Named Nurse for Children Looked After and Care Leavers
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Named Nurse for Children Looked After to join our team to support the Senior Named Nurse to deliver a commissioned service which includes meeting statutory roles and responsibilities for children looked after, young people and care leavers from birth to 18 years of age and up to 25 years of age where commissioned. This is a trauma informed role working with children who have a lived experience of Adverse Childhood Experience and may be unaccompanied asylum seeking young people, children placed for adoption, or may have Special Educational Needs (SEND) and Educational Health Care Plans in place (EHCP).
The Named Nurse will be responsible to and accountable within the managerial framework of the employing organization.
The named nurse alongside the Designated Doctor and Specialty Doctors for looked after children are leaders in their provider organisation to ensure that looked after children's issues are reflected in policies, and service delivery across the provider organisation. They also have a responsibility to support the organization to manage and quality assure health assessments for children placed in and out of area in line with the service specification and Intercollegiate document for Looked after Children: roles and competencies of healthcare staff (December 2020).
Main duties of the job
The Named Nurse will support the Senior Named Nurse and Designated Doctor to be responsible for day to day leadership to the team, supervision, lead on development, implementation, and evaluation of service delivery, ensure that policies and procedures are implemented and ensure statutory health assessments and health care plans meet quality standard in accordance with statutory guidance.
Lead innovation, influence change, and monitor the Children Looked After service across the Northeast Lincolnshire health community, working alongside our North Lincolnshire team, to ensure adherence to legislation, policy and key statutory and non-statutory guidance.
Ensure the delivery of a high quality, responsive service to meet the health needs of the Children Looked after population. This will be achieved through research-based practice and audit of quality standards. Facilitate the service on a day-to-day basis, through clinical leadership, managerial and operational responsibilities for the Children Looked After team.
Provide a high level of operational expertise which aims to improve the health outcomes for Children looked after and care leavers.
Will be required to work closely with the Local / regional agenda and partner agencies. Overall, safeguarding the continuous delivery of high-quality services, identifying gap, and managing risk across the area of service delivery.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Have completed specific training in the care of babies/children and young people
* Be registered on either Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as A registered children's nurse or Part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse
* Have completed specific post-registration training relevant to looked after children including Knowledge of health issues relating to Children Looked After
* Have completed a management programme with a focus on leadership and change management or willingness to undertake.
Knowledge and Skills
* Will be able to demonstrate knowledge, skills and competences to level 4 of the intercollegiate document (RCPCH, RCN 2020)
* Demonstrate Level 3 to undertake statutory review health assessments
* Have knowledge or skills in audit, data and report writing
* Have knowledge of working with children in a Trauma Informed approach
* Have a knowledge of working with vulnerable groups including children looked after, Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
* Have knowledge of Mental Capacity Act and or liberty protection safeguards
* Demonstrate an awareness of the complex issues involved when working across organisations and disciplines
* Have knowledge of working with children with Special Educational Needs (SEND)/Educational Health Care Plans (EHCPs)
* Have knowledge and skills of planning in relation to health transition of children from Child to adult Services
Occupational Experience and Abilities
* Have a minimum of three-years experience related to caring for babies/children and young people and relevant experience with looked after children and young people
* Be competent with IT, computer skills, health databases e.g. Systmone, Web V, Lorenzo or similar
* Have experience, knowledge and skills of undertaking staff one to one and group clinical supervision
* Have experience of working with vulnerable children and adults
* Have experience of multiagency working
* Have experience and knowledge of undertaking clinical audit and teaching
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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