Children's Continuing Care Nurse

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Clinical Lead Nurse to provide expert leadership in managing care for children with complex health needs. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, train care staff, and advocate for children's health while maintaining high-quality standards in home settings. This role includes shift work and offers a supportive and integrated care environment.

Benefits

Supportive integrated care environment

Opportunities for professional development

Transport links near central London

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months experience working with children with complex health needs.
• Experience in teaching and developing care staff.
• Ability to work in community settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care to children with complex health needs in the home setting.
• Train and develop care staff to ensure competent care.
• Support the Senior Practitioner in care plan reviews.

Skills

Experience working with children with complex health needs

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Teaching skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Join Whittington Health's Children's Complex Care team as a Clinical Lead Nurse, providing expert leadership and case management for children and young people with complex and evolving needs across Islington, Camden, and Haringey. Our patients include children with complex physical health needs, as well as those with autism and behaviours that challenge access to healthcare.

You will ensure safe, high-quality care in children's homes, support families and schools, and collaborate closely with the Integrated Care Board (ICB), social services, and multi-disciplinary teams. Advocating for the child's best interests is key.

The role includes shift work, covering weekends and nights, to maintain continuity of care.

We offer a supportive, integrated care environment, opportunities for professional and leadership development, academic study support, and excellent transport links near central London. Additional benefits include season ticket assistance, work journey Oyster card, and access to a team pool car.

Whittington Health is an Integrated Care Organisation dedicated to delivering coordinated care across hospital and community settings. If you are a motivated nurse ready to lead and make a difference in children's lives, we'd love to hear from you.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Main duties of the job

Provide direct care to children with complex health needs in the home setting.To train and develop Care staff through competencies to ensure they are sufficientlyskilled to care for specific children on the complex care caseload. To assist the senior practitioner in the supervision, teaching and supporting of a team ofassociate carers that provide health care support for children dependent on technology.Supporting the Senior Practitioner in the review of care plans and outcomes, contributingto the regular reports for managers and commissioners.Involve parents and young people in service review.To attend staff and other relevant meetings/team days.To demonstrate a commitment to implement elements of clinical governance and tocontribute to improving standards of care in line with recommendations .

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job responsibilities

Provide direct care to children with complex health needs in the home setting.

To train and develop Care staff through competencies to ensure they are sufficiently skilled to care for specific children on the complex care caseload.

To assist the senior practitioner in the supervision, teaching and supporting of a team of associate carers that provide health care support for children dependent on technology.

Supporting the Senior Practitioner in the review of care plans and outcomes, contributing to the regular reports for managers and commissioners.

Involve parents and young people in service review.

To attend staff and other relevant meetings/team days.

To demonstrate a commitment to implement elements of clinical governance and to contribute to improving standards of care in line with recommendations

To participate in research projects and /or innovations, including Quality Initiatives

To participate in the audit process for monitoring and reviewing quality.

To maintain up-to-date, accurate records, input work data into the computer and to provide written reports as requested

To be aware of and act in accordance with agreed policy procedures legislation and NMC standards.

Managerial

1. To assist in the development of policies and guidelines for the team.

2. To report accidents and incidents in accordance with health and safety policies

3. To participate in the management and supervision of Band 4 and below, participating in their orientation and training programme, ensuring identification, provision and evaluation of competencies are achieved.

4. To participate in the appraisal and performance review of staff, Band 4 and below.

5. To support the transition of care packages from children to adult services.

Educational

1. To support the identification of training needs for all carers in order that appropriate training and learning opportunities are provided to achieve the agreed level of competence.

2. To support the training and development of training for staff/family members and other community organisations such as Respite centres/after school clubs and holiday schemes.

Clinical

• To provide and assist with the nursing care of complex care children and young people in their homes and elsewhere in the community.
• Provide nursing Respite to the families of children & young people with complex nursing health needs once competent in the care of individual children.
• To be responsible to the Senior Practitioner for all aspects of their work.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification

expereince working with children with complex health needs

• 18 months
• experience working with children with behaviours that challenge
• working with children with a trachy
• working with children requiring ventilation
• working within the community setting

collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

• 18 months

teaching

• 18 months

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.

£46,419 to £55,046 a yearIncluding Inner HCAS per annum