Alternative Provision, Home Educated and NEET Specialist Nurse

NHS; Croydon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Croydon 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service as a Specialist Nurse where you'll play a vital role in supporting vulnerable youth, including home-educated and NEET children. This position requires independent management of complex cases, ensuring the delivery of public health services while collaborating effectively with families and agencies.

Qualifications

• Extensive clinical experience at Band 6.
• Knowledge of managing caseloads for children.
• Understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage a designated complex caseload of children and young people.
• Collaborate with staff and families for planning interventions.
• Lead on specialist clinical health areas and advice.

Skills

Leadership skills

Emotional and physical wellbeing

Safeguarding and child protection

Interpersonal skills

Public health programme delivery

Education

PGDip or BSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification

Educated to Masters Level or equivalent

Job description

Alternative Provision, Home Educated and NEET Specialist Nurse

The post holder will be part of the Croydon 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service; working independently to manage a designated complex caseload of children and young people attending the Alternative provisions (AP), Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) and home-educated children across the Borough.

The post holder will carry individual cases of children needing direct support and monitoring including safeguarding concerns. The post holder will work closely with children, young people, parents/carers and staff within the AP staff in planning interventions and supporting referral to other agencies where necessary.

The post holder will ensure the offer of the universal aged 5-19 nursing service is available to all children and families who are educated at home through effective signposting and engagement.

Interview - TBC

Main duties of the job

1) To be the named specialist nurse for the Alternative provisions s in Croydon across 3 localities

2) To work in collaboration with key staff and partners working within the AP's and the Croydon Public Health Nursing Service

3) To monitor and provide direct support and advice to an identified caseload of children and young people. These children and young people may have identified health needs and /or developmental or behavioural difficulties; issues giving rise to safeguarding concerns and/or maybe children looked after by the local authority.

4) To act as the lead professional ensuring entry into early intervention, or referral onto specialist services such as sexual health, substance misuse, speech and language therapy, smoking cessation and CAMHS.

5) To take the lead for this clinical area, being responsible for maintaining up to date knowledge in this field and passing information to the whole service.

6) Facilitate health-enhancing activities and lead on areas of practice for example specific health issues, clinical governance and standards as directed by the PHN operational Lead.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust wasformed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide servicesfora population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone isworkinghard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challengeyourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're lookingfor.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting Job description/Person Specification documents which contains more information about the role.

Person Specification

personal

• Ability to set personal objectives and manage time, priorities and stressful situations.
• Understanding of the issues relating to equality & diversity in the health service.

Experience

• To be able to demonstrate extensive clinical experience, as well as working at a senior level at Band 6
• Knowledge and experience of structuring and delivering a training programme at all staff levels.
• Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance relating to all aspects of the Healthy Child Programme.
• Knowledge and experience in applying audit and Quality Improvement methodology to support change.
• Knowledge and skills of engaging in co-production to support change to service delivery.
• Experience of working with children and young people educated at home.
• Experience in working within Alternative Provsions

Skills and knowledge

• Evidence of application of high levels of knowledge and skills relating to emotional and physical wellbeing of the child and adolescent.
• High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes.
• Leadership skills with ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to use data to support caseload management
• Able to identify vulnerability, safeguarding and child protection issues using knowledge of child protection procedures, liaising appropriately with partner agencies
• Expert knowledge of safeguarding policy and procedures and assessment and analysis of vulnerable families
• Able to undertake health needs assessment in individuals, families and the community
• Awareness of the process of research, understanding of evidence-based practice to promote good practice

Qualifications

• PGDip or BSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification
• Educated to Masters Level or equivalent or equivalent experience post SCPHN qualification

other

• Full UK Driving Licence (and access to a car for work purposes)
• Committed to 6 C's. Good Interpersonal Skills.
• Flexible approach to meeting service & client needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.