Community Paediatric Nurse

Job Summary

We are excited to be recruiting a highly self-motivated Paediatric Nurse to join our experienced team. Clinical Educator to our Support Teams to provide high quality support to children with complex needs. This will include training and competency support for community-based nursing support packages for children and young people with complex and long-term conditions/needs including Acquired/Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurological Conditions, Spinal Injury, Palliative Care, Tracheostomy, Ventilation support, PEG support and Catheter care etc.

You will be responsible for the facilitation of a high-quality learning environment to ensure the children and young people KEYFORT support have safe, effective, caring and responsive care teams. You will work closely with a variety of departments including management, support workers and external professional organisations to ensure education is an excellent standard. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in support delivery, guiding teams with effective support planning and risk assessments.

Your focus must always be to enable staff teams to make a real difference to the children and young people we support. A self-starter with a positive problem-solving attitude is essential.

Location:

NE and NW, some hybrid working, some office working with occasional travel to regional offices. To lead the delivery of high-quality clinical training and competency processes to enable KEYFORT in delivering safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led support for now and into the future. To deliver training and competency support for community-based nursing support packages for Children with complex and long-term conditions/needs including acquired/traumatic brain injury, neurological conditions, spinal injury, palliative care, tracheostomy, ventilation support, PEG support and catheter care etc.

To be responsible for ongoing competencies and training using evidence-based methods which embrace Person-Centred Care, nursing practice models and shared decision making. To provide supervision and observe support staff to ensure the agreed support plan is being achieved and support routines are being actioned. To promote and facilitate a progressive learning environment for all KEYFORT services requiring nursing support. To safeguard people at all times.

To work alongside all services to develop packages which meet the needs of individuals by assessing their support needs, as well as identifying and agreeing support goals and care plans with people we support, their next of kin, commissioners and other professionals. To manage a nursing caseload within the North East region, identifying and delivering the appropriate support plans.

• Clinical:
  To act as an effective role model within KEYFORT. To work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. To adhere to CQC Key Lines of Enquiry at all times. To work alongside the training department and senior managers to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical training delivery across Children’s Services. To support in overseeing the delivery of clinical support activities such as advanced medication, PEG care, ventilator care, tracheostomy care, catheter care, skin care, bowel therapy and any future training needs which are identified as clinical.
  
  To work in partnership with the Training department to identify training needs and identify solutions. To provide supervision, support, guidance and training to members of staff delivering care when identified under the clinical nursing remit. To communicate clearly and effectively with all, at all times using a variety of methods. To be responsible for maintaining own professional registration and revalidation by identifying opportunities which meet clinical needs.
  
  To develop strong relationships with nursing colleagues at KEYFORT and externally to identify practices and work in a solution-focused way.

• Support Provision:
  If identified, to carry a caseload of people we support who require nursing-based needs. To safeguard people receiving support at all times and always act in their best interests. When required, to support the initial…