Diana Service Children's Specialist Practitioner

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Diana Children's Continuing Care Team provide respite/healthcare support to children/young people with complex healthcare needs, including life limiting/life threatening conditions in a variety of settings.

Primary role of the healthcare worker is to provide support in the home; however, you may be required to work in additional settings such as in schools, Child and Family Support Service, Phlebotomy, and children outpatient clinics.To provide effective, evidence based general and clinically specific care for patients in the community, under the indirect or remote supervision of registered practitioners.

Contact Details: Kelly Hackett kelly.hackett@nhs.net 01162955080

Main duties of the job

To work as part of a nurse led service caring for children/young people with life limiting illnesses and/or technological support under the supervision of registered nurses.
Work in close collaboration with parents/carers to provide care to children and young people in accordance with the individual care plan to meet nursing and therapy needs.
Contribute to the assessment of childrens and young peoples health and wellbeing alongside qualified staff.
Monitor and evaluate childrens young peoples health and care management.
Take the lead role alongside qualified nurse colleagues caring for more complex children and young people

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

28 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

002581

Job locations

Merlyn Vaz Health Centre

1 Spinney Hill Drive

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE5 3GH

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Qualifications

Essential

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification

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.