Job Introduction
Job Introduction
As a Looked after Children's Nurse Advisor you’ll be working as part of Essex Child and Family Well-Being Service delivering services across West Essex.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and committed professional to join the Looked After Children’s Team in the West Essex Quadrant as a LAC Nurse Advisor, for 4 days a week (30 hours) permanent contract
This is a rare opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and competencies in the field of looked after children whilst receiving structured support and training via the Named Nurse for Looked after Children.
The primary focus of this role will be to undertake the lead health professional role for complex looked after children aged 0-19 years. This will include undertaking statutory health assessments and attendance at statutory reviews. You will be responsible for ensuring the health needs of this vulnerable cohort are met.
You will be a qualified Health Visitor or School Nurse or registered nurse or Children's Nurse with experience working in the community setting and must be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of child development. The post holder will be expected to work under supervision using their own initiative following training. He/she will receive on-going support and supervision via the Named Nurse for Looked after Children.
You will need an ability to liaise and work in partnership with a wide range of agencies in the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors to ensure a co-ordinated and holistic approach when undertaking and facilitating statutory review health assessments.
You will be expected to travel across the West Essex area and therefore a car user is essential.
Please call Maria Stephens-Row, Named Nurse for Looked after Children (07973 684335) for more information about this exciting role.
Interviews are due to commence 18/7/22
Main Responsibility
Main Responsibilities
Main Responsibilities
The Looked After Children (LAC) Nurse Advisor will undertake the lead health professional role for LAC who have been identified to have complex health needs. The identified lead health professional will undertake the Review Health Assessment (RHA), implement and regularly monitor the health care plan and contribute to the child’s interagency care plan. The lead health professional should take responsibility for making themselves known to the child and their carers.
The LAC Nurse Advisor will: -
- Be an individual practitioner providing co-ordinated care for each looked after child and young person
- Complete statutory review health assessments as requested by the Named Nurse for LAC or LAC Administrator
- Act as an advocate for the health of each child or young person who is looked after.
- Promote the child/young person’s well-being and independence to help them reach their maximum potential in life.
- Work with the child’s social worker to co-ordinate the health care plan and ensure actions are followed up
- Be responsible for liaising with other professionals known to be providing a service to the child, in order to gather up to date information. This is required to complete a comprehensive and holistic child centred health assessment and care plan
- Act as a key contact for the child’s social worker
- Act as a key contact for children’s residential homes, providing drop ins and support as requested
- Attend statutory reviews if invited or ensure up to date health information is available to the Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) and social worker as per consultation requests
- Details of the allocated lead health professional should be recorded under groups and relationships on the child’s electronic record
- Be responsible for the management of any concerns
The Ideal Candidate
The Ideal Candidate
The Ideal Candidate
You will have registered Nurse or Children’s nurse (or registered school nurse of health visitor) with experience working in the community.
We have built organisation-wide committees in many specialist fields. You’ll have the option to join your clinical specialism, networking with professionals from across the country. We get together regularly, auditing and sharing standard methodology for innovation and service re-design. You’ll be a part of the pool of subject matter experts bringing together clinical and operational leads. You will be a part of quality improvements, research and development activity. Here we recognise and celebrate clinical excellence and dedication.
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
Package Description
Package Description
You will receive Band 6 salary and AFC terms and conditions {including an NHS pension}
As well as AFC terms and conditions, you’ll have access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Laptop and Mobile enabling fantastic flexible working patterns that can help you lead a perfect work/life balance
- AFC holiday entitlement + Bank Holidays
- MyWellness – a health and lifestyle platform covering mental health awareness and support, healthy recipes & activity challenges and access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Access to Reward Gateway - our staff benefits scheme which grants you access to premium offers and discounts on practical spending at national supermarkets and well known retailers as well as special treats like Virgin Experience Days and Lesuire Vouchers
- We are pleased to offer access to Wagestream -which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- Access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills, bespoke career pathways and opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with 100% of our rated services considered overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 by our Chief Executive Dr Vivienne McVey and like-minded colleagues, 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.
From around 500 locations 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 a broad diversity of talent to apply. We reserve the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications.
As a Disability Confident Committed company, we work in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to make our business an inclusive place for all.
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