Main area complex health needs, Children, Learning Disability, Schools Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 812-24-KJ-CCNC-11
Employer: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Peace Children's Centre
Town: Watford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/12/2024 23:59
Children's Complex Needs Co-ordinator
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job Overview
Children's Complex Needs Co-Ordinator
Are you looking for a new challenge and interested in working with children and young people with complex physical health needs in the community? If so, we are recruiting a Children's Complex Needs Co-Ordinator. The post will involve working with children and young people attending the four special schools across West Hertfordshire.
You will deliver a specialist nursing service for children and young people with complex health needs attending these special schools. You will work within the Special School Nursing service to provide year-round support, working in partnership with the children, young people, and their families and carers, together with other professionals and agencies to meet health, development and safeguarding needs. You will champion the needs of children and young people with disabilities, building effective working relationships across organisational boundaries, ensuring the voice of the child is heard and acting as an advocate for the children, young people, and their families.
Main Duties of the Job
The position requires an experienced Registered Children's Nurse who is passionate about meeting the health needs for children and young people with disabilities in a way that maximises their opportunities.
This role will support children and young people on the West Hertfordshire Special School Nursing caseload with complex physical health needs requiring multi-agency involvement.
Acting as an expert resource providing support and advice as required to professionals involved in the care of the child or young person with complex needs.
To liaise, co-ordinate and build effective working relationships with colleagues from across a multitude of agencies to promote seamless communication and collaboration between services.
To be a point of contact outside of term time providing advice and support for professionals supporting with the monitoring of ongoing health needs or managing acute deteriorations in health such as the Children’s Community Nursing service.
To support children and young people to return to school following episodes of prolonged illness through attendance at discharge planning meetings, multi-disciplinary team meetings, and where appropriate, home visits to assess potential changes in health needs which will impact on their ability to attend.
Working for Our Organisation
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff. We put our patients, their families, and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities. Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring, and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision. We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages. If we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible. - Apply now
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Job Purpose Summary:
To support children and young people on the West Hertfordshire Special School Nursing caseload with complex physical health needs requiring multi-agency involvement, in tandem with the Special School Nurses, through the co-ordination of communication amongst multi-agency professionals promoting seamless, joined-up working between services. To act as a resource for professionals, championing the needs of children and young people with disabilities and building effective working relationships across organisational boundaries. To ensure the voice of the child is heard, acting as an advocate for the children, young people, and their families.
Staff are required to hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use with business insurance (unless the member of staff has a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Person Specification
Education
* Registered Children or Learning Disabilities Nurse
* First Degree in relevant subject or equivalent qualification and experience
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
* Management Qualification
* Registered Specialist Practitioner or equivalent post-graduate qualification or experience
Experience
* Knowledge and experience of teaching and assessing children, parents, and staff
* Computer skills including email, internet, and office applications
* Knowledge and skills in the management of long-term conditions and complex needs
* Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues and policy/legal framework
* Knowledge and skills in the management of acute paediatric conditions
* Experience of working as a Special School Nurse
Skills
* Ability to negotiate and work across agencies in a professional manner
* Ability to create and maintain good relationships with child and family while respecting family privacy and maintaining professional boundaries
* Ability to act as an advocate for child and family
* Knowledge and experience of how chronic illness/long-term conditions affects the child and family
Other
* Car driver with full licence
We will communicate any interview arrangements with applicants via e-mail, so it is advisable that you check the email address you give on your application regularly.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band. All new appointments (excluding Medical & Dental roles) are subject to a 26-week probation period.
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Applications from qualified job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications, subject to meeting minimum criteria of the role and salary threshold. Please visit the Gov.UK website for details.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority Transfer process should you be appointed to the post.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Kelly Johnson
Job title: Specialist Children's Nursing Services Manager
Email address: kelly.johnson3@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07920723468
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