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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. 

Main duties of the job

• 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.

Working for our organisation

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

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

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