Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Physical Health Nurse
The closing date is 19 May 2026
Clare Lodge is a national provider of secure accommodation \"welfare only\" placements and the only all-female unit in England. The home is governed by Peterborough City Council. CPFT provides an in-reach health service that includes caring for young people\'s physical and emotional well-being. The team also uses the integrated framework for secure care and works in a collaborative way with PCC to support a therapeutic environment.
We are a friendly, passionate, and patient-focused team who are dedicated to working alongside our local authority partners to improve both health and social outcomes and deliver the best possible care.
Clare Lodge In Reach Health Team provides:
* Trauma-informed delivery of health care.
* Comprehensive holistic health assessment and intervention including mental health, neurodevelopmental, speech and language, sexual health, and physical health.
* Direct therapeutic interventions.
* Drug and alcohol advice.
* Named health professional role and opportunity to liaise with national professional network.
* Occupational therapy input.
* Integrated working alongside Clare Lodge residential and education teams.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of the multi-disciplinary psychology-led in-reach healthcare team to provide evidence-based physical health assessment and treatment to young people aged between 12-17 in a secure welfare setting as part of a six-day a week service.
The post holder will assertively engage with young people through direct work as well as with the young person\'s local and wider professional network to identify and manage physical health needs of the young person.
The post holder will act as the health professional responsible in ensuring good physical health for the young person and improving future long-term health outcomes.
Job responsibilities
* Provide physical nursing assessment and treatment to young people within a psychology-led in-reach health team daily.
* Complete standardised specialist health assessments for children in secure care, including information gathering from health agencies that have previously worked with the young person.
* Work within own competencies to refer young people to appropriate specialist services, including universal public health services.
* Provide practical and emotional support to encourage parents and residential staff to take a proactive approach to the physical health needs of the young person.
* Provide practical and emotional support to encourage young people to take a proactive approach to their own physical health care.
* Work in partnership with parents and residential staff within the individual psychological formulation for the young person.
* Lead on sharing holistic health needs to professional meetings centred around the young person.
* Lead on comprehensive health care plans developed in partnership with the young person which will include mental health, physical health and emotional well-being.
* Maintain accurate and comprehensive clinical records and notes and complete reports to a high standard.
* Direct work with the young person to promote independence, develop life skills, and support safe transition from Clare Lodge.
* Identify and refer to appropriate health services as part of the young person\'s transition from Clare Lodge into a community setting.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse / Children's Nurse
* Advanced clinical assessment skills / minor illness or injury or interest to complete on employment
* Non-medical prescribing or interest to complete on employment
* Knowledge of specific needs and risk for children in care and related conditions
* Provision of therapy intervention acquired through training and experience
* To have completed appropriate child and adolescent mental health training or be committed to complete on employment
Experience
* Experience of working with vulnerable children and their families
* Experience of working with young people with complex health needs
* Experience of physical health assessment and medical triage
* Experience of safely managing minor illness and injury and development of treatment plan
* Working knowledge of safeguarding children procedures
* Experience and underpinning knowledge of child and adolescent mental health and related difficulties including substance misuse and self-injurious behaviour
Skills & Abilities
* Understanding of needs of children who present with high-risk behaviour or interest to complete on employment
* Venepuncture or commitment to complete on employment
* Ability to organise groups of carers to deliver care in young persons homes and deal with unpredictable situations
* Ability to work flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team to accommodate patient/service needs
* Good knowledge of health and safety legislation and safe working practices
* Knowledge of related legal frameworks for social and health care
* Knowledge of CPFT and local health and social care services
Other
* Positive approach to children who present with challenging behaviour
* Recognise children's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect within limitations of safeguarding
* In highly stressful situations is able to use skills to evaluate risk and de-escalate
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
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