Specialist Children's Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
To contribute to a comprehensive, co-ordinated, high quality Integrated Community Paediatric Service for children in West Suffolk with neurodevelopmental disorders with a particular focus on school age children.
The post holder will contribute to service development and be involved in the assessment and diagnostic processes, including monitoring and prescribing medications.
The focus will be to provide specialist nursing expertise alongside the Community paediatricians supporting children through the NDD pathway and running nurse led clinics.
To be part of the multi-disciplinary team within Integrated Community Paediatric Services (ICPS), providing high quality evidence-based practice to children and their families.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
Key tasks:
o Provide advice and support and manage a caseload of children with neurodiversity, developmental delay and specific syndromes.
o Actively contribute to service development for ASD and pathway reviews.
o Steer the pathway strategically and work with the ADHD service.
o Support in planning assessments for referrals into ICPS.
o Carry out joint diagnostic assessments with the MDT for ASD, and feedback to families.
o Monitor and prescribe ADHD and sleep medications.
o Liaise with other relevant services including GP's, the ADHD service, Health Visitors, School Nurses, Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychology, Health, Education and Social Care
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description for further detail
The post holder will:
Provide advice and support and manage a caseload of children with neurodiversity, developmental delay and specific syndromes.
Actively contribute to service development for ASD and pathway reviews.
Steer the pathway strategically and work with the ADHD service.
Support in planning assessments for referrals into ICPS.
Carry out joint diagnostic assessments with the MDT for ASD, and feedback to families.
Monitor and prescribe ADHD and sleep medications.
Liaise with other relevant services including GPs, the ADHD service, Health Visitors, School Nurses, Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychology, Health, Education and Social Care.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- oNMC Level 1registration
- oSpecialist Practitioner qualification in Health Visiting /School Nursing/ or similar, Degree/Diploma
- oAdditional training to masters equivalent level.
- oNon-Medical prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards.
Desirable
- oADOS trained.
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- oProfessional clinical knowledge and experience of working with children who have neurodiversity.
- oIn-depth knowledge of key national strategies relevant to child development
- oWell established knowledge of assessment tools
- oExperience of working with children with neurodiversity
- oExcellent knowledge of standards of record keeping & report writing.
- oExcellent knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
- oExperience of working with multi-disciplinary colleagues and of working in partnership with parents and carers.
- oExperience in delivering in service training
Desirable
- oExperience in service development
- oExperience of developmental assessment in a wide range of different settings
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills, required to ensure that the highly complex issues surrounding child development are understood within the environment.
- oExcellent written communication skills.
- oAbility to organise and prioritise own work, and good time management skills.
- oDemonstrate good leadership and team working skills
- oAbility to contribute to continuous service improvement and highlight areas of clinical practice and service delivery requiring change
- oUnderstanding of the principles of clinical governance
- oAbility to form judgements about conflicting information and views in order to synthesise clear outcomes
Personal qualities
Essential
- oThe ability to stay calm in stressful and demanding environments.
- oA flexible approach to work.
- oTeam player
- oHighly developed problem-solving skills.
- oExcellent attention to detail.
- oAbility to demonstrate good analytical and reflection skills
- Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Helen's House
571 Foxhall Road
Ipswich
IP4 4ER
