Band 6 Rapid Response Nurse

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Job summary

A regional healthcare service in Birmingham is seeking a Band 6 Rapid Response Nurse to join the Children's Rapid Response Service. The role requires experienced nurses with strong clinical expertise to provide essential care to children with complex needs in a home environment. Candidates should possess excellent communication and time management skills. The position offers a salary range of £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, and applicants can contact the Team Leader for more details.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions

Extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Experience in working with children with complex healthcare needs.
• Ability to prioritize workload using advanced assessment skills.
• Demonstrated sound use of NMC Code of Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care and advice to children and families in their homes.
• Formulate individualized management and treatment plans.
• Work within the community delivering holistic care.

Skills

Children's Nursing

Clinical assessment

Communication skills

Time management

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

Job description

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Lansdowne Health Centre Town Birmingham Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/01/2026 23:59

Band 6 Rapid Response Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

The Children’s Rapid Response Service have an exciting opportunity as it continues to expand the team. The Children’s Rapid Response Service works collaboratively with the Community Children’s Nursing & Palliative Care Team:It is the team’s primary aim to prevent and reduce hospital attendances, admissions and length of stay for children already known to the Community Children’s Nursing & Palliative Team.

The emphasis of this service is to improve the quality of life for children and families with life limiting, palliative or complex healthcare needs, offering them greater choice around their chosen place of care.

Are you an enthusiastic, dynamic, flexible and motivated experienced Nurse or.teacher Practitioner, with a strong knowledge of Children’s Nursing? Clinical expertise and good communication skills are required as well as excellent time management百分percent and prioritisation skills which are essential for this role. If you can provide excellent clinical care especialista and advice to children and families with complex heath care needs in their own home, please get in touch with the Rapid Response Team Leader – Rebecca Carless on 07784007462 or [emailprotected] .

Main duties of the job

We are looking for experienced children’s nurses that have extensive experience in assessment with children with complex health care needs, Ideally the suitable candidate would hold, or be willing to work towards obtaining the independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification /Txt Assessment Course.

You must have the ability to prioritise your workload using advanced assessment skills with the ability to provide a symptom management plan of care to children/young people during times of acute deterioration or illness.

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Professional

Work in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Practice and Scope of Professional Practice. Professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all activities.

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Job title : Team Leader for Children’s Community Nursing, Palliative Care and Rapid Response

• ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent
• Community Children’s Nursing qualification or willingness to undertake
• Clinical assessment course equivalent or willingness to complete
• Independent supplementary prescriber or equivalent or willingness to complete

Experience

• Connections with children with complex healthcare needs/life limiting/ threatening illnesses and end of life
• Significant experience of working as a Children’s Nurse either RSCN/RN Child

Skills/knowledge

• Demonstrate knowledge relating to child protection issues and procedures
• Evidence of assessment skills and use of nursing process and nurse models
• Demonstrate sound use and application of NMC Code of Conduct and scope of professional care
• Demonstrate knowledge of current legislative changes affecting NHS and Social Services particularly those affecting primary care
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of current clinical trends and practices inclusive of evidence based practice in relation to Children’s Community Nursing
• Ability to teach relatives, patients, clients and staff across all areas of self care and appropriate nursing practice
• Demonstrate individual responsibility in respect to health and safety
• Ability to demonstrate written skills that are concise, accurate, relevant and legible
• Awareness of diversity of the needs of families in relation to culture and religion
• Provide evidence of time and resource management
• Demonstrates understanding of family needs and expectations and a willingness to fulfil them
• Ability to problem solve acquiring and utilizing information from diverse sources to identify problems, solutions evaluating and recommending and implementing actions where appropriate
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise and evaluate care ensuring effective use of resource in relation to resource and time managemen
• Ability to manage team on a day to day basis in the absence ...
• Demonstrate knowledge of standard setting and audit processes
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to team working
• Demonstrائرات ability to be flexible and participate in an NHS change environment
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately
• Positive attitude to service development of Children’s Community Services

Other job requirements

• Access to independent means of transport
• Ability to work flexible hours, evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

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< Dixie Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local …
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

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Name Rebecca Carless Job title Team Leader for Children's Community Nursing Email address [emailprotected] Telephone number 07784 007 462