Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse to lead the Children in Care and Youth Justice Service within the Wakefield area.
It is a very friendly team that strives for constant improvement and consists of Nurses and Nursing Associates.
The successful candidate will have many years experience in working in the community and be a Children's Nurse or hold the Specialist Children's Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) qualification.
The role involves having a sound professional knowledge of the needs of Children in Care and children in the Youth Justice Service and ensuring that the service is evidenced based and addresses these needs.
The post holder will be working with diverse professionals and leading on task and finish groups to ensure multiagency working is meeting the needs of the children, as well as leading a team of Nurses.
The role involves driving so a drivers license and a car are essential.
Main duties of the job
The Nursing Team for Children in Care (CIC) and Youth Justice Services
(YJS) are integral to the statutory health needs assessment process and to
enabling young people and care leavers to achieve optimum health and wellbeing.
The post holder
will be a Childrens Nurse or a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
(SCPHN) who lead the CIC nursing team to promote the health and wellbeing of
Children in Care. The post holder will facilitate multi agency colleagues,
including Health Visitors and School Nurses, Social Care and the Voluntary
Sector in ensuring that children receive health care appropriate to their
identified needs.
They will be responsible for
delivering and leading highly specialist clinical care to their own caseload
and service, and. they will work to professional and regulatory body codes,
standards and guidance at all times ensuring that their practice is grounded in
evidence based theoretical and practical knowledge. They will be responsible
for developing new and innovative clinical practices responding to emerging
knowledge and techniques and working with other services where appropriate to
make improvements.
The post holder
will maximise the health of Children in Care and Young People through health
assessment, health promotion, disease prevention and health interventions to
achieve maximum health benefits.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in
Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our
three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of
innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our
workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful
and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid
Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm
irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and
gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,
or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to
someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the
LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently
under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from
members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all
applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable
guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If
you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our
patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Provide
clinical service for Children in Care including Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking
Children/ young people, children with complex health needs and Care Leavers.
To line
manager the Youth Justice Service Nurse.
Assist
Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust in fulfilling its responsibilities as a provider
service, working alongside commissioners to improve health outcomes for
Children in Care across the District and within a 50 mile radius.
Provide information as requested, in verbal and written formats as
appropriate.
Ensure
appropriate mechanisms are in place to promote and sustain effective working
relationships between staff and partner agencies in developing, promoting and
addressing the health needs of Children in Care.
Workingwithin
multi-agency processes to identify potential risk of harm to children in our
care.
Provide
support and advice to all relevant staff within the trust and other agencies in
relation to the health needs of Children in Care and Young People.
To
provide specialist advice, supervision and support to your defined caseload and
team.
Provide
support and supervision as required to staff in the team or students on
placement.
To undertake Health Needs Assessments and
therapeutic interventions with CIC & young People, and co-ordinate Health
recommendations. Be responsible for auditing the completed health assessment
process and ensuring that each child or young person has a current, up to date
health plan in line with statutory requirements. Feed back to staff on their training needs
with regard to completing health assessments.
Work directly with Children in Care, Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children/
young people and Care Leavers who cannot/do not engage with mainstream services
to provide advice and support on issues relating to health and wellbeing.
Attend
appropriate strategy meetings and Team around the Child and planning meetings
to provide a health perspective and assessment of risk to the child or young
person and ensure multi-agency working is adhered to.
Contribute
to the development of a district wide database for Children in Care through
submission of accurate and timely information, and contribute to achieving
health assessments for this group of children.
Be able to identify unmet health needs / gaps in service provision and
promote innovative ideas to meeting those needs.
Keep
self-updated regarding all issues concerning safeguarding, including legal,
research and government policy in order to ensure that advice given to
professionals follows current best practice. Adhere to NMC Code of Professional
conduct and be conversant with the scope of professional practice.
Work
within national and local guidelines. Ensure that all care is research based
and delivered to an agreed standard, working with appropriate evaluation
processes. Be willing to participate in research and audit and disseminate
findings across the district in order to influence future development of the
service
As a Band 7 Lead nurse, you will be expected
to professionally lead the team.
As a
band 7 Nurse you will be responsible for supporting and leading identified and
agreed aspects of the service, in the development of care systems, protocols
and guidelines working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and developing
excellent interdepartmental relationships with excellent communication with a
focus on quality improvement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Provide
clinical service for Children in Care including Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking
Children/ young people, children with complex health needs and Care Leavers.
To line
manager the Youth Justice Service Nurse.
Assist
Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust in fulfilling its responsibilities as a provider
service, working alongside commissioners to improve health outcomes for
Children in Care across the District and within a 50 mile radius.
Provide information as requested, in verbal and written formats as
appropriate.
Ensure
appropriate mechanisms are in place to promote and sustain effective working
relationships between staff and partner agencies in developing, promoting and
addressing the health needs of Children in Care.
Workingwithin
multi-agency processes to identify potential risk of harm to children in our
care.
Provide
support and advice to all relevant staff within the trust and other agencies in
relation to the health needs of Children in Care and Young People.
To
provide specialist advice, supervision and support to your defined caseload and
team.
Provide
support and supervision as required to staff in the team or students on
placement.
To undertake Health Needs Assessments and
therapeutic interventions with CIC & young People, and co-ordinate Health
recommendations. Be responsible for auditing the completed health assessment
process and ensuring that each child or young person has a current, up to date
health plan in line with statutory requirements. Feed back to staff on their training needs
with regard to completing health assessments.
Work directly with Children in Care, Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children/
young people and Care Leavers who cannot/do not engage with mainstream services
to provide advice and support on issues relating to health and wellbeing.
Attend
appropriate strategy meetings and Team around the Child and planning meetings
to provide a health perspective and assessment of risk to the child or young
person and ensure multi-agency working is adhered to.
