Specialist Nurse - Child Development Centre
- Chichester
- £38,682-46,580 per year
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Contributes to the development of services, protocols, pathways, monitor workload and implement service developments/team objectives.
- Undertakes assessments of individual children and their families which can include assessment and post diagnostic support of complex conditions.
- Uses clinical judgement and individual decision making about nursing care requirements; assesses, plans, delivers, evaluates and records care without supervision to address health related problems/needs when needs are relatively stable and consistent with others in the caseload.
- Co-ordinates and liaises with MDT members, delegating activities to a range of team members and influencing individuals to reach decisions and take resultant actions
- Promotes health through broad programmes/initiatives
- Organises and leads training sessions for individual/groups of CYP parents and families
- Contributes to the development and implementation of policy and care delivery strategies, acting as a source of advice for junior members of the nursing team on clinical matters and decision making.
- Able to initiate interventions to improve family resilience and reduce risk of family breakdown.. Able to respond appropriately when working with children with disabilities and their families regarding the impact of adverse life events, including how family health history, mental health and parental lifestyle choices impact on the child's health and development
- Provides a specialist Nurse role within the child development services contributing to the assessment, intervention and care planning for children known to the service.
- Has an integral role in the co-ordination of services for children and their families and in forging and maintaining links with others working with children with complex needs. Provides consultation, support, training, high quality information and sign posting to families and other professionals.
- Provides a specialist Nurse role within the child development services contributing to the assessment, intervention and care planning for children known to the service.
- Has an integral role in the co-ordination of services for children and their families and in forging and maintaining links with others working with children with complex needs. Provides consultation, support, training, high quality information and sign posting to families and other professionals.
- RN (Child/Adult) AND with an additional community qualification ie: Health Visitor/Specialist Community Public Health
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject area or evidence of equivalent experience
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject area or evidence of equivalent experience
- Experience of multi- disciplinary / multi-agency working
- Minimum three years working as a Registered Nurse with families in the community
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive and sometimes contentious information
- Experience of working with children with disabilities
- Evidence of skills for assessment and interpreting specialist patient/client conditions, taking appropriate action, including child protection issues
- Ability to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work on own initiative, make decisions and prioritise
- Ability to relate theory to practice
- Ability to work as an effective multi-disciplinary team member
- Ability to act as an educator on a 1:1 basis
- Ability to assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- Ability to provide cultural awareness and sensitivity to the differing needs of client groups
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of caseload and workload management
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of relevant NHS legislation and policies
- Working knowledge of Child Development and disability demonstrated by good clinical reasoning
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of key legislation relating to children with additional needs.
- Ability to undertake research and audit activity with support
- Ability to competently use computers including software such as word, excel, power points and proficient use of electronic patient records systems
- Should hold a driver licence and be able travel across the trust area to regular meetings.
- RN (Child/Adult) AND with an additional community qualification ie: Health Visitor/Specialist Community Public Health
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject area or evidence of equivalent experience
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject area or evidence of equivalent experience
- Experience of multi- disciplinary / multi-agency working
- Minimum three years working as a Registered Nurse with families in the community
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive and sometimes contentious information
- Experience of working with children with disabilities
- Evidence of skills for assessment and interpreting specialist patient/client conditions, taking appropriate action, including child protection issues
- Ability to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work on own initiative, make decisions and prioritise
- Ability to relate theory to practice
- Ability to work as an effective multi-disciplinary team member
- Ability to act as an educator on a 1:1 basis
- Ability to assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- Ability to provide cultural awareness and sensitivity to the differing needs of client groups
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of caseload and workload management
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of relevant NHS legislation and policies
- Working knowledge of Child Development and disability demonstrated by good clinical reasoning
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of key legislation relating to children with additional needs.
- Ability to undertake research and audit activity with support
- Ability to competently use computers including software such as word, excel, power points and proficient use of electronic patient records systems
- Should hold a driver licence and be able travel across the trust area to regular meetings.