Children's Nurse - SEND | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 plus HCAS per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 June 2025 |
| Location: | Barking, IG11 7LZ |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7190152/395-BD048-25 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the Children's Nursing team in the community in Barking & Dagenham. Spanning both CDC nursing and Specialist School Nursing it is an opportunity to work with children with additional needs and SEND (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities). Gaining insight in to the medical, social and family impact on a child's development and how to support children to be their best selves. Celebrating the uniqueness of each child and promoting this within the community. You will support families, parents and carers in understanding their child's individual needs and empower them to promote their child's health and wellbeing on a daily basis.
You will have the opportunity to learn more about neurodisability, genetics and the impact on development. How to support the child to be their best selves and for the community to understand and support them.
The post-holder will have an allocated caseload and be offering support with assessment, management and planning of a child's care needs both at home and in school/nursery placements. The post-holder will work with the wider team including Universal Children's team to prioritise children with additional needs and raise awareness with in the community.
The post-holder will support the team and service in implementing the NHS agenda and the new proposed neighbourhood MDT's. Helping to build resilience in the community and providing services, support and information where the child lives locally. This will include being an effective communicator and being able to liaise with the wider statutory agencies to support.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).
Certificates of Sponsorship
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The post holder will have the exciting oppotunity of experiencing two teams working across the community and specialist school placements to support vulnerable children with developmental impairment and learning disabilities. You will be working with a range of nurse's and clinicians across children's community service - providing opportunities for learning and developing your knowledge and skills of children with SEND.
You will be responsible for a caseload and will support the assessment, management/coordination, planning and delivery of care children and their families/carers. Taking in to consideration their lived experiences and life stories which can impact on their health and development.
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Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
This advert closes on Wednesday 21 May 2025