Do you have a passion for working with children and young people? Do you have a professional interest in the health needs of children and young people in care? If you answered yes, then this could be for you!
An opportunity has arisen for a
Specialist Nurse for Looked After Children and Young People
in the NCHC Norfolk Looked After Children and Young People Health Team. We are a friendly and dynamic service covering Norfolk, facilitating statutory health assessments for 5-18 year olds living in Local Authority care.
An informal chat about the role is welcomed!
Following national and local guidelines, you will: Plan, organise, deliver, and evaluate comprehensive health assessments to assess the complex needs of a Looked After Child or young person using evidence-based knowledge to develop health plans aimed at improving long-term health outcomes. Be an autonomous practitioner who develops and embraces a flexible range of working regarding the delivery of services to children and young people who are looked after, towards achieving positive outcomes. Ensure that the health of Looked After Children is positively promoted, encouraged, and supported. Empower children and young people to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. Work closely with all health professionals involved to ensure a comprehensive health assessment for children and young people is undertaken. Develop and undertake age-appropriate health promotion advice and act as a resource providing health advice to children, carers, and professionals. Establish robust lines of communication relating to health care between service users, professionals, and agencies.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to receive this title.
Minimum Requirements: Substantial experience and knowledge of child development, attachment theory, and emotional and behavioural disorders as impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences. Registration on Part 1 of the NMC register; ideally Part 3 as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (BSc) having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus, or holds relevant equivalent experience. Ability to provide professional advice and training on issues relating to the health of Looked After Children to carers and other agencies. Establish and maintain effective links across organisational and inter-agency boundaries. Model a good standard of health assessments/report writing for Looked After Children and support other health staff in undertaking these. Communicate and receive highly complex and sensitive information in relation to Looked After Children. Knowledge and experience of the legal, professional, and planning framework for children's services, including care proceedings. Post-registration training in safeguarding children/child protection. Up-to-date knowledge of evidence-based research relating to Looked After Children. Ability to analyse complex and sensitive information regarding the health needs of Looked After Children that impact on their health towards the development of health care plans. Familiarity with and ability to use the NHS SystmOne child health system.
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An opportunity has arisen for a
Specialist Nurse for Looked After Children and Young People
in the NCHC Norfolk Looked After Children and Young People Health Team. We are a friendly and dynamic service covering Norfolk, facilitating statutory health assessments for 5-18 year olds living in Local Authority care.
An informal chat about the role is welcomed!
Following national and local guidelines, you will: Plan, organise, deliver, and evaluate comprehensive health assessments to assess the complex needs of a Looked After Child or young person using evidence-based knowledge to develop health plans aimed at improving long-term health outcomes. Be an autonomous practitioner who develops and embraces a flexible range of working regarding the delivery of services to children and young people who are looked after, towards achieving positive outcomes. Ensure that the health of Looked After Children is positively promoted, encouraged, and supported. Empower children and young people to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. Work closely with all health professionals involved to ensure a comprehensive health assessment for children and young people is undertaken. Develop and undertake age-appropriate health promotion advice and act as a resource providing health advice to children, carers, and professionals. Establish robust lines of communication relating to health care between service users, professionals, and agencies.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to receive this title.
Minimum Requirements: Substantial experience and knowledge of child development, attachment theory, and emotional and behavioural disorders as impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences. Registration on Part 1 of the NMC register; ideally Part 3 as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (BSc) having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus, or holds relevant equivalent experience. Ability to provide professional advice and training on issues relating to the health of Looked After Children to carers and other agencies. Establish and maintain effective links across organisational and inter-agency boundaries. Model a good standard of health assessments/report writing for Looked After Children and support other health staff in undertaking these. Communicate and receive highly complex and sensitive information in relation to Looked After Children. Knowledge and experience of the legal, professional, and planning framework for children's services, including care proceedings. Post-registration training in safeguarding children/child protection. Up-to-date knowledge of evidence-based research relating to Looked After Children. Ability to analyse complex and sensitive information regarding the health needs of Looked After Children that impact on their health towards the development of health care plans. Familiarity with and ability to use the NHS SystmOne child health system.
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