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Specialist Support Practitioner | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2024 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY3 9ES |
| Company: | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6504718/382-FICC192-24-A |
Summary
Are you a compassionate dynamic professional looking for a change? Do you have a passion in supporting children with complex health and developmental needs and their families? Do you embrace change and want to be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing this specialist expertise, knowledge, skills and support? If so, you may just be the person we are looking for!
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Specialist Nursing team who work within Blenheim Child Development Centre. We are an innovative forward-thinking team who are looking to recruit someone with the same passion, energy and empathy. We are particularly looking for someone who has a special interest in working with children who have additional needs and their families. We work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and are committed to early support/intervention. We have in recent times redesigned the way we deliver our service and have robust pathways including episodes of care/support and development.
Applications are welcomed from experienced practitioners. You will be well supported by the team and management and valued/rewarded in your role.
1. supporting children and families Support all senior staff clinics with developmental assessments and clinical observations through play.
• Lead on ensuring all clinics run efficiently
• Support the specialist nurses in joint developmental assessments
• Support/advice via programmes of care on sleep toileting and behaviour.
• Organise contacts for those families needing specialist packages of care.
• Understanding and involvement with responsibility to safeguard children and families
• Supporting nursing team /children's hearing team with supporting hearing assessments
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
1. Episodes of Care-includingdirect support to children and families: -
• Support all senior staff clinics with both formal developmental assessments and clinical observations obtained through play.
• Lead on ensuring all clinics run efficiently including setting up/clearing away and maintenance of infection control measures/stock control. This will also include the joint assessment clinics and tertiary centre clinics including neurology and genetics
• Support the specialist nurses in joint developmental assessments as per Blenheim and the Neonatal Enhanced Developmental pathways
• As directed by the specialist nurses, to provide evidence-based specialist support/advice via programmes of care on sleep toileting and behaviour. Organise own contacts for those families needing specialist packages of care. Using own initiative and experience to modify interventions planned according to client’s needs with oversight from the specialist nurses
• Support the specialist nurses in providing Triple P Stepping Stones group parenting provisio
• To contribute to safeguarding plans by reporting observations of family interactions, child development and any areas of concern. The post holder will make every effort to contact the relevant specialist nurse, safeguarding advisor or Team Leader for advice in the event of significant child protection concerns being identified but may be required to refer directly to Children’s Social Care, in the ‘best interests of the child
• To contribute to the care of all clients, always ensuring safety and dignity
• To support trained nursing staff as required with children's hearing assessments
• To be aware at all times of the needs of client groups and to promote and encourage positive health choices and school readiness. To be actively involved in the communication of complex information regarding clients’ needs and reporting this and any other useful information to the specialist nurses or other members of the team
• To uphold all aspects of the service and organisational policies and procedures
• To take individual responsibility to report incidents as well as any identified actual or potential risks either to you, the organisation, or others
• To maintain contemporaneous and accurate electronic and/or written records
• Undertake any additional tasks as delegated by the specialist nurses within scope of competencies
This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Aug 2024
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