Specialist Nurse for Children in Care

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Specialist Nurse for Children in Care for Hampshire (base to be agreed at interview) within the Children and Families Division. Although based at in the South of the County there is a requirement to travel across Hampshire to provide cover. You will be joining a leading organisation that is both forward thinking and innovative.

You will be an integral member of the team of Specialist Nurses located throughout Hampshire delivering the health agenda for children in care as identified in the statutory guidance (Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Looked after Children, 2015). You will be an experienced nurse with current experience and knowledge of working in the field of Looked after children. Your role will require excellent leadership and management skills alongside clinical assessment skills. The role requires partnership working with both the CCG in Hampshire and partner agencies and you must be able to demonstrate a strong commitment towards achieving the outcomes to improve the health of this specific group of vulnerable children and young people. You will be expected to demonstrate clinical expertise and governance in all aspects of your work with particular attention to safeguarding children whilst being supported by robust organisational supervision, guidelines and policies.

Main duties of the job

*To work under the guidance of the Clinical Team Lead for the Children in Care Team for Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (SHFT), to develop and deliver services for Children in Care within Hampshire area covered by Southern Health Foundation Trust.

*Undertake, co-ordinate and monitor the delivery and quality of the health assessments of Children in Care within SHFT.

*To work with multi-disciplinary groups to develop systems that facilitates the delivery of appropriate health care, by the post holder to Children in Care.

*Be an active member of an HCC Foster Panel to assist in the approval of foster carers for Hampshire.

*To co-ordinate, provide and deliver health services to Children in Care to enable the organisation to fulfil its responsibilities to commissioners of services to improve the health of Children in Care.

*Provide Children in Care advice and support to staff working within SHFT.

*To contribute and deliver health training to foster carers and HCC staff to promote the health and wellbeing of looked after children.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fort Southwick

James Callaghan Drive

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 6AR

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fort Southwick

James Callaghan Drive

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 6AR

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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