Job summary
Children's Complex Needs Nurse - Band 6 - 37.5 hours
Rowan House, Hyde
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the ISCAN team (Integrated Service for Children with Additional Needs). It involves offering nursing, therapy and support to children with additional needs and their family as part of a multi-agency team. You will work in a variety of settings including clinics, schools and children's homes.
Main duties of the job
You will have experience of working with children with complex healthcare needs and their families and have good communication skills. Applicants must have the experience to provide, implement and manage training packages for children with complex needs, as well as the ability to carry our other complex needs nursing duties as required.
Applicants should be flexible, reliable, enthusiastic and able to adapt to various situations and conditions.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Safety
- Care
- Respect
- Communication
- Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a caseload, offering a range of clinical interventions to meet the health needs of children with complex healthcare needs and or a learning disability with access to a supervisor.
To promote good health and prevent ill health by assessment and identification of health needs for the identified caseload.
To promote health and well-being by offering universal immunisation and screening programmes.
To raise awareness of health needs and implement packages of care actively contributing to the assessment and care planning programme of children and young people within the identified case load.
To identify unmet health needs, working in partnership with families, education and primary care services (both statutory and voluntary), to facilitate health enhancing activities.
To communicate within schools and the wider community in order to influence policies that affect health.
To act as named Nurse responsible for an identified caseload
To communicate within schools and the wider community in order to influence policies that affect health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a caseload, offering a range of clinical interventions to meet the health needs of children with complex healthcare needs and or a learning disability with access to a supervisor.
To promote good health and prevent ill health by assessment and identification of health needs for the identified caseload.
To promote health and well-being by offering universal immunisation and screening programmes.
To raise awareness of health needs and implement packages of care actively contributing to the assessment and care planning programme of children and young people within the identified case load.
To identify unmet health needs, working in partnership with families, education and primary care services (both statutory and voluntary), to facilitate health enhancing activities.
To communicate within schools and the wider community in order to influence policies that affect health.
To act as named Nurse responsible for an identified caseload
To communicate within schools and the wider community in order to influence policies that affect health.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Be a Degree level registered nurse (child) with significant post registration experience.
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- To be a qualified Non-Medical prescriber.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- A sound knowledge of child development and common complex disabilities and a range of treatment approaches
- Good working knowledge of therapy processes and theoretical models
- Child Protection Legislation
- Common Assessment Framework and common processes
- Understanding of evidence based practice and the implications for clinical practice.
- Significant experience as a qualified children's nurse working with children with complex needs within a relevant setting
- Experience working as part of a multi-agency team
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS modernization Agenda
- To have knowledge of National Care Record System (EMIS).
- Experience working collaboratively with other agencies, e.g. education, social care, voluntary sector
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Be a Degree level registered nurse (child) with significant post registration experience.
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- To be a qualified Non-Medical prescriber.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- A sound knowledge of child development and common complex disabilities and a range of treatment approaches
- Good working knowledge of therapy processes and theoretical models
- Child Protection Legislation
- Common Assessment Framework and common processes
- Understanding of evidence based practice and the implications for clinical practice.
- Significant experience as a qualified children's nurse working with children with complex needs within a relevant setting
- Experience working as part of a multi-agency team
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS modernization Agenda
- To have knowledge of National Care Record System (EMIS).
- Experience working collaboratively with other agencies, e.g. education, social care, voluntary sector
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
