Specialist Child Development Nurse Prescriber
Job overview
An exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse/Prescriber to join our newly formed Child Development Team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The successful candidate will have skills and knowledge in the assessment of children and young people supporting a diagnostic framework.In addition they will have experience of working with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality interventions and expert nursing care, advice and support to children, young people and their families.
You must be an NMC Registered Nurse, an Independent Nurse Prescriber (or willing to work towards) and possess a sound knowledge of child and adolescent development. You will work alongside a range of professionals and a key part of the role will be to undertake the management of pharmacological interventions as a nurse prescriber.You will be expected to manage your caseload effectively in order to improve the experience for the child/young person and family.
You will be supported with training opportunities to ensure high quality interventions, individual development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be working as part of an effective team, providing flexible and comprehensive assessments, treatment. This includes medication management and autonomous prescribing within both the hospital and variety of local community settings across North Derbyshire.The post holder will be working autonomously to carry out specialist assessment of children and young people referred with potential neurodevelopmental disorders.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post.
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts.With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC .
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- RMN/RSCN and experience/Post registration qualification
- Nurse Prescribing course (or willing to work towards)
- ADHD/ASD assessment training (or willing to attend further training)
- BA Hons Community Nursing (or equivalent)
- Specific ASD or ADHD training
Experience
Essential criteria- Significant proven experience working within paediatrics and experience in prescribing
- Demonstrate the ability to work within clinic or a community environment
- Experience of managing a complex caseload.
- Experience in working with CAMHS or Community Paediatricians Teaching and mentorship
- Experience of working with children and young people diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Experience of carrying out audits
- Experience of ASD/ADHD assessments.
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to relate to, communicate with and engage with children and young people
- Ability to function autonomously and as a team member
- Ability to work flexibly across nominated caseload.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills and time management
- Knowledge of current professional issues
- Willing to develop skills in reflective practice
- Clear understanding of packages of care/treatment plans
Personal
Essential criteria- Be prepared to travel to all areas within the geographical span of the Trust according to the needs of the service
- Be prepared to undertake relevant courses of study according to the needs of the service and as identified within the staff appraisal process.
- Non-judgemental approach Recognition of personal limitations Effective communicator
- Diplomatic, assertive, confident Emotionally resilient
Trust Values
Essential criteria- Proud to Care
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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