Enhanced Vulnerable Young Persons Nurse | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bootle, L30 7PT |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7088385/350-CC7088385 |
Summary
The post holder will support the Lead Nurse to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities to children in care & will work as a member of the organisation’s children in care health team at all times and in relation to the roles and responsibilities listed. The post holder will provide comprehensive health screening and assessment for children in care (CIC) on their caseload, & will provide health promotion to the target group, as well as provide the target group with access to inclusive primary health care services via dedicated community nursing support. The post holder will practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based clinical decision making, as well as work within guidelines to identify & manage risk, reporting any identified risks to the Lead Nurse. The post holder will ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload. The post holder will provide a high quality community based general health nursing service CIC & vulnerable children including young offenders. This will provide opportunity for integrated & co-ordinated approaches to the needs of the young people. It is envisages that the main focus of the work will be in the area of health promotion, health screening & clinical intervention.
Two years experience working with children in community is essential.
Children in Care
The age range of Children in care is 5-18 years, and will also complete heath assessments for universal CYP open to Sefton Youth Justice Service.
Most of the young people have experienced severe social dysfunction in their families together with significant traumatic life events, sometimes in complex combinations. These may include family break up and dysfunction, frequent changes of home and/or school, bereavement, violence, major illness or hospitalisation, and physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse. These factors exacerbate inherent medical issues, as well as impacting on the educational and social achievement.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
1. Collate & provide appropriate qualitative & statistical information on activity and outcome for the CIC health.
2. Prepare effective & timely written reports
3. Provide service related information to senior managers & staff to aid day-to-day service management
4. Contribute to the management of the delivery of care for YP in an effective & efficient manner & contribute to the enhancement of services provided through making recommendations for service development to the CIC Health Team & the appropriate Child & Adult Mental Health.
5. Maximise time management
6. Report & advise on the resources that are needed to meet the general health needs .
7. Work within guidelines to identify & manage risk, reporting identified risks to the TL.
8. Help plan, facilitate and undertake health education & promotion sessions
9. Contribute to the setting up & continual development of the service, both in the evolving of the service delivery as a whole, & with special reference to that of their own discipline within the team.
10. Support the TL in delivering a high quality care
1. Have continuing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload
2. Work as an independent practitioner without the need for direction
3. Recognise child protection situations & adhere to local guidelines
4. Adapt practice to the circumstances of the YP & carers, giving due regard to cultural, linguistic & other differences in line with the Trust Policy on Equality
5. Participate in the development of policies and guidelines relating to the service & to translate these policies into partnership working
6. Help develop a strategy for the Health Team in line with the overall strategic aims & objectives
This advert closes on Monday 14 Jul 2025