Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Looked After Children Nurse

The closing date is 24 August 2025

Job summary

The post holder will work in partnership with the dedicated Looked After

Children Health Team and with partner agencies to ensure that children who are Looked After achieve the best possible health outcomes. This includes completing review health assessments, attending multi-disciplinary meetings, delivering training and offering advice and support to multi -disciplinary/multi-agency staff, carers, children and young people.

Main duties of the job

To work alongside the Named Nurse, Specialist Nurse and the wider LAC health team, planning and undertaking statutory health assessments and formulating health care plans for LAC and young people aged 0-19 years.
To ensure assessments are completed within statutory time-frames and completed reports are produced in a timely manner for quality assurance prior to processing.
To contribute to and undertake the training and ongoing development of health professionals, social workers and foster carers.
To act as a resource and support, providing expert advice to social workers, foster carers, teachers, residential workers and young people who are looked after. To arrange and attend regular LAC surgery's with Social Care.
To arrange for any urgent needs identified to be addressed promptly by referral to appropriate services.
To ensure any health issues identified which are a matter of concern are acted upon immediately and that the Social Worker for the case is notified promptly by email and telephone contact.
To attend any Looked after Children's reviews if required for complex cases.
To contribute to the provision of comprehensive reports in the development of the service.
To assist the Named Nurse and Specialist Nurse in maintaining an accurate, up to date database on health assessments, A&E attendances of LAC and a missing persons schedule.

About us

A friendly, welcoming, nurturing and encouraging work environment that will support you in your practice and development
Local induction and an allocated mentor
Regular clinical, management, and safeguarding supervision.
Opportunities for leadership and career development
A strong focus on staff well-being and access to excellent staff engagement programs and support services via our People Development team

Date posted

07 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pro rata inc HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

333-G-HCS-1143

Job locations

Westmead Clinic

Westmead

Ruislip

HA4 0TN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working within strategic and CNWL policy frameworks, identify assessments that are to be arranged for completion in the LAC Nurse Clinics and which are to be completed in the home environment according to the needs of the child.
To liaise with LAC Administrative Support for booking RHA appointments with carers and co-ordination of the reports required.
To undertake comprehensive health assessments and formulate health care plans within a holistic framework for LAC.
To adopt a flexible approach to working in order to accommodate children and support young people who may be difficult to engage with.
To undertake health assessments on LAC from other Local Authorities in line with good practice.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working within strategic and CNWL policy frameworks, identify assessments that are to be arranged for completion in the LAC Nurse Clinics and which are to be completed in the home environment according to the needs of the child.
To liaise with LAC Administrative Support for booking RHA appointments with carers and co-ordination of the reports required.
To undertake comprehensive health assessments and formulate health care plans within a holistic framework for LAC.
To adopt a flexible approach to working in order to accommodate children and support young people who may be difficult to engage with.
To undertake health assessments on LAC from other Local Authorities in line with good practice.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Delivery of services both universal and targeted to 0- 19 years including vulnerable children
Experience of working as a member of a team but also able to work autonomously
Experience of Integrated or joint working to deliver a high quality of care and to achieve health outcomes

Desirable

Contributing towards strategic planning of services
Management experience or evidence of advanced practice
Experience of working directly with looked after children, UASC and care leavers
Planning and delivering training (health promotion)

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of childhood vaccination programme
Risk management
Infection Control legislation and maintenance of standards
Policies, guidance and working practices that underpin Integrated working and development of services that aim to improve outcomes for Looked After Children and Care Leavers
Sensitivity to the needs of looked after children and young people.

Desirable

Information & Data collection
Resource allocation and management
Line-management
Clinical audit

Qualifications

Essential

UK Current Registered Health Visitor/ School Nurse/ Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification. SCPHN Qualification
Diploma / degree or equivalent experience relevant to clinical practice
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (Ability to work to post graduate level)
Safeguarding training at Level 3

Desirable

Nurse Prescribing

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Delivery of services both universal and targeted to 0- 19 years including vulnerable children
Experience of working as a member of a team but also able to work autonomously
Experience of Integrated or joint working to deliver a high quality of care and to achieve health outcomes

Desirable

Contributing towards strategic planning of services
Management experience or evidence of advanced practice
Experience of working directly with looked after children, UASC and care leavers
Planning and delivering training (health promotion)

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of childhood vaccination programme
Risk management
Infection Control legislation and maintenance of standards
Policies, guidance and working practices that underpin Integrated working and development of services that aim to improve outcomes for Looked After Children and Care Leavers
Sensitivity to the needs of looked after children and young people.

Desirable

Information & Data collection
Resource allocation and management
Line-management
Clinical audit

Qualifications

Essential

UK Current Registered Health Visitor/ School Nurse/ Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification. SCPHN Qualification
Diploma / degree or equivalent experience relevant to clinical practice
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (Ability to work to post graduate level)
Safeguarding training at Level 3

Desirable

Nurse Prescribing

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Westmead Clinic

Westmead

Ruislip

HA4 0TN

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Westmead Clinic

Westmead

Ruislip

HA4 0TN

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)