This Children and Young People’s Nurse post sits in the Children's Health Service 0-19 at Lincolnshire County Council, a small county-wide team supporting children and young people up to 19, or 25 with SEND. The core work is health assessment, care planning and targeted support for children whose health needs affect their education, alongside Early Help. The role is hybrid, with clinics at Family Hubs and Children's Centres and visits to schools and homes. Current NMC registration is essential, and post-registration paediatric experience is required.
What the job involves
- Undertake holistic health assessments to identify the health, wellbeing and developmental needs of children and young people
- Assess and deliver care programmes for individual health needs outside specialist services, such as continence, enuresis, nutrition and healthy weight, under the supervision of the Senior Children & Young People’s Nurse
- Develop support plans, give advice and guidance, and coordinate interventions to help children and young people achieve their outcomes, including engaging in education
- Complete Early Help assessments, start Team Around the Family meetings and act as lead professional where appropriate
- Deliver specific health interventions for children and young people with long-term health needs or medical issues affecting education, in line with safeguarding policy
- Liaise with the wider 0-19 (25 SEND) children's workforce, such as Pupil Reintegration, Youth Justice and Social Care, to agree how needs are best met
- Provide tier 1 continence support, advice, guidance and signposting for nocturnal enuresis and toileting, including online workshops
- Deliver behaviour support
- Deliver tier 1 and tier 2 awareness sessions on anaphylaxis, asthma and diabetes
- Follow up underweight children identified on the National Child Measurement Programme, including family contact and re-measurement
- Carry out assessments in clinics, by video or telephone, and in schools and patients' homes as needed
What’s required
Qualifications
- Registered children’s nurse, or another nursing field with relevant children’s experience
- Post-registration experience in children’s health or paediatrics
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration
Experience
- Knowledge of current children’s safeguarding policy and process, with a good understanding of safeguarding
- Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme, including Core20plus5
- Knowledge of public health issues that affect children’s health and development
- Experience of delivering health promotion messages virtually and face to face
- Experience of supporting a learning environment, including students
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Good understanding of clinical governance and CQC standards for community practice
- Ability to work in a changing environment and support others through change
- Ability to converse at ease with customers and give advice in accurate spoken English
Checks & eligibility
- Criminal record check, which may apply
Other
- Flexible, can-do attitude
- Works well both as an individual and as part of a team, collaborating with the Children’s Health team, Early Help and social care colleagues
- Willingness to travel across the county as needed
What’s offered
- Generous annual leave
- Pension scheme
- Mileage allowance
- Recompense of NMC fees
- Learning and development opportunities, including formal qualifications
- Flexible working, including a compressed 9-day fortnight for full-time roles
- Hybrid working with home working
- Health and wellbeing support
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