Contribute
to the development of a district wide database for Children in Care through
submission of accurate and timely information, and contribute to achieving
health assessments for this group of children.
Be able to identify unmet health needs / gaps in service provision and
promote innovative ideas to meeting those needs.
Keep
self-updated regarding all issues concerning safeguarding, including legal,
research and government policy in order to ensure that advice given to
professionals follows current best practice. Adhere to NMC Code of Professional
conduct and be conversant with the scope of professional practice.
Work
within national and local guidelines. Ensure that all care is research based
and delivered to an agreed standard, working with appropriate evaluation
processes. Be willing to participate in research and audit and disseminate
findings across the district in order to influence future development of the
service
As a Band 7 Lead nurse, you will be expected
to professionally lead the team.
As a
band 7 Nurse you will be responsible for supporting and leading identified and
agreed aspects of the service, in the development of care systems, protocols
and guidelines working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and developing
excellent interdepartmental relationships with excellent communication with a
focus on quality improvement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must either have a Childrens Nursing qualification RSCN / RN (child) 1st level or a SCPHN qualification
- Public health knowledge and experience
- Community nursing experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Appropriate statutory professional body registration
- Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills to carry out duties.
- Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards.
- Teaching, training or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level.
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills.
- Supervision of students qualification.
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.
- Specialist health modules relevant to specialist field.
- Leadership and management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate experience of working within the community
- Experience of supervising staff/teams
- Ability to demonstrate relevant experience of working and managing Child Protection cases.
- Multi-professional working
- Teaching/ training
- Working autonomously
- Working on a one to one basis with children and young people to identify and address their health needs.
Desirable
- Audit/ research experience
- Leadership/ management
- Experience of developing and delivering training across different professional groups
- Experience of working with children with mental health issues.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Assertive, confident yet approachable
- Calm and objective
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with their parents and carers.
- Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable service and demands.
- Positive and flexible attitude to dealing with change, able to respond to the changing needs of the patient in an appropriate and timely manner. Willing to accept change and to explore new ways of doing things.
- Highly motivated and reliable.
- Has a strong sense of personal integrity and is able to adhere to standards of conduct.
- Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development.
- Awareness of own limitations.
- Knowledge of Childrens Act and current government child protection legislation
- Highly developed specialist theoretical and clinical knowledge appropriate to service area and profession
- Highly developed knowledge of relevant current issues in health and social care, ethics and innovation and application in practice.
- Demonstrate awareness of limits to knowledge base.
- Experience of leading the application of clinical governance and quality measures in practice.
- Knowledge of current research methodology
Desirable
- Safeguarding supervision training.
- Knowledge of national CIC priorities.
- Knowledge of the health needs of Unaccompanied Asylum seeking children, children with complex health needs and YJS.
Skills and AbiIities
Essential
- IT literate
- |Highly complex analytical and creative problem solving skills in unpredictable situations.
- Workload management including delegation of tasks and day to day team leadership.
- Teaching, assessment and presentation skills
- Organisation and negotiation skills
- Flexible attitude to working
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Group facilitation skills
- Evidence of therapeutic working
Other
Essential
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
- Knowledge base of agency roles and responsibilities IE Local Authority social workers
- Access to a vehicle with the ability to travel around the locality in line with service requirements
Desirable
- Innovative and positive approach
- Pro-active and enthusiastic
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must either have a Childrens Nursing qualification RSCN / RN (child) 1st level or a SCPHN qualification
- Public health knowledge and experience
- Community nursing experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Appropriate statutory professional body registration
- Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills to carry out duties.
- Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards.
- Teaching, training or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level.
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills.
- Supervision of students qualification.
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.
- Specialist health modules relevant to specialist field.
- Leadership and management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate experience of working within the community
- Experience of supervising staff/teams
- Ability to demonstrate relevant experience of working and managing Child Protection cases.
- Multi-professional working
- Teaching/ training
- Working autonomously
- Working on a one to one basis with children and young people to identify and address their health needs.
Desirable
- Audit/ research experience
- Leadership/ management
- Experience of developing and delivering training across different professional groups
- Experience of working with children with mental health issues.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Assertive, confident yet approachable
- Calm and objective
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with their parents and carers.
- Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable service and demands.
- Positive and flexible attitude to dealing with change, able to respond to the changing needs of the patient in an appropriate and timely manner. Willing to accept change and to explore new ways of doing things.
- Highly motivated and reliable.
- Has a strong sense of personal integrity and is able to adhere to standards of conduct.
- Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development.
- Awareness of own limitations.
- Knowledge of Childrens Act and current government child protection legislation
- Highly developed specialist theoretical and clinical knowledge appropriate to service area and profession
- Highly developed knowledge of relevant current issues in health and social care, ethics and innovation and application in practice.
- Demonstrate awareness of limits to knowledge base.
- Experience of leading the application of clinical governance and quality measures in practice.
- Knowledge of current research methodology
Desirable
- Safeguarding supervision training.
- Knowledge of national CIC priorities.
- Knowledge of the health needs of Unaccompanied Asylum seeking children, children with complex health needs and YJS.
Skills and AbiIities
Essential
- IT literate
- |Highly complex analytical and creative problem solving skills in unpredictable situations.
- Workload management including delegation of tasks and day to day team leadership.
- Teaching, assessment and presentation skills
- Organisation and negotiation skills
- Flexible attitude to working
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Group facilitation skills
- Evidence of therapeutic working
Other
Essential
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
- Knowledge base of agency roles and responsibilities IE Local Authority social workers
- Access to a vehicle with the ability to travel around the locality in line with service requirements
Desirable
- Innovative and positive approach
- Pro-active and enthusiastic
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
