JOB DESCRIPTION

POST TITLE: Community Staff Nurse

GRADE: Band 5
HOURS: 1.0 WTE – 37.5 hours /week
LOCATION: CCNT team
REPORTING TO: Band 6 CCN
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Service Manager CCNT

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to
share this commitment.

Job Purpose:

 Work within the established Community Children’s Nursing Team providing evidence based
nursing care for in the community setting under the supervision of the Children’s
Community Nursing Sisters.

 In conjunction with the case holder caring for specific children and their families in the home
or other community setting, including liaising/organising with partner agencies and
attending multi-agency care planning meetings.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. To manage a defined caseload of clinical work under the supervision of the Caseload
holder

2. To work as an effective team member

3. To undertake comprehensive nursing assessments

4. To provide theoretical training and competency based assessments in relation to nursing

interventions to partner agencies

5. Work with all relevant staff and parents involved in the child/young person’s care

6. Ensure a robust health care plan is developed reflecting the needs of the child or young
person

7. Update health care plans and ensure these are clearly documented and understood by all
staff

8. Contribute to the written (System one) records detailing any specialist health
support/advice within day to day recording

9. To develop special interests and links in specific areas of Children’s Community Nursing,
for example tissue viability, paediatric oncology, in order to keep up with current research
and update other members of the team

10. The post holder must at all times carry out his/her responsibilities with due regard to the
Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy and all other Trust Policies and Procedures.

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Communication

1. To promote inter-agency working and joint assessment (Health, Social Services, Education
& Voluntary Sector) in order to utilise all available resources in the provision of seamless
care.

2. Prepare reports as required for reviews

3. The post holder will communicate effectively with key stakeholders, including clients,
statutory and non-statutory organisations

Human Resources

Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF
process

Research & Development (R&D) Activity

1. To assist in developing specific evidence based areas of Children's Community Nursing

within the service, according to client / service needs in order to enhance care provision
and make best use of resources

2. Required to undertake R&D activity

Clinical and Practice Governance

1. Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records

and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

2. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, transferred

electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and
Information Security policies.

3. The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes

4. The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures

5. It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with NMC it is your
responsibility to maintain your professional registration.

6. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.

7. The post holder must participate in clinical and other audits as required

8. Provide patients and their families/carers with information on standards they should expect
from the team

9. Participate in Restorative/clinical/safeguarding supervision on a regular basis

10. The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for
their team.

General

The post holder must at all times carry out his/her duties with regard to Cambridgeshire
Community Services NHS Trust Equal Opportunities Policy.

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To be aware of the responsibilities of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for
patients, visitors and staff.

All post holders must adhere to the code of conduct on confidentiality and be aware of and adhere
to all Trust policies and procedures.

This job description is intended only as a guide to the range of duties involved. The post holder will
need to be flexible and adaptable in order to respond to other duties that may be required from
time to time and the changes and developments within the Trust.

If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 the
following must be included in the job description.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and as
such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records
Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions. Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS
Trust is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users in line with its equal
opportunities policy and policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders.

Date: 25.07.19

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 PERSON SPECIFICATION

Job Title: Community Staff Nurse Band: Band 5

Directorate: Children’s Specialist Date: 31.07.19

* Assessed method A=Application I=interview T=Test R= References

Essential Criteria * Desirable Criteria *

Qualifications and Training

 RSCN / RN (Child) A/I/  Mentorship A/I/
T/R T/R

Experience
 6 months post qualification experience A  Community Experience A/I
working with sick children and their
families

Skills

 Good clinical nursing skills I/R  Awareness of recent

developments in A/I/
 General Skills/Attributes paediatric nursing. R
 Standard keyboard skills and ability to  Knowledge of a wide
communicate through IT using packages range of service provision
such as Word, Outlook, Excel and
i.e. acute / hospice /
PowerPoint.
community / voluntary.
 Report writing skills
 Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.  Able to promote inter-
 Time Management and prioritisation Skills
agency assessment and
working practices.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare
of children and young people/vulnerable
adults
 Ability to safeguard and promote the
welfare of children and young
people/vulnerable adults
 Demonstrates understanding of
safeguarding issues
 Appreciates the significance of
safeguarding and interprets this
accurately for all individual children and
young people/vulnerable adults whatever
their life circumstances.
 Has a good understanding of the
Safeguarding agenda
 Can demonstrate an ability to contribute

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 towards a safe environment
 Is up-to-date with legislation and current
events
 Can demonstrate how she/he has
promoted ‘best practice’
 Shows a personal commitment to
safeguarding children
Working within Professional Boundaries
 Accepts responsibility and accountability
for own work and can define the
responsibilities of others
 Recognises the limits of own authority
within the role
 Seeks and uses professional support
appropriately
 Understands the principle of confidentiality
 Demonstrates professional curiosity
Emotional Awareness
 Aware of the range of emotions in self and
others
 Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of
others
 Listens to and understands directly and
indirectly expressed feelings
 Encourages others to express themselves
openly
 Manages strong emotions and responds
constructively to the source of problems
 Shows respect for others’ feelings, views
and circumstances
 In highly stressful situations keeps own
feelings in check, takes constructive action
and calms others down.
 Has a range of mechanisms for dealing
with stress, can recognise when to use
them and does so
 Listens to personal comments without
becoming defensive
Self-awareness
 Has a balanced understanding of self and
others
 Has a realistic knowledge of personal
strengths and areas for development
 Can demonstrate flexibility of approach
 Shows a realistic appreciation of the
challenges of working with children and
young people/vulnerable adults

Other
Able to attend specific training. A/I
Ability to travel to any location as
required.
Date: 31.07.19

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