Community Children's Nurse

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
  Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Are you an experienced Children's Nurse looking for a new challenge?

We are seeking a compassionate Community Children's Nurse to join our team delivering high-quality care across Oxfordshire. This role involves providing specialist nursing care and advice to children with acute and long-term conditions, disabilities and complex health needs, including continuing care, respite, palliative and end-of-life care.

You will work with families, supporting care at home and advocating for the child's wishes and best interests. Working with health, education and social care partners, you will help deliver family-centred care.

The Oxfordshire Community Children's Nursing Team supports children and young people from birth to 18 years with complex health needs across the county. Based in Witney and supporting the West Oxfordshire locality, you will also travel across the county.

We offer induction, supervision and development opportunities.

Core service hours are 08:00-20:00, 7 days a week. Staff work shifts, including weekends and bank holidays.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

This role is subject to evaluation and duties may change.

• Deliver high-quality, child-centred nursing care, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individual programmes of care within the Community Children's Nursing Service.
• Support children and young people with complex, acute, life-limiting and end-of-life care needs, enabling them to receive care safely at home.
• Work in partnership with parents, carers and families to build confidence and competence in caring for their child and promoting positive outcomes.
• Collaborate with community teams, schools, hospitals and external agencies to ensure coordinated, seamless care for children and their families.
• Manage and prioritise an allocated caseload, acting as a clinical resource and providing specialist advice and support to colleagues and partner organisations.
• Provide supervision, mentorship and learning opportunities for junior staff and students, supporting their development and performance.
• Promote high standards of professional practice through effective record keeping, clinical governance, safeguarding, evidence-based care and advocacy for children's rights.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the "supporting statement" element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 359.2KB)

Structure Chart (PDF, 104.7KB)

Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)

Name: Laura Breakwell

Title: West Locality Team Lead

Email: Laura.Breakwell@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

Telephone: 01865 902700