Employer Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Blenheim Child Development Centre Town Blackpool Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/05/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 6
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
Are you a compassionate dynamic professional looking for a change? Do you have a passion in supporting children with complex health and developmental needs and their families? Do you embrace change and want to be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing this specialist expertise, knowledge, skills and support ? If so you may just be the person we are looking for !
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Specialist Nursing team who work within Blenheim Child Development Centre. We are an innovative forward thinking team who are looking to recruit someone with the same passion, energy and empathy. We are particularly looking for someone who has a special interest in working with children who have additional needs and their families. We work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and are committed to early support/intervention. We are always looking at ways we can deliver our service more effectively and have robust pathways including episodes of care/support and development.
Applications are welcomed from experienced practitioners. You will be well supported by the team and management and valued/rewarded in your role.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Nursing team provide specialist additional knowledgeand skills in supporting children and their families with complex health anddevelopmental needs.
The post holder will provide clinical expertise in the assessment and management of children with additional needs and their families. This will be as part of a multi-disciplinary team at Blenheim Child Development centre.
The post holder will be responsible for providing episodes of care to children with a range of complex needs and their families. They will also offer episodes of support and specialist advice/training to professionals/colleagues and the wider multi-disciplinary team. In addition they will also play an integral role in supporting the shaping and development of the service utilising current research/evidence including NICE guidance.
You will need to be flexible in the hours of work and have experience of
working with children who have an additional need and/or disability
and supporting families who areoften on very difficult journeys.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are a very supportive, friendly team who work closely with a range of professionals such as Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.
You will have a robust induction and regularly access both clinical and safeguarding supervision.
Please see job description attached
- Support our Paediatricians with assessments
- Provide specialist advice and packages of care
- Support families by signposting or referring to relevant services
- Attend multi-disciplinary meetings
Person specification
Education and Qualification
* Community Specialist Practitioner/Specialist Public Health Nurse/Health Visitor, BSC (HONs) or equivalent.
* Minimum 2 years post registration experience
Skills and Ability
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
* Confidence in working with professionals from various backgrounds and levels of seniority
* Working effectively and able to prioritise in a very busy environment as part of the multidisciplinary team or independently
* Flexible and adaptable to change
* Adapt and deliver programmes of care/support to offer specialist advice to families caring for a child with additional needs and professionals.
* Willingness to participate in clinical supervision
* Identify safeguarding issues using in-depth knowledge of the purpose of safeguarding procedures
* Utilise up-to-date research evidence to promote effective care/support to this client group including Trust policies/NICE guidance.
* Able to effectively delegate to other members of the team
* Organise and lead groups.
Personal Attributes
* Develop good working relationships
* Able to show significant understanding/empathy for the complex journey families could be on when referred to/under the Child Development Centre
* Demonstrate a significant interest in supporting children with additional needs and their families as part of the team at the Child Development Centre
* Ability to analyse information and assess client’s needs
* Demonstrate an understanding of the Trust’s values
* Seeks and uses support appropriately
* Shows respect for others’ feelings, views, and circumstances
* In stressful situations keeps own feelings in check and takes constructive action
* Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so.
* Has a realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development
* Has the physical ability to be able to play on the floor whilst assessing children.
* Car owner/driver or suitable alternative transport arrangements to enable travel around the locality in the course of work
Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessedhere .
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Amy Ogley Job title Team Leader Email address a.ogley@nhs.net Telephone number 07919449468 Additional information
Blenheim Reception 01253 951615
Specialist Nurses - Angela Richardson & Vikki Priest
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