Specialist Nurse Children in Care

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health organization in Gateshead is seeking a Specialist Nurse for Children In Care on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The ideal candidate will have community-based experience, a strong commitment to improving health outcomes, and a passion for safeguarding children in care. Responsibilities include supporting the health needs of children in care and working collaboratively with clinical staff and external agencies.

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration Safeguarding and CIC experience.
• Experience of promoting the health of CIC and Care Leavers.
• Experience of audit and analysis of data.
• Experience teaching both formal and informal.

Responsibilities

• Improve health outcomes for Children in Care (CIC).
• Support the Named/Specialist Nurse band 7 in Gateshead.
• Promote and safeguard the well-being of CIC.
• Identify, assess, and plan for the health needs of CIC.
• Contribute to research activities in the specialist area.

Skills

Effective report writing skills

Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development

Education

1st level Registered General Nurse

NMC registration

Diploma/Degree level study or equivalent specialist study/experience

Qualification/evidence of study in leadership

Recognised qualification in teaching/training (e.g., ENB 998 / City & Guilds 730)

Family planning qualification

Job description

The children's safeguarding team is incredibly excited to advertise a post for Specialist Nurse Children In Care to cover a 12 month fixed term contract/ secondment within the Trust to cover maternity leave.

We are looking for an experienced innovative nurse with community-based experience who will work as part of a team to ensure that the health needs of children in care are met. If you are an enthusiastic, motivated and committed nurse with the relevant experience and desire to achieve the best outcomes for children in care we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The primary goal of this post is to improve the health outcomes of children in care by continuously striving to improve services by listening to what children and young people, their carers and our partner agencies tell us.

The successful candidate will work as part of a team to ensure the organisation fulfils its statutory roles and responsibilities to children in care.

The successful candidate will also provide specialist advice, support and training to clinical staff, internal and external agencies and carers supporting the Named Nurse Looked After Children in all matters relating to the health and wellbeing of children in care.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job responsibilities

The primary goal of this post is to improve the health outcomes for Children in Care (CIC).

To support the Named/Specialist Nurse band 7 for (CIC) in Gateshead in ensuring that the organisation meets its statutory responsibilities to Looked After Children (LAC).

To promote and safeguard the well-being of CIC including delivery of agreed key performance indicators and ensuring the requirements of statutory guidance Promoting the Health and Well-being of LAC 2015 are met.

To identify, assess and plan for the health needs of CIC who are living away from home in either residential settings, foster care or with kinship carers or at home on a supervision requirement.

Contribute to research activities, ensuring evidence-based practice in the specialist area.

Support all activities necessary to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities to CIC and Care Leavers

Be responsible to and accountable within the managerial framework of the employing organisation.

At all times and in relation to the roles and responsibilities listed, work as an effective member of the organisations CIC health team.

Person Specification

Skills

• Effective report writing skills
• Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• o1st level Registered General Nurse
• oNMC registration
• oDiploma/Degree level study, or equivalent specialist study/ experience.
• oQualification / evidence of study in leadership.
• oRecognised qualification in in teaching / training i.e. ENB 998 / City & Guilds 730
• oFamily planning qualification

Knowledge

• oKnowledge of the law relating to CIC and Care Leavers
• oKnowledge of Government guidance and policies relating to CIC and Care Leavers
• oExpert knowledge and experience in specialist area of practice

Experience

• oExtensive post registration Safeguarding and CIC experience
• oExperience of promoting the health of CIC and Care Leavers
• oExperience of audit and analysis of data
• oExperience teaching both formal and informal

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.