Named Nurse Children Looked After

• To work alongside the Designated Nurse , Named Doctor and the Senior Manager to ensure that high quality, evidence based health services are delivered.
• To provide expert professional advice, supervision, education and training to maintain clinical excellence for all staff who have direct involvement with Children Looked After and their carers. In addition, to provide support to all staff in various agencies who work with Children Looked After
• To provide expert advice and information to partners to improve the health and wellbeing of Children Looked After
• To line manage staff within the Milton Keynes CLA health team.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership, advanced knowledge and skills, expert advice and support on CLA issues to commissioners and other staff across the NHS and MK Local Authority

• Ensure high quality statutory health assessments for Children Looked After placed in Milton Keynes and throughout the UK take place within the statutory timescales, allocating cases where required to the appropriate professional.
• Where Milton Keynes children are placed outside of the Borough the post holder will ensure liaison with relevant agencies and professionals across that local economy in order to maintain continuity of care.
• Work with other health care organisations to monitor performance of local health services for children and young people looked after.
• Collect and scrutinise data, preparing reports and understanding how many children have had their initial and review assessments in the required period and related exceptions.
• Undertake an analysis of the range of health neglect and need for health care for local Children Looked After i.e. case mix analysis to inform service planning; contributing to the production of health data on Children Looked After across the health community.
• Provide clinical leadership, expert advice and support on health issues for CLA to social care, education partners, all health care providers, foster carers and residential children's homes, developing care plans and reviewing health care provided.
• Work with relevant agencies and take the lead in developing related policies, procedures and guidelines ensuring these are up to date and in line with the organisations strategic and statutory requirements.
• Be a member of the corporate parenting panel in conjunction with other health service planners/ commissioners

• A supportive and experienced CLA team and management structure with strong leadership , supervision and peer support.
• Access to a wide range of CNWL training, including trauma, attachment, safeguarding and professional development opportunities
• Opportunities to contribute to service development and multi-agency partnership working
• Flexible working options, staff well being initiatives and NHS staff benefits scheme.
• Office base in shared accommodation with other community children's and adult services with onsite restaurant, library and good parking facilities.

Essential

• Evidence of knowledge and experience of safeguarding
• Substantial clinical experience of the health needs of children/young people and the health needs of Children Looked After
• Multi agency and multi professional working
• Extensive years post qualification working experience
• Substantial experience in Staff management
• Evidence of expertise in child protection