Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Looked After Children's Nurse to support our Cared for Children in Cheshire East. This is a varied role for a practitioner with clinical expertise relating to safeguarding children and young people.
The closing date is 29 October 2025
Main duties of the job
* To support the Specialist Nurses Looked after Children to provide a safe and effective health service to children and young people looked after by local authorities and placed within the local authority boundary of Cheshire East.
* To support the Named Nurse in developing the service and adopting best practice methods of service delivery to ensure that national and local guidelines and requirements are met.
* Provide specialist advice, support and training on safeguarding Children to all WCT staff; taking a leading role in matters relating to the health and wellbeing of looked after children.
* Work as part of the Integrated multi-agency team, ensuring that the Safeguarding Strategy is implemented across the borough and that all practitioners can access advice and support about health needs of children and young people.
* Work as part of the Multi-agency Team to ensure that the views of children and young people, and healthcare workers in linked services, can influence the development of Cared for Children clinical practice within East Cheshire.
* To work collaboratively with the multi-agency team, contributing to information sharing from across the local health economy including primary and secondary care to inform risk assessments, care planning and decision making.
About us
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.
As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust's policies, at all times.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details about this exciting role
Person Specification
Skills and attributes
* Excellent inter-personal skills including negotiation, influencing and presentation skills
* Excellent leadership skills
* Ability to make sound judgements regarding the welfare of children, demonstrating confidence in professional view and analysis.
* Ability to plan interagency interventions for children and families.
* Ability to influence, motivate and negotiate with others
* Ability to produce clear and concise written reports as required.
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills
* Ability to prioritise workload/work within and meet deadlines
* Self-management and motivation skills
* Confidence to challenge traditional practice and persistence to address difficult issues
* IT literate
Experience and Knowledge
* Minimum of 3 years post registration experience as Health Visitor, School Nurse or RSCN, with significant experience of Safeguarding Children processes
* Sound working knowledge of Community Health Care provision
* Awareness of the legislative framework underpinning children's health provision, safeguarding children and looked after children
* Ability to demonstrate appropriate assessment of needs of children and interventions required to safeguard children
* Participation in developments in practice.
* Experience of facilitating and delivering training to colleagues
* Ability to manage potentially hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmospheres, disseminating unwelcome information in a sensitive manner.
* Ability to prioritise workload and sound personal organisational skills.
* Experience of working with children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties
Qualifications and professional training
* RGN/RN/RSCN/RM
* Portfolio of evidence demonstrating continued professional development
* Nursing Degree or allied health practitioner equivalent
* Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse or RSCN
* Teaching and or Mentorship qualification
Personal Qualities
* Flexibility in work patterns
* Ability to balance work/home life
* Able to travel between sites
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.
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rota
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