Contact information Lisa Bolton - Lead Nurse for Children in Care lisa.bolton@nhs.net 07710 365 695 About the role The Lead Nurse for Children in Care role involves providing strategic and operational leadership to ensure high-quality, safe, and child-centered care. Key responsibilities include: Leading a skilled nursing team and overseeing statutory assessments and reviews in line with national framework, promoting equitable access to care and ensuring services meet diverse needs., Collaborating with health, social care, education, and voluntary sector partners to improve health inequaltities for children in care and meet their specific health needs. The Lead Nurse actively participates in service development, quality improvement, and policy implementation. The Lead nurse manages and leads a team of CIC Nurses to ensure compliance with statutory health assessments, safeguarding practices and promoting a high-performing team culture. Main duties Provide clinical service for Children in Care including Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children/ young people, children with complex health needs and Care Leavers. To line manager the Youth Justice Service Nurse. Assist Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust in fulfilling its responsibilities as a provider service, working alongside commissioners to improve health outcomes for Children in Care across the District and within a 50 mile radius. Ensure appropriate mechanisms are in place to promote and sustain effective working relationships between staff and partner agencies in developing, promoting and addressing the health needs of Children in Care. Working within multi-agency processes to identify potential risk of harm to children in our care. Provide support and advice to all relevant staff within the trust and other agencies in relation to the health needs of Children in Care and Young People. To undertake Health Needs Assessments and therapeutic interventions with CIC & young People, and co-ordinate Health recommendations. Be responsible for auditing the completed health assessment process and ensuring that each child or young person has a current, up to date health plan in line with statutory requirements. Feed back to staff on their training needs with regard to completing health assessments. Work directly with Children in Care, Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children/ young people and Care Leavers who cannot/do not engage with mainstream services to provide advice and support on issues relating to health and wellbeing. Attend appropriate strategy meetings and Team around the Child and planning meetings to provide a health perspective and assessment of risk to the child or young person and ensure multi-agency working is adhered to. Contribute to the development of a district wide database for Children in Care through submission of accurate and timely information, and contribute to achieving health assessments for this group of children. Be able to identify unmet health needs / gaps in service provision and promote innovative ideas to meeting those needs. Keep self-updated regarding all issues concerning safeguarding, including legal, research and government policy in order to ensure that advice given to professionals follows current best practice. Adhere to NMC Code of Professional conduct and be conversant with the scope of professional practice. Work within national and local guidelines. Ensure that all care is research based and delivered to an agreed standard, working with appropriate evaluation processes. Be willing to participate in research and audit and disseminate findings across the district in order to influence future development of the service As a Band 7 Lead nurse, you will be expected to professionally lead the team, and be responsible for supporting and leading identified and agreed aspects of the service, in the development of care systems, protocols and guidelines working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and developing excellent interdepartmental relationships with excellent communication with a focus on quality improvement. Essential person specification requirements Must either have a Children s Nursing qualification RSCN / RN (child) 1st level or a SCPHN qualification Public health knowledge and experience Community nursing experience. Evidence of continued professional development. Appropriate statutory professional body registration Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills to carry out duties. Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards. Teaching, training or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level Be part of MY team We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day. Application guidance: We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form. Our benefits Access to the NHS pension plan Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services Extensive benefits and support, including: Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme Cycle to work scheme Home electronics scheme Car lease salary sacrifice scheme Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies Established staff networks, including LGBTQ and Race Equality Career progression, training and support Skilled worker sponsorship You can find out more about skilled worker and health and care visas on our careers site .