North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
The Children in Care service is jointly commissioned by North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board. The service operates a countywide model and is responsible for delivering the statutory health requirements as outlined in Promoting the health and well-being of looked after children (2015) and in accordance with the Childrens Act (2004), Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) and other associated documents.
Main duties of the job
The Children in Care Clinical Lead will be responsible for:
1. Manage an individual clinical caseload
2. Be able to assess the holistic health and wellbeing needs using a trauma informed approach
3. Foster effective working relationships with partner agencies in order to promote interagency collaboration, for the benefit of Children in Care
4. Supervise, support and develop the children in care health team through visible leadership
5. Ensure that the team along with the Named Nurse and Clinical lead manager are meeting their statutory commissioned responsibilities.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
1. Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current RGN or equivalent professional registration
* BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Specialist Practitioner in Public Health -Schooling nursing (BSc Hons) or Health visiting
* Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
* Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice or equivalent
* Qualification in Sexual health
Knowledge and Experience
* Highly developed specialist knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by specialist community nursing/Health Visitor training, experience and community practice teacher training
* Current clinical experience of working with Children in Care.
* Experience and understanding of working within safeguarding procedures and guidelines
* Understanding of the determinants of health and health inequalities.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance such as The Childrens Act (2004), Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) and Statutory guidance Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked after children (2015) and other relevant documents
* Demonstrable knowledge of the role of Governance and the application of NICE, BAAF, NHSE guidelines
* Experience in, leading and supporting staff
* Involvement of Service Users and Carers in evaluating and planning of services
* Inter-agency working
* Experience of multi-agency, including Third Sector working
* Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice
* Understanding of clinical governance framework and implications for practice. Knowledge and experience in change management
* An understanding of Health and Safety legislation and Risk management
* Audit and research processes to ensure effective practice.
* Experience in staff training and development, supervision
Skills and Aptitudes
* Ability to lead, motivate and develop a team to achieve high performance enabling and creativity and facilitate new ways of working
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
* Ability to maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders
* Information management and IT skills appropriate for the role.
* Effective leadership and decision making skills
* Demonstrate the ability to plan confidently, prioritise and action appropriately.
* Analysing, reviewing and evaluation skills
* Problem solving /Decision making
* Influencing and negotiation
* Promote equality and value diversity (KSF Level 3)
Other Requirements
* Ability to travel throughout Cumbria and elsewhere to represent the Directorate independently of public transport
* Equality and Diversity (from KSF core dimension 6- one to be selected) Act in ways that support equality and value diversity (Level 1) Support equality and value diversity (Level 2)
* For all with managerial responsibilities: Promote equality and value diversity (Level 3) Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity (Level 4)
#J-18808-Ljbffr