Job summary
- Main area
- nursing and midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (This post is a 12 month fixed term to cover maternity leave (starting 24th November 2025))
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible to meet the needs of the service)
- Job ref
- 297-7399804-A
- Employer
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- Gateshead
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Nurse Children in Care
NHS AfC: Band 6
In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.
All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.
Job overview
The children’s safeguarding team is incredibly excited to advertise a post for Specialist Nurse Children In Care to cover a 12 month fixed term contract/ secondment within the Trust to cover maternity leave.
We are looking for an experienced innovative nurse with community-based experience who will work as part of a team to ensure that the health needs of children in care are met. If you are an enthusiastic, motivated and committed nurse with the relevant experience and desire to achieve the best outcomes for children in care we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The primary goal of this post is to improve the health outcomes of children in care by continuously striving to improve services by listening to what children and young people, their carers and our partner agencies tell us.
The successful candidate will work as part of a team to ensure the organisation fulfils its statutory roles and responsibilities to children in care.
The successful candidate will also provide specialist advice, support and training to clinical staff, internal and external agencies and carers supporting the Named Nurse Looked After Children in all matters relating to the health and wellbeing of children in care.
Working for our organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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· The primary goal of this post is to improve the health outcomes for Children in Care (CIC). · To support the Named/Specialist Nurse band 7 for (CIC) in Gateshead in ensuring that the organisation meets its statutory responsibilities to Looked After Children (LAC). · To promote and safeguard the well-being of CIC including delivery of agreed key performance indicators and ensuring the requirements of statutory guidance ‘Promoting the Health and Well-being of LAC 2015’ are met. · To identify, assess and plan for the health needs of CIC who are living away from home in either residential settings, foster care or with kinship carers or at home on a supervision requirement. · Contribute to research activities, ensuring evidence-based practice in the specialist area. · Support all activities necessary to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities to CIC and Care Leavers · Be responsible to and accountable within the managerial framework of the employing organisation. · At all times and in relation to the roles and responsibilities listed, work as an effective member of the organisations CIC health team.
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Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective report writing skills
- Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • 1st level Registered General Nurse
- • NMC registration
- • Diploma/Degree level study, or equivalent specialist study/ experience.
- • Qualification / evidence of study in leadership.
- • Recognised qualification in in teaching / training i.e. ENB 998 / City & Guilds 730
Desirable criteria
- • Family planning qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of the law relating to CIC and Care Leavers
- • Knowledge of Government guidance and policies relating to CIC and Care Leavers
- • Expert knowledge and experience in specialist area of practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Extensive post registration Safeguarding and CIC experience
- • Experience of promoting the health of CIC and Care Leavers
- • Experience of audit and analysis of data
- • Experience teaching both formal and informal
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Maxine Duffy
- Job title
- Named Nurse Safeguarding Children
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 4452049
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