Looked Children Nurse

About the role

An Excellent opportunity to join our Looked After Children Team within the Anglesey and Gwynedd Area. We are a small team dedicated to working with children, families and carers and supporting every opportunity to maintain their health, development an emotional wellbeing. The post holder will work alongside the Looked After Children's (LAC) Nursing Team and lead working in a dedicated area within the Anglesey and Gwynedd area of North Wales, and will be based within a community health setting.

The post holder will have professional responsibility to coordinate timely completion and implementation of high quality statutory health assessments and care plans for Looked After Children. The aim and purpose of the post is to provide services in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams including School Nursing, Health Visiting, Community Paediatricians and other LAC Nurses within and outside of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to ensure the best possible health and social outcomes for the child/young person in the care of the Local Authority or on the Edge of Care.

The post holder will be an advocate for LAC Children and Care Leavers.

• Coordinate timely completion and implementation of high quality statutory health assessments and care plans for Looked After Children.
• Provide services in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the best possible health and social outcomes for the child/young person in care.
• Advocate for LAC Children and Care Leavers.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post;
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales is the largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework. Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.