Designated Nurse

Job summary For this document Looked After Children will be referred to as LAC.
This role is predominantly the Designated Nurse for LAC with a requirement to deputise and support the wider designated safeguarding children and adult function.
The Designated Nurse for Cared for Children (CFC) assists NHS GM in fulfilling its statutory role in improving the health of children and young people in Local Authority care and care experienced young people.
The Designated Nurse has astrategic/professional leadership role, working collaboratively with a range of partner agencies to improve outcomes for children and young people, supporting health staff and driving performance through effective multi-agency working.
The post requires good communication, leadership andmanagement skills to ensure that the needs of cared for childrenare met.
The post will focus on the health needs of cared for children to improve practice and provision of services to improve health outcomes.
In combination with other members of NHS GM, the post holder will lead and support all activitiesnecessary to ensure that NHS GM meet their statutory responsibilities for safeguarding children, adults and cared for children.
The post holder is required to build effective relationships with colleagues acrossNHS GM and partner organisations in Trafford.
The post holder will work with multi-agency leaders for CFC and care experienced young people alongside the Designated Doctor for CFC Main duties of the job KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIEs Lead and support all activities necessary to ensure that organisations across the health economy meet their responsibilities for and support all specialist CFC professionals across the health economy.
Be responsible to and accountable within the managerial framework of the employing organisation reporting to the Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children.Provide health advice on policy and individual cases to statutory and voluntary agencies, including the Police and children's social with health service planners and commissioners to ensure there are robust arrangements to meet the health needs of CFC placed outside thelocal area and ensure close working relationships with local authorities to achieve placement decisions which match the needs of childrenWork autonomously organising, planning and prioritising own workload to meet the needs of the NHS GM - Trafford Safeguarding take a lead on health initiatives for CFC and negotiate required changes with partner agencies, raising quality and safeguarding concerns to the Designated Nurse for Safeguarding provide support and ensure appropriate supervision for the CFC specialist attend and advise Trafford Corporate Parenting lead on health aspects of the corporate parent strategyTo contribute to the Greater Manchester, regional and national Networks for Looked After Children.
About us NHS Greater Manchester Integrated CareIntegrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area.
Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and supportbroader social and economic development in their area efficiency.
This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.
Our NHS People PromiseOur NHS People Promise -the promise we must all make to each other, to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone.
Like many other employers, NHS GM currently has evidence of unwarranted inequalities in the workforce, most notably in relation to minoritised ethnic, female and\or disabled staffand their intersectionality.
As a result, we will use positive action measures to bring benefits to our organisation, including a wider pool of talented, skilled and experienced people from which to recruit and a better understanding of the needs of a more diverserange of customers Job description Job responsibilities Ensure there is a system to check the implementation of individual health on the adjustment of individual of individual health plans for high-riskcomplex with individual commissioner for children and young people advisingspecialist advice in relation to the health needs of CFC and care experiencedyoung with childrens services and other health providers/commissioners over health assessments and personal health plans for out of area placements, as the views of CFC and care experienced young people in the development ofhealth initiatives and proposed future commissioning .
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Safeguarding Children and Adults All staff must ensure they adhere to the ICBs safeguarding children and adults policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
They must be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the ICB in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
Staff must keep up to date with safeguarding knowledge and skills by undertaking mandatory safeguarding training as specified in the ICB safeguarding policies, which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and knowing how to raise concerns when these are identified.
Person Specification Essential Essential NMC Registration Additional training in child and family health - SCPHN or Mental Health or equivalent Experience of working with Looked after Children Desirable Ability to travel across GM Essential Essential Experience in a leadership role