SCPHN Specialist Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide expert clinical leadership within the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service (PHNS) in delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, working in partnership with key stakeholders, to ensure better outcomes for more vulnerable families within the Borough

Undertake clear and detailed assessments, effectively identifying, risk assessing and analysing the needs of more vulnerable children, young people and families in accordance with policies and procedures.

To provide specialist knowledge, supervision, advice and support to PHNS staff working with communities, families, individuals with vulnerability, complexity and safeguarding needs and where individual case or caseload management support is required

Leading on and effectively managing complex situations, assessing, and managing high levels of risk ensuring step up and step down is effective in continuity of care within the service.

Adhere to and as appropriate contribute to the development and review of policies, procedures and standards relating to practice delivery, working from an evidence base or current best practice and research.

Provide clinical expertise and guidance to support decision making for vulnerable children, ensuring compliance with policy, guidance and legislation to safeguard children, including supporting staff to prepare and present complex reports, interagency referrals and adhering to safeguarding practices that promotes high standards of care.

Work within and as appropriate contribute to the clinical governance framework to maintain consistently high standards of care, working from an evidence base or current best practice.

Take responsibility for own ongoing professional learning and development, ensuring these meet local, national, and professional regulations.

Maintain accurate and up to date records safely and confidentially in accordance with policies and procedures and professional regulations.

Participate in the delivery of safeguarding training engaging with colleagues and a range of organisations to help identify and support vulnerable children and families, to promote positive health outcomes

Work within local and national safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure a child centred approach. Provide expert skills and knowledge to colleagues leading preventative work and assessments, attending meetings, preparing, and presenting reports for case conference and court proceedings as required in line with local processes.

Adhere to the professional regulations scope of professional practice and organisational policies and procedures including nurse prescribing practice and contribute and support the care quality standards and inspections.

To exhibit excellence in the standards for Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and to be an effective leader and role model for others to aspire to.

Provide line management to members of the public health nursing workforce, delegating work appropriately to ensure the best use of skills and resources, supporting professional development, and undertaking appraisals, mentoring, and supervising newly qualified and less experienced staff.

Manage and supervise colleagues as appropriate to support the development of skills and knowledge across the service. Deputising for Healthy child programme lead as required

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working in the community and with vulnerable children and families
• Extensive experience for managing care for safeguarding and complex cases using risk assessment and analysis to plan care
• Substantial experience of working collaboratively with other agencies
• Experience of leading and managing skill mix staff
• Experience of supervising and mentoring staff
• Experience of producing high quality reports

Desirable

• Experience of providing education and training in Child Protection

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Level 6 or above qualification
• Training in providing clinical/restorative supervision and/or coaching and/or mentoring
• Evidence of continued professional development in safeguarding children to level 3
• Recorded Nurse Prescriber

Desirable

• SCPHN Extended Practice
• Willing to undertake SCPHN additional field of practice (extended practice course)

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• Demonstrate capability to act upon information received, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Able to contribute the health perspective at multi-agency meetings, and confidently challenge decision making and articulate rationale effectively
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload within a changing and flexible work environment
• Substantial skills in health needs assessment, planning and evaluating interventions
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders as well as ability to constructively challenge when required
• Ability to take lead role in complex child protection, child in need and looked after children and direct, support and supervise the other teams members to support those families

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post
• Willing to work flexibly in accordance with policies and procedures to meet the operational needs of the council.
• Willing to undertake training and continuous professional development in connection with the post.
• Work in accordance with the council's vision, priorities, values and behaviours.
• Able to undertake any travel in connection with the post.

General and Special Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of the healthy Child Programme and related polices and pathways
• Knowledge and understanding of principles and benefits of reflection and use of models and tools to enhance understanding of complex clinical practice and safeguarding supervision.
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for practice
• Demonstrate in depth knowledge and understanding of the impact of long-term health and social issues and safeguarding
• Theoretical knowledge in child abuse and safeguarding children and its application into practice
• Expert Knowledge of national statutory and local child protection safeguarding guidance, policies, and procedures and assessment and analysis of vulnerable families

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.

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

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC)

Address

Westgate Plaza One, 1 Westgate

Western Street

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S70 2DR

Employer's website

https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)