Senior Children's Continuing Care Nurse

• Undertake Children's Continuing Care assessments and reviews.
• Coordinate and manage a caseload of children and young people with complex health needs.
• Work in partnership with families, providers and multi-agency professionals.
• Develop, review and monitor care packages to ensure assessed needs are met.
• Contribute to safeguarding processes and risk management.
• Prepare clear, evidence-based reports and recommendations for panel consideration.
• Support quality improvement initiatives and service development.

Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN Child/Learning Disability or RSCN or RGN/HV/SCHPN with relevant post registration experience of working with children and young people with identified health needs
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or an equivalent level of experience working at a similar level
• Current registration with NMC
• Demonstrate relevant post registration experience as a registered nurse with some knowledge of care management or transferrable skills. Experience of working with the multi-disciplinary team and with a wide range of health and social organisations.
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to professional development.

Essential

• Must demonstrate an excellent knowledge and understanding of the care needs presented by individuals with a variety of conditions and disabilities.
• Must have a working knowledge and experience of current government legislation around safeguarding strategy and the process of implementing this.
• Able to deliver against objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines.
• Able to demonstrate clear communication skills with excellent report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
• Communication skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks. An ability to communicate on complex and sensitive matters and in potentially difficult situations that may require persuasion and influence, at times an ability to convey compassion and understanding to the individual circumstance.
• An ability to analyse and interpret information, to pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues.
• Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from analysis of complex information
• An autonomous practitioner with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Able to make recommendations on difficult and/or contentious issues where there may be several potential courses of action.
• Able to demonstrate problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands at short notice.
• Proficient and competent use of Office 365 packages especially Word, Outlook.
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
• Used to working in a busy and dynamic environment.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Commitment and enthusiasm towards continuing professional development.
• Professional calm and efficient manner.
• Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.

Desirable

• Knowledge and awareness of resource management, including awareness of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).
• Able to provide specialist training around specific subjects, advice and support on own role/responsibilities where necessary.
• Exposure to and awareness of change management processes within area of service delivery.

Essential

• Demonstrate relevant post registration experience as a registered nurse with some knowledge of care management or transferrable skills. Experience of working with the multi-disciplinary team and with a wide range of health and social organisations.
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to professional development.