Senior Children'S Continuing Care Nurse

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Children's Continuing Care Nurse to join our Children's Continuing Care Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside children, young people and their families to ensure they receive the right support, at the right time, in the most appropriate setting.

The successful candidate will undertake holistic assessments, coordinate care packages, work collaboratively with health, education and social care professionals, and ensure that care provision is person-centred, safe and outcome-focused. The role requires excellent communication, clinical assessment and case management skills, together with a commitment to delivering high-quality care and improving outcomes for children and families.

The job provides the opportunity to hybrid work with a mixture of working from home and in the office. You will primarily cover the Doncaster and Rotherham locality however there may be times it is required to cover the South Yorkshire ICB CCC team.

• Undertake Children's Continuing Care assessments and reviews.
• Coordinate and manage a caseload of children and young people with complex health needs.
• Work in partnership with families, providers and multi-agency professionals.
• Develop, review and monitor care packages to ensure assessed needs are met.
• Contribute to safeguarding processes and risk management.
• Prepare clear, evidence-based reports and recommendations for panel consideration.
• Support quality improvement initiatives and service development.

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare;
Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.

Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care services that meet the needs of the local population.

In total there are 186 GP practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health in South Yorkshire.

South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

• Registered Nurse (RN Child/Learning Disability or RSCN or RGN/HV/SCHPN with relevant post registration experience of working with children and young people with identified health needs
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or an equivalent level of experience working at a similar level
• Current registration with NMC
• Demonstrate relevant post registration experience as a registered nurse with some knowledge of care management or transferrable skills. Experience of working with the multi-disciplinary team and with a wide range of health and social organisations.
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to professional development.

• Relevant Post Basic Registration Course
• Teaching, Mentoring and Assessors qualification

• Must demonstrate an excellent knowledge and understanding of the care needs presented by individuals with a variety of conditions and disabilities.
• Must have a working knowledge and experience of current government legislation around safeguarding strategy and the process of implementing this.
• Able to deliver against objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines.
• Able to demonstrate clear communication skills with excellent report writing and presentation…