Specialist Children's Practitioner - Slough, United Kingdom - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Slough, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Interviews will be held on 16 May 2024.

Are you a children's nurse or health visitor looking for a new and exciting community-based role, working within a supportive and friendly team? Would working in a role that can offer you a Monday to Friday working pattern suit your outside of work commitments? If so, we want to hear from you

We currently have a new vacancy within our growing team for a Specialist Children's Practitioner.

For this position we are looking for somebody who is experienced and passionate about working with children and young people with neuro-disabilities and neurodiversity.

You will be based at Upton Hospital in Slough but will be required to travel across East Berkshire to support and assess children and young people (CYP) in community settings.

You will work closely with the Community Paediatricians to support and manage the neurodiversity and neuro-disability caseload.

This will involve providing post diagnostic advice and support, including signposting to local agencies, and developing specific resources to support this group of CYP.

For this role you will need to have good organisational skills and the ability to work independently and autonomously, whilst also remaining part of the wider team.

Effective communication with the multi-disciplinary team is vital with a good knowledge of safeguarding.

You will work as a skilled, specialist team member to provide excellent standards of nursing care to children and young people with complex neuro-disability and/ or neurodiversity.

You will contribute to multi-professional assessments using evidence-based tools and techniques.

You will complete observational assessments in the home or educational setting as requested by the Community Paediatrician to support diagnosis.

You will provide follow up reviews and support for CYP and families following diagnosis.

You will develop and deliver parent support groups providing evidence-based health advice on areas such as sleep, behaviour, toileting and fussy eating.

You will provide a specialist sleep service for CYP with neurodiversity and/or neuro-disability.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

Caring for and about you is our top priority

Committed to providing good quality, safe services

Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance.

27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme

Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality

Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.

Free parking across Trust sites

The 4 "must haves" for you to be considered for this role:
NMC Registration of a children's qualification or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to demonstrate high level communication skills dealing with complex situations that arise within the school community and outside agencies.

Ability to use own initiative, manage own caseload and work independently.

Ability to travel across sites and to patient homes/ school settings as workload requires

This is a part time post working within the core service hours of Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays). Flexible working will be considered.

If you're someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare