Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Nurse (SCPHN desirable) to join our Children in Care health team for22.5 hours a weekbased atDerby Court, Trowbridge,though this is a community role.
The Children in Care health team, work with our partnership agencies striving to make positive changes and improve health outcomes for children in care.
You will join a supportive and welcoming team of specialist health nurses and admin support and be managed by the Named Nurse for Looked After Children. The Team is committed to professional development and successful applicants will have opportunities to access further training.
Working hours are typicallyMonday-Friday 9am-5pm, though we are committed to flexibility with hours and offer hybrid working to meet the needs of the staff, clients, and the service.
If you a Band 5 Nurse looking to take the next step in your career or an established band 6 already looking to specialise, we would love to hear from you! Especially if you have an interest or previous knowledge of Looked After Children already!
Main duties of the job
As a Children in Care Nurse Specialist you will work with wider team to provide a service that promotes the physical, mental, and emotional health of children and young people and support for families and carers.
You will:
- Assess, plan, and evaluate the health needs of children on the caseload, challenging and escalating concerns where needed.
- Undertake assessments, considering emotional, mental, physical, and sexual health, ethnic and cultural needs.
- Provide direct clinical services to Looked After Children, to ensure that where possible every child has an individual and holistic health care plan.
- Provide direct services, enhancing local co-ordination and communication between young people, carers, health, education, social services, and voluntary agencies.
- Provide quality care and health assessments making appropriate care planning recommendations, surveillance, advice, support and health promotion
- Deliver training to foster carers and other health and social care professionals.
For further responsibilities please see the attached job description.
For more information, please contact Lena Pheby atLena.Pheby@hcrgcaregroup.comor telephone 01225618753 / mobile: 07976750587
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Band 6 Specialist Nurse for Children in Care you will be part of our valued team at Derby Court, Trowbridge in Wiltshire.
You will feel valued as aBand 6 Nursein HCRG Care group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £35,392 - £42,618 Band 6 Salary with full AfCterms and conditions including an NHS pension
- Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
- Free on site-parking at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, culture where you are encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
To be successful in this role you will:
- Be a Registered Nurse withNMCregistration
- Hold a SCPHN Qualification (desirable)
- A fullUK Drivers Licenceand access to a car.
- Have experience and a passion for Children in Care.
- Have experience and an interest in Safeguarding
- It would be an advantage if you held a qualification/ knowledge in Contraception and Sexual Health due to the services strong focus on young people's sexual health
If you have an interest in working with this diverse group of children and young people including unaccompanied asylum seekers, we are keen to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Band 6 Specialist Nurse for Children in Care you will be part of our valued team at Derby Court, Trowbridge in Wiltshire.
You will feel valued as aBand 6 Nursein HCRG Care group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £35,392 - £42,618 Band 6 Salary with full AfCterms and conditions including an NHS pension
- Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
- Free on site-parking at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, culture where you are encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
To be successful in this role you will:
- Be a Registered Nurse withNMCregistration
- Hold a SCPHN Qualification (desirable)
- A fullUK Drivers Licenceand access to a car.
- Have experience and a passion for Children in Care.
- Have experience and an interest in Safeguarding
- It would be an advantage if you held a qualification/ knowledge in Contraception and Sexual Health due to the services strong focus on young people's sexual health
If you have an interest in working with this diverse group of children and young people including unaccompanied asylum seekers, we are keen to hear from you.
Person Specification
General Requirements
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Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
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.
