Looked After Children Nurse
| Posting date: | 09 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,939.00 to £50,697.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £42939.00 - £50697.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE18 3RG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-0702 |
Summary
Clinical Responsibilities Undertakes statutory health assessments for Looked After Children (LAC), including developmental and emotional well-being, in line with national and local guidelines. Identifies health needs and initiates appropriate follow-up, referrals, or interventions. Manages a defined caseload and works collaboratively to ensure effective service delivery. Assesses health needs of LAC across a defined population and supports accessible, community-based healthcare. Works in partnership with social care, education, and health professionals to deliver timely health improvement interventions. Provides sensitive support during emotionally challenging situations, such as new placements or placement breakdowns. Recognises safeguarding concerns and collaborates with multi-agency teams to deliver coordinated care, including participation in CAF/TAC and child protection processes. Actively contributes to child protection conferences, core groups, and multi-disciplinary assessments. Regularly reviews caseloads and highlights service pressures or concerns to line management. Management Responsibilities Manages and prioritises own caseload, ensuring effective assessment, planning, and implementation of care. Shares responsibility for the overall team caseload, ensuring smooth service delivery. Builds and maintains positive working relationships with colleagues, clients, and external stakeholders. Attends relevant meetings, cascades key information to the team, and contributes to service development. Oversees local induction and orientation of new staff members. Supports the team in achieving performance targets and KPIs. Research, Audit & Quality Maintains accurate, timely records in line with SOPs and data governance standards to support audit and service evaluation. Engages in evidence-based practice and contributes to innovation, research, and education. Participates in audits, quality improvement projects, and research initiatives as required. Keeps abreast of emerging evidence and applies learning to practice development. Communication & Collaboration Effectively communicates with children, carers, and professionals to promote health and well-being through individual, group, and clinic-based interventions. Collaborates with GPs, social care, and multi-agency teams, sharing complex and sensitive information appropriately and professionally. Demonstrates confident communication skills across all levels of the organisation and partner agencies. Adapts communication methods to meet the diverse needs of service users. Attends and contributes to key meetings, representing the LAC health service. Uses sound judgment to assess complex situations and influence positive outcomes in multi-agency settings. Learning & Professional Development Actively participates in forums, working groups, and the development of care packages tailored to local needs. Demonstrates a commitment to ongoing professional development for self and peers. Provides quality placement experiences and supervision for pre-registration nursing and midwifery students. Engages in the annual appraisal process and completes identified training. Supports and contributes to internal and external training related to the role.