Enhanced Vulnerable Young Persons Nurse

Job responsibilities

1. Collate & provide appropriate qualitative & statistical information on activity and outcome for the CIC health.
2. Prepare effective & timely written reports
3. Provide service related information to senior managers & staff to aid day-to-day service management
4. 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.
5. Maximise time management
6. Report & advise on the resources that are needed to meet the general health needs .
7. Work within guidelines to identify & manage risk, reporting identified risks to the TL.
8. Help plan, facilitate and undertake health education & promotion sessions
9. 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.
10. Support the TL in delivering a high quality care

Leadership

1. Have continuing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload
2. Work as an independent practitioner without the need for direction
3. Recognise child protection situations & adhere to local guidelines
4. 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
5. Participate in the development of policies and guidelines relating to the service & to translate these policies into partnership working
6. Help develop a strategy for the Health Team in line with the overall strategic aims & objectives

Clinical

1. Help the CYP in the care of the service to develop the knowledge, skills & confidence they need
2. Promote the physical, mental & social aspects of CYP
3. Assess care needs & to plan, deliver & evaluate care
4. Maintain high standards of care
5. Act as a resource for colleagues within a specified area
6. Be responsible for the assessment of health care needs & the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of the care for the above named specific groups of CYP.
7. Ensure the needs of these children & young people are recognized & that appropriate care is initiated
8. Help facilitate & undertake health education & promotion for CYP
9. Monitor the delivery of care by members of the team
10. Ensure that all planned care is evidence based
11. Provide comprehensive health assessments, including risk assessments of young people with complex health problems.
12. Provide clinical interventions as appropriate following assessment of the CYP needs
13. Utilise skills flexibly so that interventions can be creatively thought about, & provided within the young persons home, school, or other
14. Attend case reviews, conferences and professionals meetings in order to facilitate the needs of CYP
15. Assess, plan, negotiate, implement & evaluate programmes of general health care for hard to reach young people based on current best practice and the needs of the population

Non-Clinical

1. Maintain accurate records
2. Write confidential reports when required, that may have wide ranging implications for the young person & their family. This may involve difficult and highly distressing

Training & Education

1. Ensure the development & maintenance of the highest personal standard of practice through active participation in internal & external
2. Responsible for personal development
3. Compile & facilitate educational training programmes.
4. Keep updated on national/local developments within the Health Service providing knowledge & health perspectives within the CIC Health
5. Be appraised by the TL & have a Personal Development Plan in line with Trust
6. Undertake one to one & group health promotion sessions with CYP who are CIC
7. Support the development & expansion of existing services by undertaking focus groups & user views exercises with CIC

Clinical Governance/Research and Audit

1. Be aware of the up-to-date research and evidence relating to care & treatment of children & young people who are CIC
2. Be involved in audit and research projects.
3. Work within professional & ethical frameworks established by national bodies such as the DoH.
4. Undertake regular case & caseload supervision with the appropriate specialist
5. Attend regular clinical supervision/peer supervision
6. Participate fully in audit & evaluation of service provision in this specialist field, conducting practice based evaluation

Communication

1. Promote effective communication between the CYP, carers, family, primary care & other agencies
2. Attend & participate at care reviews for CYP
3. Attend professionals meetings & case conferences as invited
4. Consult with, & refer to other health care professionals as indicated by the young persons needs.
5. Demonstrate expert skills in motivating the young people, carers & professionals to engage in interaction & to develop constructive working relationships, in a client group with a frequent history of non-engagement.
6. Impart & accept highly sensitive, complex & distressing information with understanding and empathy, with YP, carers
7. Communicate & collaborate with other members of the CIC Team, LCH, Childrens Social Care, voluntary statutory organisations to support CYP
8. Manage YP & adults who at times may be physically & verbally aggressive towards other members of the family and/or staff. To ensure safety as a paramount consideration & to be aware of different levels of need
9. Negotiate, co-ordinate & where appropriate access relevant health services, tailoring packages of care
10. Offer specialist consultation, education, advice & training to other professionals working outside of the Children in Cares Health
11. Be a resource of specialist nursing advice, to colleagues within CAMHS, other professionals & other agencies.

Supervision

1. Engage in appraisal, support & supervision for colleagues in the team/organisation.
2. Contribute to individual case safeguarding supervision.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

All Trust employees are required to act in such a way that at all times safeguards the health & wellbeing of children & vulnerable adults. Familiarisation with & adherence to Trust Safeguarding policies is an essential requirement of all employees, as is participation in related mandatory/statutory training.

Infection Control

All staff have both duty & responsibility to avoid & prevent the spread of infection as a consequence of any actions or activities they are carrying out during the course of their duties.

The post holder must:-

• Take all reasonable care to minimise the risk to service users, colleagues & members of the public (including themselves).
• Co-operate with the Trust in ensuring that all statutory & mandatory requirements are complied with in particular, compliance with the Health & Social Care Act 2008: Code of Practice for the prevention & control of healthcare-associated
• Be knowledgeable of & compliant with, the Trusts infection control policies & procedures, which include attendance at mandatory

Health and Safety

All staff will be expected to take responsibility for their own health & wellbeing, safety & security and assist in maintaining a healthy, safe & secure working environment for everyone.

Generic Responsibilities for all staff:

All post holders will agree to:

• Commit to the vision of supporting Mersey Care in becoming a leading organisation in the provision of community services, mental health care, addiction services & learning disability care, & in doing so fully utilise their skills and experience to support the objectives
• Role model the values of the Trust Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support in all activities & interactions with employees, service users & other stakeholders
• Challenge the stigma associated with mental health & learning
• Comply with the Duty of Candour, defined by Francis as: 'The volunteering of all relevant information to persons who have or may have been harmed by the provision of services, whether or not the information has been requested & whether or not a complaint or a report about that provision has been
• Work across professional & organisational boundaries to improve services for
• Maintain their specific knowledge base & develop new
• Value the contribution of the patient / service user
• Operate within any organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional body.
• Respect equality & diversity across all areas of working practice & communications with staff, service users & other
• Take responsibility for the accurate & timely collection & recording of data & ensuring all personally identifiable information is protected & used only for the purposes for which it was intended.
• Comply with all health & safety legislation and local policies
• Have knowledge & understanding of technology in the workplace which is sufficient to maintain their efficiency & also how technology can empower service users in a digital environment
• Comply with the NHS Constitution in relation to the staff responsibilities that it sets out for NHS
• Be an ambassador for Just & Learning & Civility & Respect following the training
• Positively advocate the just & learning culture within your team
• Be a confident supporter & implementer of the Trust CARES Values including Civility & Respect within your team.
• Support their team/services to create a positive environment for Just & Learning Culture
• Participate in Just & Learning Culture events.
• Bring Just & Learning Culture updates/information to the attention of team members & other MCT colleagues they work with.
• Support & encourage the sharing of concerns about the safety & quality of care with senior leaders with the aim of improving safety & quality.
• Actively participate in creating an open culture within your team so that concerns & difficulties can be discussed safely & respectfully.
• Speaking up in the event that they are exposed to incivility between colleagues in the workplace

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).