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Clinical Nurse Specialist Children | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7140100/200-6855589-GO-SMB-A |
Summary
• An exciting opportunity to cover maternity leave has arisen for Clinical Nurse Specialist for Children Looked After to join our highly respected, friendly motivated team on a fixed term basis for nine months.
• The maternity cover is required for 12 months, with a start from March 2025.
• Our well established CLA service has a good partnership
the Local Authority
• The post holder will work collaboratively across the Health and Social Care setting with a wide range of professionals and agencies to ensure that Children Looked After and young people receive the appropriate services in order to reach their full potential, as outlined in Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Children Looked After (2015) and demonstrate Level 4 competencies outlined in Intercollegiate Competencies for Children Looked After (2015).
• To work jointly with the wider CLA team to maintain a co-ordinated, multi-agency approach to the improvement of outcomes for Wandsworth’s children and young people in care - ensuring services are delivered in a sensitive and age appropriate way that recognises the importance of choice and diversity.
• Conduct statutory health assessments and ensure that health needs of Children Looked After and Young People are properly assessed, including risk assessments for children with complex health problems based on an in-depth knowledge of this area of expertise. Ensure that appropriate evidence based health care interventions are implemented and monitored.
• To instigate and facilitate operational developments in services for Children Looked After and Young People.
• Enhance professional standards of care in this area, to promote practice and service developments within the framework of clinical governance, ensuring that evidence-based research findings are incorporated appropriately in the service.
• The post holder will have the key role in the coordination and communication of any activity, including education, relating to the health of Children Looked After and Young People.
• They will be expected to identify training needs alongside the Named Nurse, design, deliver and evaluate training within the organisations.
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Apr 2025
• The maternity cover is required for 12 months, with a start from March 2025.
• Our well established CLA service has a good partnership
the Local Authority
• The post holder will work collaboratively across the Health and Social Care setting with a wide range of professionals and agencies to ensure that Children Looked After and young people receive the appropriate services in order to reach their full potential, as outlined in Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Children Looked After (2015) and demonstrate Level 4 competencies outlined in Intercollegiate Competencies for Children Looked After (2015).
• To work jointly with the wider CLA team to maintain a co-ordinated, multi-agency approach to the improvement of outcomes for Wandsworth’s children and young people in care - ensuring services are delivered in a sensitive and age appropriate way that recognises the importance of choice and diversity.
• Conduct statutory health assessments and ensure that health needs of Children Looked After and Young People are properly assessed, including risk assessments for children with complex health problems based on an in-depth knowledge of this area of expertise. Ensure that appropriate evidence based health care interventions are implemented and monitored.
• To instigate and facilitate operational developments in services for Children Looked After and Young People.
• Enhance professional standards of care in this area, to promote practice and service developments within the framework of clinical governance, ensuring that evidence-based research findings are incorporated appropriately in the service.
• The post holder will have the key role in the coordination and communication of any activity, including education, relating to the health of Children Looked After and Young People.
• They will be expected to identify training needs alongside the Named Nurse, design, deliver and evaluate training within the organisations.
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Apr 2025
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