Description
This is an exciting opportunity to be the strategic and professional lead within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust across the looked after children service in Liverpool.
You will work in collaboration with other named professionals to provide a high quality, evidence based service ensuring quality care to vulnerable children.
Main duties of the job
This includes being a source of expertise for The Trust and promoting excellent standards of professional practice.
The scope of the post includes development of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working, supporting changes across looked after children service delivery and clinical practice required by relevant national and local policy.
It also involves ensuring that appropriate and comprehensive assessments involving children and their families are undertaken and that supervision and support to staff undertaking such assessments is provided.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To develop and implement strategies, plans, policies and procedures relevant to looked after children services within The Trust which take account of national guidance and legislation.
2. To ensure that appropriate and robust quality assurance processes are in place in relation to The Trust performance to enable discharge of statutory duties.
3. To effectively manage statistical information and provide advice and support to both line manager and team managers within health and children's social care.
4. Manage and supervise work of the team members and delegate work as appropriate.
5. To ensure staff work within the national and local policies and guidance.
6. To support the commissioning process for the provision of additional services for the health and well-being of looked after children.
7. To participate in the recruitment and appraisal of staff.
8. To provide written reports for The Trust, Corporate Parenting Board across the footprint of The Trust as and when required.
9. Gather, analyse and interpret complex information relating to looked after children in order to make timely and effective decisions relating to health provision, developing and modifying models of information management where necessary.
10. Maintain professional registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council and adhere to the statutory Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct and all Trust policies, procedures, protocols and guidance.
11. To work autonomously, and on own initiative to manage workload and the future developments of the service.
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