clinical policies and guidelines.
Promote clinical excellence through the principle of the Trust's philosophy and the implementation of the nursing strategy.
Take a supporting role in ensuring the compliance of quality assurance initiatives with agreed clinical standards.
Adopt a multi-disciplinary team approach to children's community health care.
Ensure that full use is made of the ability to develop the role of the nurse in accordance with requirements of clients, the service and the NMC.
Prescribe treatment for patients/clients for conditions within their clinical competence, relevant qualification and the remit of the service.
Personnel
Participate in the induction and orientation programmes for newly appointed staff.
Undertake appraisals for junior staff
Education and Training
Support the team in maintaining an appropriate learning environment to meet the education and development needs of all staff, including students.
Ensure awareness of the measures to safeguard patients' rights and confidentiality.
About us
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at looking forward to hearing from you!
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