Specialist Looked after Children / Child Protection Nurse

Come and join us and be part of a caring and dynamic team working with children and young people living in foster care who require holistic health assessments.

This is a great opportunity to join Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust in the delivery of high quality care. Working in partnership with social care and other multidisciplinary teams we provide great care which promotes healthy children and young people ensuring the best possible outcomes are at the heart of what we do.

The post holder will provide expert care to children who are living in foster care with their carers or families.

Main duties of the job

Looked After Children

To provide high quality holistic assessments and monitoring of the health status of children and young people in accordance with national and local standards.

To undertake health assessments and produce health summaries and health care plans that identify the health needs of children and young people and any action that needs to take place during the following year. The reports need to be understood by social workers birth parents foster carers young person and other health professionals.

To assist care leavers to gain independence and the skills to access mainstream health services and provide a health care plan on discharge from the service. To undertake one to one health promotion sessions on identified health needs with young people or their carers, on topics such as sexual health drugs and alcohol fitness and emotional health and other relevant topics in partnership with experts who may support the service in delivering on some subject areas.

Child Protection

Liaison with the multi-agency network and the wider medical team.

Provide clinical support to Medics on a rota for Child Protection medical assessments.

To assist children, young people and their families during child protection medicals including attending skeletal surveys blood taking CT and intimate examinations if indicated.

Ensures effective collaboration and communication with multidisciplinary team patients carers family and significant others whilst always seeking consent of the client.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.