A Vacancy at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust.
Do you have a passion working with children and young people? Do you have a professional interest base in the health needs for children and young people in care? If you answeredyesthen this could be for you!
An opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Nurse for Looked After Children and Young People in the NCHC Norfolk Looked After Children and Young People Health Team. We are a friendly and dynamic service covering Norfolk, facilitating statutory health assessments for 5-18 yo living in Local Authority care.
An informal chat about the role is welcomed!
• Following national and local guidelines, plan, organise, deliver and evaluate comprehensive health assessments to assess the complex needs of a Looked After Child or young person using evidence based knowledge to develop health plans toward improving the long term health outcomes for Looked After Children.
• The post holder needs to be an autonomous practitioner who develops and embraces a flexible range of working regarding the way services can be delivered to children and young people who are looked after toward achieving positive outcomes.
• Ensure that the health of Looked After Children is positively promoted, encouraged and supported. Empower children and young people to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing.
• Work closely with all health professionals involved to ensure a comprehensive health assessment for children and young people is undertaken.
• Develop and undertake age appropriate health promotion advice and act as a resource providing health advice to children, carers and professionals.
• Establish robust lines of communication relating to health care between service users, professionals and agencies.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
Find out more about working for our organisation here:
• Substantial experience and knowledge of child development, attachment theory, emotional and behavioural disorders as impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences.
• To be registered on Part 1 of the NMC register and ideally Part 3 as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (BSc) having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus or holds relevant equivalent experience.
• To provide professional advice and training on issues relating to the health of Looked After Children to carers and other agencies.
• To establish and maintain effective links across organisational and inter-agency boundaries.
• To model a good standard of health assessments/report writing for Looked After Children and to support other health staff in undertaking these.
• To communicate and receive highly complex and sensitive information in relation to Looked After Children.
• Knowledge and experience of the legal, professional and planning framework for children's services, including care proceedings.
• Post registration training in safeguarding children/child protection.
• Up to date knowledge of evidence based research relating to Looked after Children.
• To be able to analyse complex and sensitive information regarding the health needs of Looked After Children that impact on their health toward the development of health care plans.
• Be familiar with and able to use NHS SystmOne child health system.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Feb 2025
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