Specialist Nurse for Child Protection Medical Team

Child Protection Accepting referrals following liaison with medical colleagues. Coordinate CP medical timescales. Liaison with the multi-agency network and the wider medical team to book the appointment. To meet and greet the families/children/social workers at Childrens Assessment Unit, Queen Alexander Hospital. To provide nursing support for the Doctor during the child protection medical. Offer support and advice to professionals, children and families throughout the child protection process. Assessment and analysis of highly complex information that may be emotionally distressing and highly contentious. Management of highly charged emotional issues to identify risk to children. Knowledge and skills in recognising indicators of child abuse. Apply knowledge of child protection processes into practice. Specialist knowledge of forensic and child protection procedures to support the paediatrician and family during the assessment. Coordinate and manage follow-up assessments and investigations as required. Attend strategy meetings and child protection conferences as required. General Promote effective liaison with professionals from health and other agencies at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Ensure effective and appropriate care is in place, and where necessary, to communicate complex and highly sensitive information to children, young people and their carers including those with learning difficulties or where English may not be their first language. Ensure that contemporaneous, accurate and clear records are made at all times. Use specialist clinical skills in assessing and analysing need, referring, and developing care plans for children and young people in complex situations. Empower parents/carers/young people to access appropriate health provision for children and themselves, offering support and information when required. Act as an advocate for children and young people ensuring their views relating to their health & wellbeing are heard. Provide advice regarding appropriate use of primary care and other health services. Management and Leadership Provide supervision and support, where required, to junior members of staff and other bands including Health Care Support Workers. Staff are supervised appropriately, and standards of work are maintained and Trust policies for the management of staff performance are adhered to. Where appraisals of staff directly supervised are undertaken and that the appraisal process is maintained throughout the team. Staff receive appropriate health and safety and other mandatory training as prescribed and that relevant records are maintained. Other records are maintained by the team ensuring compliance with the agreed record keeping systems of the Trust. Informed consent is obtained where appropriate and documented in accordance with Trust procedures. New and replacement equipment is not used until it has been commissioned in accordance with Trust policy. Appropriate risk and other assessments are completed and documented in a timely manner in accordance with Trust policy. Defective equipment is reported and made safe without delay in accordance with Trust procedures. Equipment is maintained in accordance with Trust policy. Infection prevention and control procedures are followed by all staff within their area of responsibility. All staff follow Trust clinical governance requirements. Administrative Work positively with colleagues to maintain effective relationships, incorporating Trust values. Contribute to reporting for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, highlighting the effectiveness of health care planning and progress toward performance indicators. Implement, participate in and analyse audit within the service to improve future service provision. Participate in ongoing research and development within the team as appropriate. Ensure mandatory training is accessed as detailed by the Trust policy. Engage in annual appraisal process to support individual career and personal development. Education Working with Clinical Team Coordinator and Named Doctor for Safeguarding or equivalent professional will provide direct supervision and mentoring. Be aware of own professional development requirements and undertake learning and development opportunities. Attend education and training courses relevant to field of practice in order to further develop competencies. Develop skills relevant to area including developmental assessment using recognised tools, history taking physical assessment and examination skills Training will be offered to support this role. Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. Job description Job responsibilities Child Protection Accepting referrals following liaison with medical colleagues. Coordinate CP medical timescales. Liaison with the multi-agency network and the wider medical team to book the appointment. To meet and greet the families/children/social workers at Childrens Assessment Unit, Queen Alexander Hospital. To provide nursing support for the Doctor during the child protection medical. Offer support and advice to professionals, children and families throughout the child protection process. Assessment and analysis of highly complex information that may be emotionally distressing and highly contentious. Management of highly charged emotional issues to identify risk to children. Knowledge and skills in recognising indicators of child abuse. Apply knowledge of child protection processes into practice. Specialist knowledge of forensic and child protection procedures to support the paediatrician and family during the assessment. Coordinate and manage follow-up assessments and investigations as required. Attend strategy meetings and child protection conferences as required. General Promote effective liaison with professionals from health and other agencies at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Ensure effective and appropriate care is in place, and where necessary, to communicate complex and highly sensitive information to children, young people and their carers including those with learning difficulties or where English may not be their first language. Ensure that contemporaneous, accurate and clear records are made at all times. Use specialist clinical skills in assessing and analysing need, referring, and developing care plans for children and young people in complex situations. Empower parents/carers/young people to access appropriate health provision for children and themselves, offering support and information when required. Act as an advocate for children and young people ensuring their views relating to their health & wellbeing are heard. Provide advice regarding appropriate use of primary care and other health services. Management and Leadership Provide supervision and support, where required, to junior members of staff and other bands including Health Care Support Workers. Staff are supervised appropriately, and standards of work are maintained and Trust policies for the management of staff performance are adhered to. Where appraisals of staff directly supervised are undertaken and that the appraisal process is maintained throughout the team. Staff receive appropriate health and safety and other mandatory training as prescribed and that relevant records are maintained. Other records are maintained by the team ensuring compliance with the agreed record keeping systems of the Trust. Informed consent is obtained where appropriate and documented in accordance with Trust procedures. New and replacement equipment is not used until it has been commissioned in accordance with Trust policy. Appropriate risk and other assessments are completed and documented in a timely manner in accordance with Trust policy. Defective equipment is reported and made safe without delay in accordance with Trust procedures. Equipment is maintained in accordance with Trust policy. Infection prevention and control procedures are followed by all staff within their area of responsibility. All staff follow Trust clinical governance requirements. Administrative Work positively with colleagues to maintain effective relationships, incorporating Trust values. Contribute to reporting for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, highlighting the effectiveness of health care planning and progress toward performance indicators. Implement, participate in and analyse audit within the service to improve future service provision. Participate in ongoing research and development within the team as appropriate. Ensure mandatory training is accessed as detailed by the Trust policy. Engage in annual appraisal process to support individual career and personal development. Education Working with Clinical Team Coordinator and Named Doctor for Safeguarding or equivalent professional will provide direct supervision and mentoring. Be aware of own professional development requirements and undertake learning and development opportunities. Attend education and training courses relevant to field of practice in order to further develop competencies. Develop skills relevant to area including developmental assessment using recognised tools, history taking physical assessment and examination skills Training will be offered to support this role. Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.