Job overview
Join Whittington Health’s Children’s Complex Care team as a Clinical Lead Nurse, providing expert leadership and case management for children and young people with complex and evolving needs across Islington, Camden, and Haringey. Our patients include children with complex physical health needs, as well as those with autism and behaviours that challenge access to healthcare.
You will ensure safe, high-quality care in children’s homes, support families and schools, and collaborate closely with the Integrated Care Board (ICB), social services, and multi-disciplinary teams. Advocating for the child’s best interests is key.
The role includes shift work, covering weekends and nights, to maintain continuity of care.
We offer a supportive, integrated care environment, opportunities for professional and leadership development, academic study support, and excellent transport links near central London. Additional benefits include season ticket assistance, and access to a team pool car.
Whittington Health is an Integrated Care Organisation dedicated to delivering coordinated care across hospital and community settings. If you are a motivated nurse ready to lead and make a difference in children’s lives, we’d love to hear from you.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Main duties of the job
Provide direct care to children with complex health needs in the home setting. To train and develop Care staff through competencies to ensure they are sufficiently skilled to care for specific children on the complex care caseload. To assist the senior practitioner in the supervision, teaching and supporting of a team of associate carers that provide health care support for children dependent on technology.
Supporting the Senior Practitioner in the review of care plans and outcomes, contributing to the regular reports for managers and commissioners. Involve parents and young people in service review.
To attend staff and other relevant meetings/team days.
To demonstrate a commitment to implement elements of clinical governance and to contribute to improving standards of care in line with recommendations .
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide direct care to children with complex health needs in the home setting.
To train and develop Care staff through competencies to ensure they are sufficiently skilled to care for specific children on the complex care caseload.
To assist the senior practitioner in the supervision, teaching and supporting of a team of associate carers that provide health care support for children dependent on technology.
Supporting the Senior Practitioner in the review of care plans and outcomes, contributing to the regular reports for managers and commissioners.
Involve parents and young people in service review.
To attend staff and other relevant meetings/team days.
To demonstrate a commitment to implement elements of clinical governance and to contribute to improving standards of care in line with recommendations
To participate in research projects and /or innovations, including Quality Initiatives
To participate in the audit process for monitoring and reviewing quality.
To maintain up-to-date, accurate records, input work data into the computer and to provide written reports as requested
To be aware of and act in accordance with agreed policy procedures legislation and NMC standards.
To assist in the development of policies and guidelines for the team.
To report accidents and incidents in accordance with health and safety policies
To participate in the management and supervision of Band 4 and below, participating in their orientation and training programme, ensuring identification, provision and evaluation of competencies are achieved.
To participate in the appraisal and performance review of staff, Band 4 and below.
To support the transition of care packages from children to adult services.
To support the identification of training needs for all carers in order that appropriate training and learning opportunities are provided to achieve the agreed level of competence.
To support the training and development of training for staff/family members and other community organisations such as Respite centres/after school clubs and holiday schemes.
To provide and assist with the nursing care of complex care children and young people in their homes and elsewhere in the community.
Provide nursing Respite to the families of children & young people with complex nursing
To be responsible to the Senior Practitioner for all aspects of their work.
Safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. RSCN or RN (Child Branch)
2. Evidence of Post Registration training and development
Desirable criteria
3. High Dependency Nursing Course
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
4. Competent in looking after a child requiring Long Term Ventilation
5. Competent in looking after children with tracheostomies including ability to change tube
6. Competent in NP/OP suctioning
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
7. Experience of working in paediatric inpatient /ambulatory care / community or paediatric A&E
8. Experience of acting as a mentor to junior staff/student nurses
9. To be competent and experienced in ventilation and facial CPAP/BIPAP
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
10. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
11. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
12. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
13. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
14. Participate in required training and supervision.
15. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.