Children's Community Nurse | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 November 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum, Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Location: | Sale, M33 7ZF |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6772767/349-LCO-6772767 |
Summary
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.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll 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 you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT 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 resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Nov 2024
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