Staff Nurse for Children in Care

Job summary

The Children in Care Staff Nurse role involves providing high-quality, safe, and child focussed care.

The Nurse will manage a caseload and ensure compliance with statutory health assessments, safeguarding practices and promoting the health and wellbeing of the children including identifying health needs and making appropriate referrals or providing packages of care to meet their identified needs.

Main duties of the job

• Assessing and addressing the needs of Children in Care including Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children/ young people, children with complex health needs and Care Leavers.
• Promote and sustain effective working relationships between staff and partner agencies in developing, promoting and addressing the health needs of Children in Care.
• Working within multi-agency processes to identify potential risk of harm to children in our care.
• Assist the Lead Nurse to support staff within the trust and other agencies in relation to the health needs of Children in Care and Young People.
• To undertake Review Health Assessments and therapeutic interventions with children in care, and co-ordinate health recommendations.
• Work directly with Children in Care, Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children/ young people and Care Leavers who cannot/do not engage with mainstream services to provide advice and support on issues relating to health and wellbeing.
• Attend appropriate strategy meetings and Team around the Child and planning meetings to provide a health perspective and assessment of risk to the child or young person .
• Support the Lead Nurse in the gathering of accurate data on the health and wellbeing of children in care
• Keep self-updated regarding all issues concerning safeguarding, including legal, research and government policy in order to ensure that advice given to professionals follows current best practice. Adhere to NMC Code of Professional conduct.

Job responsibilities

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.