Site Wood Street Health Centre Town Walthamstow
Salary £37,338 - £44,962 plus HCAS per annum pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 13/03/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people? We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate about high quality care as we are.
NELFT provides award winning community and mental healthcare for over 2 million people. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met.
The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate our Trust values.
Main duties of the job
The role includes providing specialist advice and participating in training on Looked after Children to all staff within North East London Foundation Trust who come into contact, or work directly with children and their families.
The post holder will deliver review health assessments for children and young people at their placements in any part of NELFT or in a clinic setting, and will ensure effective implementation of health care plans for individual children, ensuring all professionals working with Looked after Children have a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities.
The post holder will assist the Specialist Advisor for Looked After Children and Named Nurse in implementing Government guidance on promoting physical, mental and emotional health of looked after children and young people through targeted health interventions including health promotion initiatives.
The Looked After Children's Nurse will attend complex Statutory reviews and ensure all assessments and plans are of a high quality for submission to the Local Authority.
Person specification
* Registered Nurse / Registered Children's Nurse
* Experience of working with Children in Care
* Community experience
* Specialist Community Practitioner School Nursing / Health Visiting
* Recognise and respond appropriately to Child safeguarding concerns
* Assess health needs, initiate plan and evaluate programmes of care
* Experience working with diverse communities
* Commitment to own personal and professional development
* Able to travel efficiently throughout NELFT
* Ability to prioritise and manage time and workload
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
* Ability to demonstrate understanding of current policies and procedures relating to Children In Care
* Able to demonstrate Trust Values
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
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