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Job summary

Main area
Community Health Services
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
351-CEN1146-MC-A
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ashton Health Centre
Town
Preston
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Paediatric Staff Nurse

Band 5

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

• Ìý ÌýPrimary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Ìý ÌýSpecialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Ìý ÌýCommunity physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website viaÌý.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Paediatric Nurse with a minimum of 1 years post registration experience seeking to undertake an interesting and highly rewarding senior nurse role.


This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced Paediatric Nurse with extensive clinical skills/knowledge in children’s complex physical needs to contribute to the co-ordination of a team of Health Care Support Workers, Nurse Associates and Staff Nurses in delivering individual packages of care.

The CPOC Team provides nursing and specialist healthcare to Children & Young People (CYP) in their own homes and schools who have an identified health need against the continuing care criteria. Support from a package of care facilitates the transfer home from hospital for many CYP and enables their families to manage their child’s complex health needs within the community to achieve an active life within their community.

The team are directly commissioned by the ICB’s via the Children’s Continuing Care Framework across Lancashire to deliver packages of care to children and young people with complex physical health needs. They are also commissioned to deliver support in schools and social care settings to individual children.

The post holder will ensure a high-quality, evidence-based service with clinical care pathways are delivered utilising available resource effectively in a safe and supportive manner when meeting the needs of CYP and their family.

Interviews will be held on Friday 17th January 2025

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work shifts across the Lancashire footprint providing training and support to HCSWs whilst meeting the child’s health needs.Ìý

You will benefit from excellent management and peer support, opportunities to work alongside specialists, a personal and professional development plan. Caseload management and staff supervision skills will be developed within the role. A robust individual induction plan will be available.

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Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional Degree or equivalent
  • Registered nurse qualification child branch
  • Current Professional Registration with NMC
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
  • Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes for children with diverse needs/ related to client group
  • Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non clinical setting
  • Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the field of practice that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of area
  • Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Care Leaver Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rebecca Higham
Job title
Clinical Nurse Business Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01282 628362
Additional information

For further information about the post please contact:

Rebecca Cowell, Team Leader for CPOC CentralÌý [email protected]Ìý

Ruksana Afsar, Team Leader for CPOC Pennine on [email protected].