Band 6 Specialist Nurse – Children in Care

Main area Specialist Nurse – (Children in Care) Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Duty Nurse: 0121 466 4648) Hours Part time - 25 hours per week Job ref 820-7063949-CF

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Stepehens Centre Town Birmingham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 10/04/2025

Band 6 Specialist Nurse – Children in Care

Job overview

We are seeking a Band 6 nurse to join our team. If you are passionate about supporting young people in care and those that support them then this is the role for you.

We are a large, friendly team supporting Birmingham Children in Care and those placed in the city from other areas.

We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic hard working new team member.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will ensure the individual health needs of Children in Care are met to enable access to appropriate health advice and services and to encourage the engagement in a healthy lifestyle.
• Engage with the relevant multidisciplinary services to ensure service delivery and clinical standards are maintained and provide information, advice and practical support in all areas that impact on a child and young person’s health.
• Under the guidance of the Lead Specialist Nurse, be responsible for assessing, planning and reviewing the health needs of Children in Care. Identifying outstanding health needs and supporting young people to address their health requirements.
• To support the Lead Specialist Nurse and be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work and caseload.
• To assist and support the development and innovation of the service within, to enable the team to provide provisions in a timely and up to date evidence-based manner.
• To support children, young people, their families and carers to implement appropriate health plan and work effectively within residential settings, providing advice, guidance and support as appropriate.
• To manage a variety of complex and sensitive patient casework commensurate to the nature of the post. This will include exposure to a variety of conditions, overseeing clinical functions, managing distressing situations and undertaking administrational activities to ensure records and information is uploaded onto systems in a timely and accurate way, to ensure effective integration of practice.
• To undertake patient health assessments and assess health needs holistically to develop a health plan that relates to the individual children and young person.
• To review the health care plan associated with individual children or young person’s circumstances and ensure the health plan is implemented both inside and outside of the borough.
• To make appropriate referrals to other multi-disciplinary services and / or carry out follow-up investigations to ensure children and young people do not lose their waiting-list place or disrupt existing arrangements to care.
• To advocate on behalf of children and young people, identifying health needs and barriers that prevent access to appropriate services and support, and ensure services are accessible to enable provisions for those within Children in Care and Care Leavers services.
• To ensure that services and provisions for Children in Care and Care Leavers are developed and in place, in line with current evidence-based practice and national guidance and policies.
• To provide a Leaving Care Summary for care leavers, providing support, specialist advice, referral and advocacy to the leaving care population and to promote independent living for young people exiting care; providing assistance as the role necessitates.
• To effectively communicate complex and sensitive information with colleagues and multidisciplinary agencies external and internal to the service to deliver a quality service and contribute to service development using a multi-agency approach.
• To undertake tasks appropriate to band of post to support the Safeguarding Team and identify and escalate concerns relevant to the duty of care and parameters of the role.
• To participate in the education and training of colleagues, students and associated health professionals, Foster Carers and any other professionals responsible for the wellbeing of Children in Care.
• To collect and collate activity statistics and act upon within agreed timescales to assist with patient examination and the reporting of outcomes.
• To manage own appraisal and personal development planning and participate in CPD activities and access appropriate work-related training in accordance with The Inter-collegiate Guidance to enhance knowledge and development of expertise.
• To plan, deliver and evaluate interactive, evidence-based training for Children in Care staff to ensure consistent and practical messages about health care and care plans are provided.
• To ensure that children and young people have access to information on existing care and health services.
• Access relevant training opportunities, developing and maintaining up to date knowledge and skills in the area of looked after children.
• To undertake additional training as required to enhance personal knowledge and practice.
• To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Training

• Registered Nurse
• Educated to Degree level in relevant subject, specialised course or equivalent level of experience of working with children in the care system/ children with disability
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Relevant Community experience

Experience

• Significant skills/ experience working within the field of safeguarding children/young people

Skills/knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of children’s rights / legislation and application to practice
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of child development and the lifelong impact of adverse childhood experiences
• Knowledge of specialism, acquired through degree level training or equivalent experience or training
• Evidence of experience and understanding of quality measurement processes, audit, performance indicators and inspection by statutory bodies CQC.
• Experience of working with children in the care system including children with learning disability
• Ability to interpret national Looked after Children and safeguarding policy/ guidance at national and local level
• Ability to work in a team. Friendly and approachable Flexibility to meet the needs of Young People.

Other job requirements

• Full clean driving license and willingness to commute Citywide and beyond
• Willingness to undertake evening work

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Name Adenike Jolaosho Job title Named Nurse and Clinical Service Manager Email address a.jolaosho@nhs.net Telephone number 07714 847469