About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 nurse to join our ambitious, friendly and supportive Children and Young People in Care Team as a specialist nurse for care leavers aged 18-25 years, offering advice and support for our care-experienced young people to assist them with meeting their health care needs effectively. This specialist nurse post will be suited to someone wanting to provide a high quality, proactive service to enhance the health and wellbeing of our young people who have left care. We need an individual who is kind, caring and has determination and a passion to support this group and improve health outcomes.
Main duties of the job
Main duties for the postholder include being required to work collaboratively as part of a multiagency team, including the local authority, to safeguard and promote the health and wellbeing of care leavers. The postholder will need good communication skills and also knowledge, skills and experience of practicing within a safeguarding framework. Attendance at the Care Leaver Hub weekly will be required to offer a drop-in service for the young people. Within the Hub setting there will be a requirement to devise and deliver health promotion sessions, therefore the skills and experience of delivering health promotion sessions to groups will be necessary. Attendance atMulti-Agency Transition Forums to discuss individual young people as they approach leaving care will be required as well as working closely with the CYPiC specialist nurses to ensure effective transition to adult services for our young people. There will also be a requirement to carry out home visits when necessary to offer individual advice and support to young people.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached full job description and personal specification for the full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NMC Registration Nurse Degree level education Evidence of professional updating in the last 12 months Relevant post graduate specialty qualification or equivalent experience knowledge Suitability to work with adults/children at risk of abuse Patient user involvement/advocacy Can act on own initiative Excellent written and verbal skills and record keeping Presentation skills to small or large groups Flexible approach to work out of hours working to meet the needs of the service Ability to work in a variety of settings, including community and acute setting
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 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address The Gem Centre
Neachells Lane
Wolverhampton
WV11 3PG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)