Integrated Community Children's NurseinPortsmouthinPortsmouthPUBLISHED TUE 22 OCT 2024
This role requires the nurse to develop and implement individualized care programs, support junior staff, and offer emotional support to families. The iCCN seeks a skilled, enthusiastic individual who can adapt to the evolving needs of families, provide training to caregivers, and maintain a high standard of care that encompasses the physical, psychological, and social well-being of each child. Flexible working options are available and encouraged to be discussed during the interview process.
Meet Jeniyah, one of our Childrens Nurses: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsaL4D iCCN team provide specialist nursing care, support and co-ordination of care to children and young people (CYP) with complex health care needs and disabilities. These may include those with life limiting/life threatening conditions, chronic illnesses, palliative care needs, end of life care needs and short-term acute care needs including urgent care pathways.
Due to exciting developmental opportunities, we are seeking a skilled, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking Community Children's Nurse for our integrated Community Children's Nursing (iCCN) team.
Our established, passionate and dedicated iCCN team work collaboratively with children, young people, families, and the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is provided as close to home as possible. We provide high quality and holistic, family centred care to CYP with a nursing need including those with:
*Acute and short-term conditions
*Long term conditions
*Disabilities, complex conditions, those requiring continuing care and neonates.
*Life-limiting and life-threatening illness, including those requiring palliative and end of life care.
As a CCN you will have the opportunity to shape our responsive service as it continually adapts to the ever-changing needs of the families. Having a key role in care planning, training, and multi-disciplinary liaison for CYP with a range of needs within their home, school, and wider community.
*The iCCN service aims to provide a high quality in reach and outreach nursing service which enables early, safe planned discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admissions.
*Manage a caseload. Provide specialised, high quality skilled nursing care, considering the physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs of the child with nursing care needs. This will include those with complex health care needs, palliative care needs, life-limiting illnesses and children dependant on technology (and those requiring short term support). This requires developing, implementing and evaluating individualised programmes of care.
*Support the management of the integrated acute and community care pathways for children with short term conditions
*Provide supervision and monitoring of junior staff/students with support of senior team.
*Work with families to provide emotional support and specialist clinical care, sensitive to the changing and on-going needs of the child, siblings, parents and other carers.
*Teach families/carers to carry out specific complex nursing care and procedures which enables them to feel confident and competent in caring for the child.
About us
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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