Job summary
Following significant investment into Community Child Health Services in Herefordshire, our nursing team is expanding. Wye Valley NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Nurse to work as part of our multi-disciplinary team at the Child Development Centre.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist role will involve using advanced clinical skills and expert knowledge to assess, diagnose and support the needs of children and young people with complex needs who are known to the Child Development Centre.
Training and professional development will be offered as part of your continuing development, and to help you meet the skills, knowledge and competencies required for this post. This post does require the applicant to hold the V300 Non Medical Prescribing qualification and registration with the NMC. However, if the applicant does not hold the V300 qualification they will still be considered if they meet all other aspects of the person specification, but they will need to complete this as part of a development post (Band 6 to 7).
Main duties of the job
- Able to act as an independent practitioner and be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work, including a defined clinical caseload and education and training on health, developmental and behavioural issues of Children and Young People with SEND
- To have specialist knowledge base on paediatric SEND health conditions and maintain a caseload, demonstrating highly specialist clinical assessment, autonomous practice and treatment skills
- To assess needs and plan intervention and support for children and families with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
- To work autonomously to provide health and behavioural advice to patients and their carers in community clinics, the patients' own home, care homes and acute hospital settings.
- In accordance with a diagnosis provide specialist advice in keeping with NICE guidance, and local guidelines.
- Independently prescribe in line with NMC standards of prescribing.
- Review children following changes in medication by paediatricians and refer back to paediatricians as required.
- Ability to manage own time, deciding priorities for work and balancing other patient-related and professional demands.
- Ability to use own initiative but to recognise the limits of experience and competence.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and person specification for the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Child Development Centre
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and person specification for the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Child Development Centre
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/ Registered Children's Nurse/ Registered Learning Disability Nurse/ Registered Mental Health Nurse AND/OR Community Practitioner qualification (i.e. Health Visitor, School Nurse)
- Independent Nurse Prescriber (V300)
- Masters level qualification or evidence of relevant specialist training appropriate to post
- Mentoring qualification
Desirable
- Independent Nurse Prescriber (V300) Band 6
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge and Experience working with Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Understanding of the SEND code of practice for Children and Young People and its relevance to medical practice.
- Assessment skills relevant to post
- Experience in multi-agency working
- Specialist knowledge of SEND relevant to role
- Understanding of professional and current issues in child health and SEND
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of caseload and workload management
- Understanding of child protection procedures
Desirable
- Ability to be lead on innovations and change in practice
- Previous experience of audit and research
Experience
Essential
- Must have experience working with children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Experience of partnership working across external agencies and organisations
- Experience of assessing risk and need for safeguarding children and young people
- Experience of working in the community with children and young people
- Working knowledge of child development
- Teaching and preceptorship skills
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of key legislation relating to children with additional need
- Excellent communication skills including written, verbal and listening skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work independently but within a team centred framework
- Commitment to improve the lives and experience of children and young people and their families
- Willingness to undertake training relevant to post
- Able to demonstrate the Trust's CARE values
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/ Registered Children's Nurse/ Registered Learning Disability Nurse/ Registered Mental Health Nurse AND/OR Community Practitioner qualification (i.e. Health Visitor, School Nurse)
- Independent Nurse Prescriber (V300)
- Masters level qualification or evidence of relevant specialist training appropriate to post
- Mentoring qualification
Desirable
- Independent Nurse Prescriber (V300) Band 6
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge and Experience working with Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Understanding of the SEND code of practice for Children and Young People and its relevance to medical practice.
- Assessment skills relevant to post
- Experience in multi-agency working
- Specialist knowledge of SEND relevant to role
- Understanding of professional and current issues in child health and SEND
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of caseload and workload management
- Understanding of child protection procedures
Desirable
- Ability to be lead on innovations and change in practice
- Previous experience of audit and research
Experience
Essential
- Must have experience working with children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Experience of partnership working across external agencies and organisations
- Experience of assessing risk and need for safeguarding children and young people
- Experience of working in the community with children and young people
- Working knowledge of child development
- Teaching and preceptorship skills
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of key legislation relating to children with additional need
- Excellent communication skills including written, verbal and listening skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work independently but within a team centred framework
- Commitment to improve the lives and experience of children and young people and their families
- Willingness to undertake training relevant to post
- Able to demonstrate the Trust's CARE values
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
