***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
Are you passionate about working with children?
Do you want the opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive Multidisciplinary Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that works with a range of multicultural communities and be part of an inclusive Trust which is keen to reduce inequalities?
We are delighted to be able to offer a committed and experienced Nurse, who will provide clear leadership within the multi-disciplinary team and provide line management support to identified staff. the opportunity to join our team of Clinical Services Coordinators and Clinical Services Nurses, within our friendly and forward thinking children’s community Neurodevelopmental Team.
You will work closely with our AHP and Nursing service leads to ensure our teams are able to provide a safe and effective Autism Assessment Service for our Children, Young People and their families.
You will also work closely with the Operational Manager, ensuring efficient delivery of assessments for children and young people.
You will be expected to liaise with the wider system across health, education and social care to offer the best possible support to families of children with suspected ASD/ADHD/neurodevelopmental needs.
To make effective use of our virtual and mobile working technology and IT systems, you will also have good IT skills.
To provide clear clinical leadership within the NDP autism service for junior nurses and identified clinical and support staff
To be responsible for supporting the co-ordination of clinical activities within the service, participating in clinical activity in the service including undertaking assessments as part of the autism assessment pathway
To ensure that safe high-quality care is maintained by providing clinical judgement to undertake clinical harms reviews, safe care reviews and safe discharges, ensuring these processes are implemented and maintained as per the service guidance
Management – Day to day management responsibility for Autism pathway team members, including, but not limited to; junior nurses, clinical assistants and healthcare workers
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
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1. To work with the Clinical Service Coordinators & Service Clinical Manager for the NDP autism service to ensure that services provided meet local and national standards applicable to the work undertaken within the service
To support the service in developing positive and effective relationships and partnership working with providers across all agencies/sectors in the area, promoting inclusive practice to the benefit of children with additional needs
To undertake assessments and develop programmes of care for children as part of the multi-disciplinary team at a variety of locations across the city including schools and health centres.
Be a Member of the MDT for discussion and decision making on diagnosis following assessment.
Undertake writing of reports for the outcome of assessment.
Ensure that parent/carer involvement, engagement and participation is at the core of all activities planned and undertaken.
To clinically support in the organisation of appropriate clinics, groups, assessments and reviews, ensuring they are congruent with patient need, and to work with the operational team to ensure that they are delivered in an efficient, effective and inclusive manner, following agreed service guidelines and processes.
Liaise with health care professionals and colleagues from other agencies to ensure children receive the optimum care when attending assessments.
Provide appropriate clinical advice to members of the team to ensure that quality and safety is maintained, linking in with other staff as needed, i.e. Safeguarding leads, Health Visitors and other key clinical managers.
Support reviews as and when required, ensuring reports are completed in a timely fashion.
Ensure that clinical reviews are undertaken within the expected timeframes of the service operating procedure.
Undertake clinical supervision with relevant clinical staff.
