Job Description
Lincolnshire has exciting opportunities for full-time and part-time Children and Young People's Nurses. If you are a qualified children's or adult nurse, we would like to hear from you.
Our Approach
We welcome applications from newly qualified and experienced nurses who have a passion to provide a public health model for children of school age up to 19 years (25 SEND). We believe that every child has the right to outstanding care. That is why we work hard to ensure the Health Visiting Service provides excellent care and support to children and families by delivering the Healthy Child Programme and identifying where some families may need some additional support to enable their child to reach their full potential.
Main Duties
We deliver a family-centred service, which enables individuals, families, and communities to achieve their optimum physical, psychological, educational, and emotional wellbeing through a public health approach. We are excited to be involved in the new Family Hub model, which will continue to build on our partnership working with other agencies including Early Years teams, Early Help, Housing and Social Care. We work within a variety of settings such as clinics, nurseries, and family homes; no two days are the same. This role offers a genuine opportunity to make a positive impact on families.
Key Responsibilities
* Under the supervision of the Health Visitor or Senior Children's and Young People's Nurse, effectively manage a defined caseload as allocated nurse ensuring early intervention and reducing health inequalities.
* Deliver care programmes/packages that promote a child or young person's health, safety, and development and that support a child or young person's individual health needs that are outside of the responsibility of specialist healthcare services.
* Work with the children's health service developing and maintaining appropriate relationships with individuals, families, service users, stakeholders, and supporting an integrated provision of services to children, young people, and their families as part of the Council's Early Help approach.
* Liaise with other members of the 0-19 (25, SEND) children's services workforce, e.g., early help, social care, and outside agencies, to identify/agree how the needs of the child or young person are best met and when/where additional support is required.
* Deliver specific health interventions/care programmes based on individual health needs assessments to children and young people on a child protection plan, child in need, TAC, and ESCO relevant to the child's individual needs and act in accordance with safeguarding policy and procedures.
* Utilise specialist clinical skills using evidence-based practice to identify any risks and needs in protecting children and adhere to agreed safeguarding policies and procedures.
* Act as lead professional where relevant and the child or young person is in receipt of a children and young people's health intervention/care programme.
* Provide mentorship and community experience for pre-registration students and offer 1-1 support, guidance, and supervision for Family Health Workers where required.
* Support managers within Children's Services in the delivery of operational objectives, plans, and targets.
* Participate in the development of quality intervention and excellent standards through quality audits.
* Act as a role model to others helping them to manage uncertainty and to respond positively and creatively to change.
* Work flexibly as required across the core hours of the service 8-8pm including weekends.
* Maintain own expert level of clinical competence and professional profile and Nursing and Midwifery Council revalidation requirements.
* Create a positive image of the County Council to support an integrated provision of services to children, young people, and their families.
* Maintain and record accurate contemporaneous documentation regarding interactions between service users, colleagues, and other agencies.
* Utilise and apply appropriate communication skills with service users, seeking advice regarding methods of communication to support individuals as needed.
Person Specification
* Ability to organise workload efficiently and effectively.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to work in changing environments.
* Committed to providing high standards of care.
* Maintain personal and professional development.
* Committed to working collaboratively and in partnership with early help and social care colleagues to help improve outcomes for children and young people.
Qualifications and Experience
* Registered Children's Nurse (or other registered nursing domain with children's experience).
* Current registration with NMC.
* Post-registration experience in Children's Health/Pediatrics.
* Experience and knowledge of current safeguarding children policy and process.
* Knowledge of health issues affecting infants, children, and young people.
* Knowledge of clinical governance, including CQC compliance, audit.