Children in Care Nurse

NHS; Bath; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health organization in Bath is seeking a compassionate Children in Care Nurse for a part-time position of 16 hours per week. The role involves supporting the Named Nurse for Children in Care, conducting holistic health assessments, and providing trauma-informed care. Ideal candidates will have nursing qualifications and experience working with children in vulnerable situations. The position offers a salary range of £44,485 - £52,521 FTE and various professional development opportunities.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Discounts on everyday purchases

Access to wages as earned

Mental and physical wellbeing support

Continuing professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in children’s health.
• Proficient in conducting health assessments for children in care.
• Ability to provide trauma-informed care to vulnerable groups.

Responsibilities

• Support the Named Nurse for Children in Care.
• Deliver holistic health assessments following statutory guidance.
• Provide trauma-informed care and support for children.

Skills

Compassion

Trauma-informed care

Health assessments

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing qualification

Registered Nurse

Job description

We are looking for a compassionate and dedicated Children in Care Nurse to join our team. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of children and young people in care.

You will support the Named Nurse for Children in Care and the wider team to ensure the organisation fulfils its statutory and contractual responsibilities for Children in Care. Deliver high-quality, trauma-informed care in partnership with safeguarding colleagues, CAMHS, and multi-agency partners to improve the health and wellbeing of this vulnerable group.

This is a part-time position working 16 hours per week.

Please direct any questions about the role to Helen Schofield via [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

• Undertake timely, holistic Review Health Assessments (RHAs) in line with statutory guidance and contractual targets, including QA of out-of-area RHAs and a proportion of 018 RHAs.
• Provide trauma-informed care, recognising the impact of adverse childhood experiences on behaviour, health, and development, and advise professionals, carers, schools, and residential units on how best to support children.
• Support children and young people to make healthy lifestyle choices, reduce risk-taking behaviours, and manage their physical, mental, and emotional health.
• Deliver follow-up assessments for vulnerable children or where health concerns remain outstanding.
• Provide flexible engagement through home visits, schools, residential homes, clinics, MS Teams, phone, or text
• Ensure RHAs cover all aspects of wellbeing, including: dental, vision, skin, hearing, development, mental health, trauma, exploitation, immunisations, diet, lifestyle, neurodiversity, education, sleep, long-term conditions, medication, allergies, sexual health, substance misuse, and safeguarding.
• Support care leavers with transition planning and self-management of health needs.

For a full list of role responsibilities please refer to the attached job description.

About us

As a Band 6 Children in Care Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our BSW 0-19 Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £44,485 - £52,521FTE salary (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life\'s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you\'re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job responsibilities

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We\'re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We\'re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn\'t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we\'ll need to close it earlier than the date we\'ve shown here. If you\'re keen to join our team, we\'d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.