Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.    Communication and relationship skills

• Deliver effective communication within the children’s nursing team, the child and family and other professional main stream services.  
  Communicate complex patient information, verbally and in writing to other professionals.
• Provide advice, motivation and education to patient’s family and carers in respect of their medical/health condition, where there may be barriers to understanding, being empathetic and providing reassurance.

2.    Knowledge, training and experience

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent preferred.
• Have an understanding of healthcare in the community setting and functioning of an integrated working approach to care.

3.    Analytical and judgement skills

• Have the ability to prioritise and respond appropriately to patient referrals.
• Be proactive in the management of risks.
• Have the ability to recognise when to seek advice and feedback from trained staff when there are changes in a child’s condition or needs 

4.    Planning and organisational skills

• Have effective time management skills to meet the demands of allocated patient care.
• Support the community children’s nursing team in the management of the caseload.
• Have the ability to adapt and be flexible in responding to changing needs and demands of the service.

5.    Physical skills

• Undertake a range of clinical skills including blood pressure measurement,  urinalysis, weighing and measuring, wound care, and other nurse delegated tasks with basic competency levels signed off by registered nurses.
• Basic IT and keyboard skills, including the use of Word & Excel, are required

6.    Responsibility for patient care

• To liaise with other services to provide a seamless patient experience and quality outcome
• Actively promote equality and value diversity 
• Provide a range of care interventions to children and young people in the community or clinic settings, working alone or with other team members as per the child’s health care plan to ensure that individual needs are met.  
• Maintain clinical competency and an awareness of health and social care to ensure high standards of care.

7.    Responsibility for policy and service development implementation

• Maintain a professional manner and act as a role model, adherence to organisational policies and protocols. 
• Actively participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities including risk assessments. 
• Participate in data collection, activity reporting and outcome measuring for community children's nursing.
• Actively progress integrated/interprofessional patient care and collaborative working.
• Contribute to the achievement of organisation and service objectives.
• To be aware of safeguarding vulnerable adult/children issues, being patient advocate and reporting concerns to senior members of the team.
• Be aware of legal and ethical responsibilities to protect patients’ confidentiality.

8.    Responsibilities for financial and physical resources.

• Educate children & families to ensure  awareness of the correct use of equipment and consumables.
• Promote compliance to the organisation's procedures for supply of consumable.
• Assist in maintenance of stock levels for the team and patients.

9.    Responsibilities for human resources (HR)

• Participate in own appraisal and clinical supervision.
• Take responsibility to maintain personal clinical competence. 

10.    Responsibilities for information resources

• Ensure records are kept up to date and safeguard patient confidentiality by being aware of professional, legal and ethical responsibilities.
• Record and submit accurate, timely data and information to inform caseload management and service development.