# Specialist Nurse For Children in care and Care leavers

**Company**: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Enfield
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £55,524 to £62,652 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Specialist Nurse for Children in care and Care leavers to join our team in Enfield Community Services. The successful candidate will work 30 hours per week, covering 4 days, and will be part of a highly specialist nursing, medical, and AHP team providing a high-level service to all Children in care and Care leavers.

The post holder will provide a direct clinical service for Enfield's Looked After Children, across the age range (0-18 years) and will be required to travel out of Borough. The service will ensure all children have access to a good quality health assessment with all initial assessments being carried out by a Paediatrician and follow-ups of children being co-ordinated by the Looked After Children Nursing team.

Key duties of the role include:

- Leading in implementing Government guidance on promoting physical, mental and emotional health of looked after children and young people through targeted health interventions including health promotion initiatives.

- Ensuring Operational policies and local procedures reflect best practice.

- Working with the Named Nurse to develop policies and protocols for specific issues relating to the health of children and young people in care.

The ideal candidate will have:

- Current UK professional registration as a Registered Nurse/Midwife, RSCN, R/N Child Branch or SCPHN (HV or SN).

- Evidence of professional development in child protection and children in care.

- Educated to degree level or equivalent.

- Competent in using IT including Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Office.

- Ability to prioritise own workload.

- Experience of working with vulnerable, hard to reach young people.

- Experience of working with children and young people with a complex and abusive family history.

We offer a salary of £55,524 to £62,652 a year Inclusive of Outer London HCAS pro rata, per annum.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office
- child protection
- health promotion
- clinical assessment
- policy development

### Nice to have
- leadership
- team management
- communication
- data analysis

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