Are you a highly motivated and dynamic Band 6 Paediatric Nurse or SCPHN with significant Children and Young People experience wanting to join an 'Award Winning' team? Do you have a specialist interest in providing the best care for Children Looked After (CLA)?
We are seeking to recruit a permanent part-time (22.5 hours/week) Band 6 CLA Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team. You will be required to undertake complex statutory health assessments, attend safeguarding meetings and support processes within our team to enable our CLA cohort to reach their full potential.
You will have an opportunity to negotiate a flexible and agile working pattern, alongside working from home with working hours between Monday and Friday 9-5. You will have a thorough induction period and will be encouraged and supported to further your development within your role.
You must be resilient, enthusiastic, and committed to team and multi-disciplinary working. Time management skills are essential alongside strong interpersonal and communication skills demonstrating an empathetic and compassionate approach.
Main duties of the job
To undertake high quality holistic health needs assessment with Children Looked After and young people who may have complex needs and/or who are difficult to reach, making clinical decisions and referrals as necessary as part of a self-managed caseload, thus ensuring their health needs are identified and inequalities addressed. This may necessitate working in challenging home environments and/or residential settings.
Negotiate and develop individualised Child Health Care Plans to meet the identified needs and promote positive lifestyle choices of looked after children in conjunction with the medical team, other named health professionals and, where indicated, the child's parents.
Job responsibilities
The Children Looked After health team is responsible for delivering statutory health services to children and young people resident in Somerset who are looked after by the Local Authority, young adult Care Leavers and Somerset children and young people who are looked after and resident outside of Somerset.
The team is also required to complete statutory health assessments to children looked after, out of area, placed in Somerset. The aim is to ensure all Children Looked After receive a high-quality health assessment within statutory timescales to ensure their health needs are met and prioritised.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered on Part 1 of the NMC register as: Registered Children's Nurse or Part 3 as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.
* Have completed specific training/programme with a child & family focus.
* Have a minimum of three years' experience related to caring for babies/children & young people & relevant experience with looked after children & young people.
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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