Clinical Nurse, Children in Care and Adoption: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 39,959 to 48,117 £ / Year

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Children in care team are looking to recruit a dynamic and enthusiastic person to join the team. This is a rare opportunity to join a service that provides holistic, child/young person centered health assessments to improve health outcomes for children who are in the care of the local authority across Nottinghamshire.

In this role you will follow national and local guidelines, to plan, organise, deliver, and evaluate comprehensive health assessments to assess the complex needs of a looked after child or young person and using evidence-based knowledge you will develop health plans aimed at improving the long-term health outcomes.

The individual will need to be highly motivated, with excellent communication skills and with the ability to ensure the delivery of high-quality services and drive forward service improvement within a partnership culture.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical advice on the provision of care across the specialism of Children in Care and Adoption.

To provide realistic, timely support, as appropriate, to children and young people in the care of the local authority.

To work in partnership with the Named Nurse for Children in Care, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Children in Care and Designated Professionals for Children in Care.

To empower children and young people to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing

To interpret and apply relevant, up to date research to clinical practice.

The post holder will ensure collaborative working across Nottinghamshire embedding best practice for children in care with effective use of resources and integrated working with the 0-19 service.

Person Specification

Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Physical requirements

Essential

  • Has the ability to perform the full range of duties.

Qualifications

Essential

  • 1st Level Registration with current NMC registration
  • Registered Specialist Practitioner (Health Visitor/School Nurse) or equivalent specialist experience

Desirable

  • Recognised teaching qualification (ENB 998/730/FLIPS or equivalent
  • Evidence of further professional development
  • Counselling skills/child adolescence Mental Health experience
  • Non -medical prescribing

Experience

Essential

  • Significant proven experience of working with children and young people
  • Significant experience of working with children and young people in a community setting
  • Significant experience of working with children and young people in disadvantaged circumstances (trauma, poverty/ deprivation / abuse / neglect / Domestic Violence)
  • Experience of assessing children and young people’s physical and emotional health needs and developing healthcare plans to address these needs
  • Evidence of working in partnership with different agencies and across organisational boundaries
  • Experience of working with emotional health, sexual health, and substance misuse services
  • Working knowledge of safeguarding children issues and procedures, including wider contextual safeguarding issue – county lines, gangs, radicalisation, CSE, grooming, etc.
  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

  • Have knowledge of research and audit
  • Working experience of trauma informed practice

Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current children & family health agenda in particularly with reference to children in care and adoption

Skills

Essential

  • Proven communication skills – written, oral & IT
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Proven organisational skills: Time management, Record keeping, Caseload and management
  • Ability to work independently and as a part of team
  • Problem solving skills
  • Flexibility
  • Knowledge of Local and National Priorities
  • Highly motivated

Contractual requirements

Essential

  • A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
  • Flexible to meet the needs of the service

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).

Closing Date: 11 November 2026

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