Cared for Childrens Nurse Specialist 16+ and Transition

Wirral Community Health and Care; Middlewich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Middlewich seeks an experienced nurse to join their Safeguarding Children Team. The role focuses on supporting looked after children and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to ensure their health and wellbeing. Candidates must be a Registered Nurse with relevant experience and qualifications. This position offers the opportunity to lead projects and contribute to best practice in a caring environment.

Qualifications

• Proven post registration experience related to looked after children.
• Experience of implementing change in a healthcare setting.
• Knowledge of NHS legislation regarding health and wellbeing of children.

Responsibilities

• Support the Named Nurse for safeguarding and Cared for Children.
• Work with young people and care leavers to achieve optimal health.
• Provide specialist advice and training on Safeguarding Children.

Skills

Effective inter-personal skills

Ability to prioritise workload

Excellent leadership skills

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Good written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

Education

Nursing degree or equivalent

Registered Nurse

Job description

Our values: Compassion

Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Open

Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust

Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Job overview

Wirral Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides statutory Looked After Children’s health services within Cheshire East. Cared for Children is the locally agreed term for Looked After Children.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated, ambitious and experienced nurse to join the team.

These hours are to support the current plus and transition Nurse post holder with bespoke work for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and care leavers.

This is a varied and exciting role for an experienced nurse with clinical expertise relating to safeguarding children and young people. You will be a key member of the Safeguarding Children Team in Cheshire East,

The role is based in Middlewich however travel across the Cheshire East footprint is required.

Main duties of the job

The role will be to support the Named Nurse for safeguarding and Cared for Children to provide a safe and effective health service to Cared for Children +, Unaccompanied asylum seekers and Care Leavers under the care of Cheshire East local authority.

To work with the current post holder in supporting young people, unaccompanied asylum seeking children and care leavers to achieve their optimal health.

To support the Named Nurse in developing the service and adopting best practice methods of service delivery to ensure that national and local guidelines and requirements are met.

Provide specialist advice, support and training on Safeguarding Children to all WCT staff; taking a leading role in matters relating to the health and wellbeing of Cared for Children + and transition to adulthood.

Working for our organisation

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 3) with some outstanding areas.

As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust’s policies, at all times.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specifications for more details about the role and the requirements for it.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven post registration experience, in relation to looked after children
• Experience of implementing change
• Knowledge or recent NHS legislation, recommendations of the legal framework and statutory guidance in relation to the promoting the health and wellbeing of looked after children
• Experience of planning and completing audit / research
• Experience of teaching and mentoring staff
• Experience of undertaking projects
• Awareness of the national and local priorities and changing trends in specialist area.
• Knowledge and interest in the effects of trauma on human development.

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of transitional arrangements for care leavers
• Experience of working with migrant children and young people
• Awareness of risk factors and indicators in relation to missing from home and childhood exploitation

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Nursing degree or equivalent
• Post registration courses in specialist area or working towards

Desirable criteria

• Contraception and sexual health or willingness to undertake training in this area
• Registered Mental Health / LD Nurse
• Non Medical prescriber
• Communication / counselling skills training

Skills and attributes

Essential criteria

• Effective inter-personal skills in order to work with and liaise effectively with health staff and personnel from other agencies
• Ability to prioritise workload and sound personal organisational skills.
• Ability to make sound judgements regarding the welfare of children, demonstrating confidence in professional view and analysis.Ability to plan interagency interventions for children and families.
• Excellent inter-personal skills including negotiation, influencing and presentation skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Ability to influence, motivate and negotiate with others
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Good written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate effective use of conflict resolution skills
• Good presentation skills
• Confidence in dealing with highly sensitive, emotio ...