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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
7
Contract
Permanent: none
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (over 5 days)
Job ref
220-WHT-3294-A
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Tynemouth Road Health Centre
Town
London
Salary
£53,751 - £60,651 per annum Including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/09/2025 23:59

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Specialist Nurse CIC Haringey

7

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

The Looked after children's health team promotes and monitors the health and well-being of looked after children and young people. 

The roles includes working collaboratively across the Health and Social Care setting with a wide range of professionals across health, social care, education and voluntary sector to achieve the best health outcomes for children and young people looked after . This is to ensure that looked after children and young people receive the appropriate services in order to reach their full potential, as outlined in Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Looked after Children (2015)

The role also requires the need to develop, co-ordinate and facilitate access to a broad range of health services in order to ensure looked after children, care leavers and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s needs are met and positive outcomes for this vulnerable group are achieved.

 The role also requires linking with the child or young persons named social worker or personal assistant and other professionals and will work actively as a member of a multi disciplinary team, whose priority is the care of looked after children and young people.

The service is led by the Named Doctor and Nurse for Looked After Children. The team is responsible for co-ordinating and arranging statutory health assessments for children and young people placed in and out of borough to ensure they have the best possible outcomes.

 

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and innovative nurse to join the Looked after Children's Team. The role involves being responsible for co-ordinating health needs review assessments; ensuring individual packages of care are formulated and implemented.

The role requires you to provide support and training to a wide range of professionals in order to promote the health of looked after children, care leavers and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

The expectation is that the nurse will ensure that all local and national policy initiatives are reflected in the service delivered. 

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health is a dynamic organization currently delivering community services across Haringey. We are recognized for innovation in our approach, and work within the community to deliver a high-quality service. We aim to employ a workforce which is representative of its client population and are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, race, sexual orientation, and religion.

We embrace the ICARE values of Whittington Health, and we are innovative, compassionate, accountable and respectful while delivering excellent levels of healthcare. 

For further information please contact

 Tenby Dzingai -Lead for Universal Children Services 0-19 Haringey

Email: [email protected]  Mobile: 07584205528

 

Equal Opportunities

 

Our latest policy known as “Promoting Equality, Diversity and Human Rights” outlines the Trust’s commitment to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less than favourable treatment on grounds of sex, marital and civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, colour, creed, religion or belief, physical disability, mental health, learning difficulty, age or sexual orientation and is not placed at a disadvantage by conditions or requirements that cannot be shown to be justifiable. 

 For more information about our policy and commitment to equality, click: http://www.whittington.nhs.uk/default.asp?c=10505&q=equality ”   

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 We strive to recruit and retain staff who are motivated to develop and learn with us as we are continually strive to ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on children and families.The role requires that you are aware of their responsibilities by attending the Trust Mandatory Training and Induction Programme.

The post holder will be involved in a formal appraisal and probationary review with the manager at least every 6 to12 months.                            Once performance / training objectives have been set, the staff member’s progress will be reviewed on a regular basis, so that new objectives can be agreed and set, in order to maintain progress in the service delivery.

The nurse will be expected to take responsibility for their own professional development and will be supported by the Trust to achieve development opportunities as appropriate

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional qualification in Health Visiting and/or School Nursing
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Current NMC Registration as Specialist Community Public Health Nurse/HV
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of professional development in child protection or children in care

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to work autonomously and within a team in area of clinical responsibility (children in care) and develop, implement, and evaluate service delivery and change.
  • Excellent communication, investigation, and negotiation skills
  • Excellent team working skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of national/local child protection policy and legislation
  • Knowledge of statutory responsibilities regarding children in care
  • Knowledge of the health needs of children in care and best practice in ensuring best outcomes

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
S Tenby Dzingai
Job title
Lead for Universal Children Services 0-19 Haringey
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07584205528

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