Specialist Children’s Services Nurse (Disability and Community Children’s Nursing-home/ASL scho[...]

NHS National Services Scotland; Greenock; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a clinical expert to lead health needs assessments for children and young people. In this full-time role, you will provide comprehensive clinical services while supporting a multi-professional team. The position requires autonomous practice and strong leadership skills in managing complex cases, ensuring high-quality caregiving in the community.

Qualifications

• Independent autonomous practitioner with nursing background.
• In-depth knowledge of neurodevelopmental differences.
• Experience in managing pediatric healthcare cases.

Responsibilities

• Lead health needs assessment for children with complex needs.
• Support the Clinical Nurse Specialist in resource management.
• Accountable for clinical assessments and case management.

Skills

Leadership

Case Management

Clinical Expertise

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

This is a fixed term, full time position until 28/02/26

The shift pattern for this position is 9am-5pm.

The post holder will lead and participate in health needs assessment for children and young people known to Specialist Children’s Services, this will include children with exceptional health care needs, or for whom a request for assistance regarding neuro disability or developmental delay has been received.

Supporting the Clinical Nurse Specialist in managing the effective deployment of nursing resource within the pathways and support clinical functions such as caseload management and supervision; personal development planning, reflecting knowledge and skills framework and the front-line monitoring of implementation of key policy documents.

Supporting the Neurodevelopmental Team Lead and working alongside the multi-professional team to support children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences and their families The post holder will function as an independent autonomous practitioner by virtue of in-depth knowledge, expertise, proficiency and experience to lead and enable the SCS Disability and CCN team to provide a quality service.

The post holder will be the clinical expert who will be accountable for case management and SCS Community Children’s Nursing and disability assessments within the caseload

Informal contact: Gemma McGregor, Nurse Team Lead, 01475 505140, [e-mail]

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

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