Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communicate effectively with children, young people and families, adapting communication style to meet developmental, cultural and emotional needs.

Provide complex and sensitive clinical information in a clear and empathetic manner.

Communicate effectively with members of the multidisciplinary and multi-agency team, including health, education and social care professionals.

·         Manage and prioritise a daily caseload, balancing competing demands and changing priorities.

·         Plan, coordinate and organise care delivery across community settings to ensure continuity of care.

·         Organise own workload and contribute to team workload planning.

·         Participate in service planning activities to support effective and efficient service delivery.

·         Use Trust resources, equipment and supplies efficiently and responsibly.

·         Ensure safe use, storage and maintenance of clinical equipment.

·         Identify and report issues relating to equipment, stock or resource availability.

·         Contribute to cost-effective care delivery through appropriate use of resources

·         Implement Trust, local and national policies, procedures and clinical guidelines.

·         Contribute to the review, development and implementation of policies, pathways and protocols.

·         Participate in service development and quality improvement initiatives.

·         Support the implementation of change within the service to improve patient outcomes and experience.

·         Supervise, mentor and support junior nursing staff, support workers and students.

·         Act as a role model, promoting professional standards, equality, diversity and inclusion.

·         Contribute to recruitment, induction and retention of staff where appropriate.

·         Support the education and development of students and other staff.

·         Deliver training, teaching and health education to children, families and carers.

·         Participate in the delivery of in-service training and sharing of best practice.

·         Maintain own professional development and mandatory training requirements.

 ·         Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and confidential patient records using electronic systems.

·         Ensure compliance with information governance and data protection legislation.

·         Collect and input data required for service monitoring, reporting and evaluation.

·         Use information and data to inform clinical practice and service improvement.

 ·         Participate in audit, service evaluation and quality improvement activities.

·         Support implementation of research findings and evidence-based practice.

·         Use audit outcomes to inform changes in practice and improve care delivery.

·         Maintain awareness of current research and professional developments relevant to children’s community nursing.

·         Undertake clinical procedures requiring precision, dexterity and accuracy.

·         Travel independently across a range of community settings, including homes, schools and clinics.

·         Manage the physical demands of community nursing, including moving and handling equipment.

·         Maintain concentration and emotional resilience when caring for children with complex or distressing needs.