Job summary
The post holder will support the Lead Nurse to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities to children in care & will work as a member of the organisation's children in care health team at all times and in relation to the roles and responsibilities listed. The post holder will provide comprehensive health screening and assessment for children in care (CIC) on their caseload, & will provide health promotion to the target group, as well as provide the target group with access to inclusive primary health care services via dedicated community nursing support. The post holder will practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based clinical decision making, as well as work within guidelines to identify & manage risk, reporting any identified risks to the Lead Nurse. The post holder will ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload. The post holder will provide a high quality community based general health nursing service CIC & vulnerable children including young offenders. This will provide opportunity for integrated & co-ordinated approaches to the needs of the young people. It is envisages that the main focus of the work will be in the area of health promotion, health screening & clinical intervention.
Two years experience working with children in community is essential.
Main duties of the job
Children in Care
The age range of Children in care is 5-18 years, and will also complete heath assessments for universal CYP open to Sefton Youth Justice Service.
Most of the young people have experienced severe social dysfunction in their families together with significant traumatic life events, sometimes in complex combinations. These may include family break up and dysfunction, frequent changes of home and/or school, bereavement, violence, major illness or hospitalisation, and physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse. These factors exacerbate inherent medical issues, as well as impacting on the educational and social achievement.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Collate & provide appropriate qualitative & statistical information on activity and outcome for the CIC health.
- Prepare effective & timely written reports
- Provide service related information to senior managers & staff to aid day-to-day service management
- Contribute to the management of the delivery of care for YP in an effective & efficient manner & contribute to the enhancement of services provided through making recommendations for service development to the CIC Health Team & the appropriate Child & Adult Mental Health.
- Maximise time management
- Report & advise on the resources that are needed to meet the general health needs .
- Work within guidelines to identify & manage risk, reporting identified risks to the TL.
- Help plan, facilitate and undertake health education & promotion sessions
- Contribute to the setting up & continual development of the service, both in the evolving of the service delivery as a whole, & with special reference to that of their own discipline within the team.
- Support the TL in delivering a high quality care
Leadership
- Have continuing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload
- Work as an independent practitioner without the need for direction
- Recognise child protection situations & adhere to local guidelines
- Adapt practice to the circumstances of the YP & carers, giving due regard to cultural, linguistic & other differences in line with the Trust Policy on Equality
- Participate in the development of policies and guidelines relating to the service & to translate these policies into partnership working
- Help develop a strategy for the Health Team in line with the overall strategic aims & objectives
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Collate & provide appropriate qualitative & statistical information on activity and outcome for the CIC health.
- Prepare effective & timely written reports
- Provide service related information to senior managers & staff to aid day-to-day service management
- Contribute to the management of the delivery of care for YP in an effective & efficient manner & contribute to the enhancement of services provided through making recommendations for service development to the CIC Health Team & the appropriate Child & Adult Mental Health.
- Maximise time management
- Report & advise on the resources that are needed to meet the general health needs .
- Work within guidelines to identify & manage risk, reporting identified risks to the TL.
- Help plan, facilitate and undertake health education & promotion sessions
- Contribute to the setting up & continual development of the service, both in the evolving of the service delivery as a whole, & with special reference to that of their own discipline within the team.
- Support the TL in delivering a high quality care
Leadership
- Have continuing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload
- Work as an independent practitioner without the need for direction
- Recognise child protection situations & adhere to local guidelines
- Adapt practice to the circumstances of the YP & carers, giving due regard to cultural, linguistic & other differences in line with the Trust Policy on Equality
- Participate in the development of policies and guidelines relating to the service & to translate these policies into partnership working
- Help develop a strategy for the Health Team in line with the overall strategic aims & objectives
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Be registered on Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as a children's nurse or mental health nurse/adult nurse with significant experience working with vulnerable children and young people or Part 3as a specialist community health nurse
- Evidence of continual professional development
Desirable
- Have experience related to caring for babies/children and young people and relevant experience with Children in Care and young people
- Evidence of further specialised training, and maintenance of skills specific issues pertaining to young people with complex health needs and challenging behaviour
- Evidence of recent training in Chlamydia/Sexual Health Screening
- Evidence of recent training in administration of immunisations
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post qualification experience of working at Band 5 with children/young people in a community setting in the NHS
- Working with children/young people with challenging behaviour
- Working with adolescents
- Working within a multidisciplinary team
- Working within a multi-agency team
- Identifying and working with Safeguarding Children Issues
- Assessment and report writing
- Knowledge of Child Protection/Safeguarding issues, policies and procedures
- Up to date knowledge of the literature relating to the needs of the Young People and to the agencies supporting them e.g. Children in Care, Youth Justice Board
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with public health policy and practice
Desirable
- Developing and facilitating training and/or health promotion sessions
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Risk assessment skills
- Ability to adapt to clients, carers, colleagues and partners
- Ability to assess health needs and plan, develop, implement and assess programmes of care for children/ young people.
- Ability to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to clients, carers and colleagues.
- Very high quality written communication skills adaptable for a wide and varying readership.
- Ability to use IT skills for report writing, use of databases and communication.
- An ability to develop effective working relationships across agencies
- Adaptability to working in a wide variety of settings
- Must be able to transport self around the community
- Ability to organise workload with minimal supervision
Desirable
- Maintenance of skills in administration of immunisations
- Maintenance of skills in Chlamydia/Sexual Health screening
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Be registered on Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as a children's nurse or mental health nurse/adult nurse with significant experience working with vulnerable children and young people or Part 3as a specialist community health nurse
- Evidence of continual professional development
Desirable
- Have experience related to caring for babies/children and young people and relevant experience with Children in Care and young people
- Evidence of further specialised training, and maintenance of skills specific issues pertaining to young people with complex health needs and challenging behaviour
- Evidence of recent training in Chlamydia/Sexual Health Screening
- Evidence of recent training in administration of immunisations
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post qualification experience of working at Band 5 with children/young people in a community setting in the NHS
- Working with children/young people with challenging behaviour
- Working with adolescents
- Working within a multidisciplinary team
- Working within a multi-agency team
- Identifying and working with Safeguarding Children Issues
- Assessment and report writing
- Knowledge of Child Protection/Safeguarding issues, policies and procedures
- Up to date knowledge of the literature relating to the needs of the Young People and to the agencies supporting them e.g. Children in Care, Youth Justice Board
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with public health policy and practice
Desirable
- Developing and facilitating training and/or health promotion sessions
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Risk assessment skills
- Ability to adapt to clients, carers, colleagues and partners
- Ability to assess health needs and plan, develop, implement and assess programmes of care for children/ young people.
- Ability to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to clients, carers and colleagues.
- Very high quality written communication skills adaptable for a wide and varying readership.
- Ability to use IT skills for report writing, use of databases and communication.
- An ability to develop effective working relationships across agencies
- Adaptability to working in a wide variety of settings
- Must be able to transport self around the community
- Ability to organise workload with minimal supervision
Desirable
- Maintenance of skills in administration of immunisations
- Maintenance of skills in Chlamydia/Sexual Health screening
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).
