Specialist Nurse Children in Care

Do you have a passion for promoting and improving the health for children and young people aged 5 to 18 in care? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Derbyshire Children in Care Nursing Team working full time across our Chesterfield caseload.

We are passionate about ensuring children in care receive high quality health care plans within statutory time frames that support and improve their health outcomes. We are looking for a motivated and passionate Specialist Nurse to join our well-established, supportive and friendly team providing high quality statutory health assessments for CiC living in Derbyshire. Our base is in Clay Cross with nurses managing geographical caseloads across the county (this post is for the Chesterfield caseload). We offer a variety of appointment types, mobile working and access satellite clinics.

Main duties of the job

The role covers all aspects of Children in Care including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children, Care Experienced Young People and children with complex health needs residing in residential settings.

You will require experience of Safeguarding to actively participate in a Duty Day rota, which involves attending strategy meetings for children in care living in Derbyshire. The ability to maintain excellent record keeping and complete detailed reports and health care plans is a vital element of the role, alongside managing a caseload and working safely alone in the community.

The role can be clinic based, office based and visiting children in foster and residential placements. We offer a full induction and competency package to support this role, alongside Safeguarding and Clinical Supervision

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and Northeast Derbyshire districts with a workforce of around 5,000 staff.

We are committed to working with our partners in Health and Social Care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.