Job overview
** Previous unsuccessful applicants need not apply **
The Community Children’s Nursing team is part of an integrated network of services for children in Greenwich providing high quality, specialist child centred care.
The team of specialist and generic children’s community nurses provides highly skilled, nursing care to children and families with nursing needs in their own homes or community settings.
The Continuing Care Assistant would work with all members of the team where a child required an individualised package of care to provide direct clinical care to named individual babies, children and young people aged 0-19 years with complex health needs including severe learning disabilities and life limiting, life threatening conditions in their home and in various community settings.
This service is provided by the children’s community nursing team to deliver 24 hours holistic care on a rota basis using individualised single care plans that have been written by the Lead Continuing Care nurse for a named child. Work will be supervised by an Assistant Practitioner and competency based training will be provided by the Clinical Skills Nurse. Nursing duties will be delegated to them by the Assistant practitioner and by the nurses within the Team. The Continuing Care Assistants report any changes in the child’s condition as stated in the care plan to the lead Continuing Care Nurse or a nurse in the Team.
Main duties of the job
Key Task and Responsibilities
- To work as a member of the children’s community nursing team providing packages of care for named individual children with complex health care needs in their home.
- To ensure that children receive the planned play and stimulation related to their emotional developmental needs in the home and community setting.
- To encourage and maintain high standards of personal care, including hygiene for all babies, children and young people.
- To carry out duties, within good practice guidelines, involving the Assistant Practitioner and Lead Continuing Care nurse when required.
- To work as part of a team offering support and advice to families within own scope of practice.
- To be competent in working with equipment in the home. For example feeding pumps, administration of emergency medication and use of hoists.