Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, skilled and enthusiastic Nurse with relevant broad experience with children and young people to join the CLA Health Team in Milton Keynes.
The postholder will play a key role in improving health outcomes for children and young people in care, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). You will deliver high-quality statutory health assessments, develop child-centred health care plans, and work collaboratively across multi-agency networks including universal health services, children’s social care, and education partners to reduce health inequalities.
This is a rewarding role for a nurse who is passionate about safeguarding, trauma-informed care, and advocating for some of our most vulnerable children and young people.
What We Offer
1. A supportive and experienced CLA team with strong leadership, supervision and peer support.
2. Access to a wide range of CNWL training, including trauma, attachment, safeguarding and professional development opportunities.
3. Opportunities to contribute to service development and multi-agency partnership working.
4. Flexible working options, staff wellbeing initiatives and NHS benefits.
Main duties of the job
Complete statutory Review Health Assessments within national and CNWL timeframes.
- Produce high-quality child-centred health care plans.
- Provide specialist advice to social workers, foster carers, residential teams and partner agencies.
- Support timely referrals for identified health needs and ensure multi-agency communication.
- Contribute to service development, audits, quality assurance and accurate CLA health records.
- Deliver and support training for health, social care and education colleagues
Working for our organisation
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest NHS providers of community and mental health services in England, supporting people across London, Milton Keynes and beyond.
What Makes CNWL a Great Place to Work
5. Strong values and culture – CNWL is committed to delivering care that is caring, respectful, safe and empowering, with a clear focus on reducing health inequalities.
6. Learning and development – Access to extensive training, clinical supervision, leadership programmes and clear career progression pathways.
7. Supportive leadership – Teams benefit from visible leadership, reflective supervision and a culture that values staff wellbeing.
8. Flexible working – CNWL actively supports flexible and agile working to help staff maintain a healthy work–life balance.
9. Commitment to staff wellbeing – A wide range of wellbeing initiatives, occupational health support and staff networks.
10. Inclusive and diverse workforce – CNWL is proud of its diverse workforce and is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion at every level.
11. Innovation and service development – Staff are encouraged to contribute ideas, lead service improvements and be involved in quality improvement work.
At CNWL, your work directly contributes to improving outcomes for some of the most vulnerable children, young people, adults and families.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Complete statutory Review Health Assessments within national and CNWL timeframes.
- Produce high-quality child-centred health care plans.
- Provide specialist advice to social workers, foster carers, residential teams and partner agencies.
- Support timely referrals for identified health needs and ensure multi-agency communication.
- Contribute to service development, audits, quality assurance and accurate CLA health records.
- Deliver and support training for health, social care and education colleagues
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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