Job overview

We are currently recruiting to a full time Senior Specialist Nurse Cared for Children (looked after children) based predominantly in the community site but covering the Trafford locality. 

This post is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, committed, and skilled nurse with experience working with cared for children. Working with vulnerable groups where there are complex safeguarding concerns or young people who are unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.  

To succeed, you will need to be highly motivated to ensure safe and effective services for cared for children remains a priority for all staff working within the organisation across acute and community services. You will need excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills and a flair for critically evaluating information and recording it in a concise and accurate manner. Comfortable working under pressure, adept at prioritising and working flexibly often to a  deadline you will be well supported to further your own professional knowledge, skills, and development within this highly specialised area.  

You will be given the opportunity to receive safeguarding/ looked after children development, supervision, and training within a highly motivated and committed team.   Please use the contact details below for further information or to arrange an informal discussion/visit.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the MFT Safeguarding Team.
• To provide leadership and be accountable for the development, supervision, co-ordination and day to day management of the Specialist Cared for Children Health Team. 
• To provide leadership, support, advice, and expertise to health practitioners across the Trust around the specific needs of care experienced individuals. 
• To provide virtual oversight (advice, consultation, co-ordination, and health liaison) to all cared for children with respect to their health needs and outcomes.
• Contribute to the production of health data for cared for children to inform profiling and analysis.
• To lead on the delivery and development of training in respect of the specific needs of care experienced individuals. 
• To support the Named Nurse Cared for Children in the development and implementation of mandatory policies and procedures, standards, and audit and to take part in initiatives which promote the health and wellbeing of care experienced individuals. 
• To act as a resource and an expert source of support/ supervision for those working with cared for children. 
• To contribute to providing health expertise to multi-agency colleagues
• Contribute to strategic work with regards to the health needs profiling, placement stability, quality of care and improving the health and wellbeing of cared for children. 
• To manage a clinical caseload within an agreed criteria, co-ordinate and plan care for cared for children.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.