An exciting opportunity has arisen within our well-established Integrated Children's Community Nursing team to introduce a new post into the Complex Care element of the team. The post holder will support the Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) to develop and deliver an innovative specialist service for children, young people (C/YP), and their families who require specialist care.
This challenging role includes offering sensitive support and advice to families and C/YP with complex health needs, supporting the ACP and the Children's Community Nursing Team (CCNT) in clinical assessment and prescribing for acute episodes and ongoing aftercare.
The post holder will act as a point of contact for families on ACP’s/CCNT’s caseload, providing specialist information, advisory, and training resources to schools, families, and other voluntary and statutory service providers.
They will develop links between disciplines and agencies to ensure seamless services for clients and will continually seek to develop flexible, innovative ways of working with families and statutory and voluntary bodies, always ensuring child and family-centered service development.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Autonomous practitioner responsible for planning and organizing patient care within scope of own practice.
2. Provide and support an ACP-led service that triages, clinically assesses, diagnoses, and treats children and young people with acute and complex care needs.
3. Attend child protection, core group, and family support meetings, participating in decision-making processes.
4. Support children, young people, and their families at home, in clinics, and other settings, providing a liaison role to facilitate access to appropriate services.
5. Offer individual support to help patients and families develop knowledge regarding specific needs, diagnoses, and self-management skills.
6. Provide specialist advice on community and complex care issues.
7. Practice safe and effective Independent Non-Medical Prescribing, assessing and diagnosing medical conditions impacting patients’ health and wellbeing.
8. Adhere to Medicines Management policies, NICE guidelines, and NMC standards, ensuring NMP prescribing remains within scope of practice.
9. Hold a clinical caseload for lower acuity patients.
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe’s largest and busiest children’s hospitals, offering a wide range of paediatric services across multiple sites, including specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs. We lead research in children’s medicines, infection, inflammation, and oncology and are recognized as a global leader in children’s healthcare and research.
We are committed to providing holistic care that makes children feel safe, happy, and confident as they grow, supporting not just the children but their families as well.
For further details or informal visits, please contact:
* **Name:** Shirley Peel
* **Job Title:** Head of Nursing
* **Email:** shirley.peel@alderhey.nhs.uk
* **Telephone:** 07919496653
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