We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic Children's Nurse to join our team on a fixed term 12 month basis.

If you work at Blackpool Teaching Hospital this could be a secondment and you would have to ask your Line Manager for permission to apply.

The Children's Community Nursing Service is a small but well-established service that provides care to children and young people who have an identified nursing need/ long term health need, supporting and empowering families to manage their child at home and in a variety of settings across Blackpool. The service also provides the special school nursing to a number of special schools across the Blackpool and Fylde and Wyre area.

You will be part of a multi-professional team and will require excellent communication skills. We will offer a comprehensive induction and competency programme; prior competency evidence of IV therapy, Venepuncture/ blood sampling, enteral feeding device care, tracheostomy care and Medical Devices will be considered useful.

The post holder has responsibility for the clinical care and treatments of children and young people as part of the Children’s community nursing team.

Effective assessment of children's health needs and development of individual care plans is a key role

Undertaking home IVs ,administration of IM medication and venepuncture is a regular clinical activity .

Wound care and management, application of dressings, development of wound care plans and working alongside tissue viability leads is key

Regular attendance at meetings with the wider MDT ,support and facilitate the arranging of multidisciplinary meetings required to enable early discharge and complex discharge to home

Safeguarding children is central to the role : working with and supporting vulnerable children and their families ,undertaking relevant referrals and attending supportive meetings

Working with children with both acute medical needs and complex needs .Involvement with short episodes of care and long term complex conditions

Supporting children referred to virtual ward ensures early discharge where possible and supports further our commitment to caring for children in the home setting

The staff team undertake various required assessments i.e. continence and product assessments ,routine health assessments and contribute to the EHCP process offering individual health advices .

Training and Education of parents and families and school and nursery staff is a vital and key part of the role

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients. We employ more than 6,500 staff, have approximately 900 beds and have a planned turnover in excess of £410m for 2017/2018.

As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live . In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

The children’s community team cover a seven day service from 8am-9pm. We support nursing care in the community to facilitate early discharges, prevent hospital admissions or readmissions and as support children with health needs in their school.

We support education staff to meet the health needs of children by training them and developing care plans and work alongside other multi agency teams to support children to achieve best outcomes.

This post is for 28.5 hours per week on a fixed term 12 month basis.

Daily access to your own vehicle for managing community visits is required.

• Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*