Children in Care Nurse

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; Sur place; GBP 24 000 - 32 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Children in Care Nurse on a fixed-term 30-hour contract based at Coral House, Shrewsbury. You will support the Named Nurse and Specialist Nurse Children in Care, advocating for children in care and care leavers and delivering training to carers and partner agencies.

You will work across the county, with travel to Stepping Stones, Telford as needed, and bring energy, organisation and forward-thinking ideas to develop the service for

Description du poste

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a fixed term 30 hour Children in Care Nurse to support the Named Nurse and Specialist Nurse Children in Care within Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust - based at Coral House Shrewsbury.

The successful applicant will be a passionate practitioner with demonstrable experience of advocating for and working with Children in Care and Care Leavers.

The successful candidate will join the organisation at a time of exciting transformation and change.

We are committed to delivering the best care for our Children in Care and Care Leavers.

You will have the opportunity to be creative and deliver training engaging carers and partner agencies to ensure that health needs are assessed and met for Children in Care.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate experience working with children of all ages, vulnerable groups and those with additional health needs.

The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate our Trust values. We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and forward-thinking Nurse who can articulate practical ideas on how the Trust can further develop its service, particularly regarding the upper age Children in Care and Care Leavers., You should have experience of partnership working with key stakeholders; innovation and development and knowledge and understanding of delivery against key performance targets. If you enjoy being a part of a team, whilst being confident to manage your own workload and want to make a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people

This is a county wide post therefore you must be able to meet the travel requirements of the post. There are two base options Coral house, Shrewsbury and Stepping Stones, Telford. Please note full duty requirements can be discussed pre or post interview.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

We will offer the right candidate a warm and friendly welcome with a full induction programme, ongoing support, and training to further advance your skills and career.