Job Introduction
We are looking for a Band 5 Nurse to join our Children in Care (CIC) team at Lancaster, Lancashire
As a Band 5 Children in Care Staff Nurse within HCRG Care Group Lancashire 0-19 team you will be responsible for the support and care of our Looked After Children aged 0-18 years. You will complete annual (or 6 monthly for children under 5 years of age) health assessments for Children in Care and be responsible and accountable for their health needs and inform the wider multi-agency team of any concerns that may arise for them.
This is a permanent, part time position. We are looking for a registered nurse or mental health nurse with a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
Main Responsibility
You will be responsible:
- To ensure services are delivered in a sensitive, age-appropriate way that recognises the importance of choice, culture and diversity
- To work in partnership with local Enhanced Safeguarding Teams, Children’s Social Care, Foster Carers, Independent Reviewing Officers, Residential Workers and Birth Parents in promoting the health of CIC and maintain good liaison with other agencies, both statutory and voluntary
- To provide advice and training on CIC to all staff within Lancashire Healthy Young People and Families Service for colleagues who come into contact with CIC
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a passionate and driven candidate who is a registered nurse or mental health nurse with a valid NMC pin. In addition, you will have:
- Experience of leadership and/or management
- Experience of working directly with Children in Care and their families/carers
- Extensive knowledge of Children in Care procedures and policies
- A full UK driving license and access to vehicle
Package Description
As a Band 5 Children in Care Nurse, you’ll be part of our valued team at our North Lancashire location (Lancaster)
You will feel valued as a Band 5 Children in Care Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 5 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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