Children's Community Nurse
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Children's Community Nursing team here at Stockport for a 9-month fixed-term or Secondment covering maternity leave.
Duties
- You will be responsible for delivering care to children with acute and chronic health needs within their own homes across 7 days.
- You should be experienced in working with children who have acute health needs and have an understanding of children with complex health care needs.
- You must be able to work flexibly between the hours of 8 am and 9 pm, 7 days a week and be able to support an overnight on-call service for children who are at the end of life.
- You will be at the forefront of assessing the child, planning, implementing care and evaluating success.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding of children is paramount, and you will be responsible for promoting this by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures and acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
Before applying for a secondment opportunity, please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line manager.
About Role
- The post holder will work as an experienced and autonomous practitioner within the Children’s Community Nursing Service.
- Providing high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people with a range of acute, chronic and complex health needs.
- The role requires clinical expertise, leadership responsibilities, and contribution to service delivery, development and evaluation in line with Trust objectives and national standards.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare, and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
Additional Information
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity.
Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application, please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits We Offer To You
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Helen Hyde
Job title: Team Leader
Email address: Helen.Hyde@stockport.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 419 2124
Name/Role: Paediatric Matron- Philippa Hamblett
Email: philipppa.hamblett@stockport.nhs.uk
