Job Overview

Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

Diana children’s community nursing service has a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated band 5 Registered children’s nurse to join our team.

If you have a passion for caring for children and young people with complex health conditions in their own homes, then a move into community children’s nursing could be the right career choice for you.

You will be part of a compassionate forward-thinking team, committed to providing the highest standard of care to children and young people in the community.

We offer many opportunities for continued professional development and career progression within the team.

Contact Details: Contact Details: Kelly Hackett . kelly.hackett@nhs.net 01162955080

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

The Diana Nurse will be responsible for supporting the management of a caseload of children, including those with complex health needs , technology dependent needs and children/ young people with life limiting/threatening illness. They will support coordination, assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care in the community setting.

• Work in conjunction with both statutory and non-statutory agencies in providing packages of care for children referred to the service with support from senior colleagues when required
  
• To plan and deliver care to prevent admission to hospital wherever possible and promote early discharge.
• Demonstrate substantial application of skills and knowledge in Children’s Nursing in a variety of settings including community

Must be a car driver with ability to travel across Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland.

For more details please refer to the Job Description and Job addendum

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.