Specialist Nurse for Looked after Children

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

The closing date is 21 April 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the integrated looked after children team to join us as a Specialist Nurse for Looked After Children. The integrated looked after children's team support children/young people and their carers to meet any identified physical health, mental health and emotional well being needs . Looked after children are a particularly vulnerable group of young people that are often difficult to engage and although they have many of the same health issues as their peers, the extent of these is often greater because of their past experiences

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Nurse you will be required to enable timely completion of review health assessments for looked after children in line with statutory guidance and provide specialist advice to carers and staff to improve health outcomes for this hard to reach group of children and young people . You will use evidence-based practice to deliver high quality care and signposting to most appropriate services to ensure that the children and young people are supported to make healthy lifestyle choices.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

10 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TG009-ACS

Job locations

Newland House

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Registered Nurse
Experience of working with children and young people
Knowledge of safeguarding children & young people

Desirable

Experience of working with looked after children
Evidence of additional training relevant to the role

skills/abilities

Essential

Evidence of working in a complex environment , requiring development and management and relationships with a wide range of agencies
Experience of completing holistic health assessments for children and young people
Experience of devising action plans to meet identified health needs of children and young people
Holds a full UK licence and has car for work use

Person Specification

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Registered Nurse
Experience of working with children and young people
Knowledge of safeguarding children & young people

Desirable

Experience of working with looked after children
Evidence of additional training relevant to the role

skills/abilities

Essential

Evidence of working in a complex environment , requiring development and management and relationships with a wide range of agencies
Experience of completing holistic health assessments for children and young people
Experience of devising action plans to meet identified health needs of children and young people
Holds a full UK licence and has car for work use

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.