Children's Complex Needs Nurse

Job summary

Rowan House, Hyde

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the ISCAN team (Integrated Service for Children with Additional Needs). It involves offering nursing, therapy and support to children with additional needs and their family as part of a multi-agency team. You will work in a variety of settings including clinics, schools and children's homes.

Main duties of the job

You will have experience of working with children with complex healthcare needs and their families and have good communication skills. Applicants must have the experience to provide, implement and manage training packages for children with complex needs, as well as the ability to carry our other complex needs nursing duties as required.

Applicants should be flexible, reliable, enthusiastic and able to adapt to various situations and conditions.

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Safety
• Care
• Respect
• Communication
• Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached and can be downloaded.

The person specification detailed below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Be a Degree level registered nurse (child) with significant post registration experience.
• Mentorship qualification.

Desirable

• Non-Medical prescriber

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• A sound knowledge of child development and common complex disabilities and a range of treatment approaches
• Understanding of evidence based practice and the implications for clinical practice.
• Knowledge of Child Protection Legislation
• Common Assessment Framework and common processes
• Understanding of evidence based practice and the implications for clinical practice.
• Networking and interagency working
• Good working knowledge of therapy processes and theoretical models
• Significant experience as a qualified children's nurse working with children with complex needs within a relevant setting
• Experience working as part of a multi-agency team
• Evidence of continuous professional development maintained in a portfolio including attendance of recent post graduate courses
• Experience supervising junior staff/therapy assistants
• Working with children and young people in the school and community setting
• Significant post registration experience

Desirable

• To have knowledge of National Care Record System (EMIS/Lorenzo)
• Experience working collaboratively with other agencies, e.g. education, social care, voluntary sector
• Awareness of NHS modernization Agenda

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to identify own learning needs.
• Ability to implement screening/immunisation programmes
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Developing networks
• Ability to keep legible, accurate and contemporary records
• Communication - all ages and abilities of understanding
• Independent working
• Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with different agencies
• Self-motivating & Self-evaluating
• Ability to identify own learning needs
• Ability to work with and empower children and adolescents of all abilities
• Teaching and assessment skills
• Mentorship skills
• Ability to implement packages of care