Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Named Nurse for Children in Care to join our Haringey team to support and to deliver a commissioned service which includes meeting statutory roles and responsibilities for children looked after, young people and care leavers from birth to 18 years. This is a trauma informed role working with children who have a lived experience of Adverse Childhood Experience and may be unaccompanied asylum seeking young people, children placed for adoption, or may have Special Educational Needs (SEND) and Educational Health Care Plans in place (EHCP). The children may live with family or connected persons, with foster carers, or in residential home settings in or out of the local area.

The Named Nurse will be responsible to and accountable within the managerial framework of Whittington Health.

The named nurse alongside the Named Doctor, Designated Doctor and Specialty Doctors for looked after children are leaders in Whittington Health to ensure that looked after children's issues are reflected in policies, and service delivery across the provider organisation. They also have a responsibility to support the organization to manage and quality assure health assessments for children placed in and out of area in line with the service specification and Intercollegiate document for Looked after Children: roles and competencies of healthcare staff (December 2025).

Main duties of the job
The Named Nurse will support the the Designated Doctor and Designated Nurse and Named Doctor to be responsible for day to day leadership to the team, supervision, lead on development, implementation, and evaluation of service delivery, ensure that policies and procedures are implemented and ensure statutory health assessments and health care plans meet quality standard in accordance with statutory guidance.

Lead innovation, influence change, and monitor the Children in Care service across the NCL community, to ensure adherence to legislation, policy and key statutory and non-statutory guidance.

Ensure the delivery of a high quality, responsive service to meet the health needs of the Children in Care population. This will be achieved through research-based practice and audit of quality standards. Facilitate the service on a day-to-day basis, through clinical leadership, managerial and operational responsibilities for the Children in Care team.

Provide a high level of operational expertise which aims to improve the health outcomes for Children in Care and care leavers.

Will be required to work closely with the Local / regional agenda and partner agencies. Overall, safeguarding the continuous delivery of high-quality services, identifying gap, and managing risk across the area of service delivery.

About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Details
Closing date: 27 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £63,665 to £70,887 a year per annum including HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 220-WHT-8280074-A
Job location: Tynemouth Road Health Centre, 24 Tynemouth Road, Tottenham, N15 4RH

Person Specification
Essential qualifications

• Registered Nurse/Health Visitor/School Nurse
• First Degree
• SCPHN Qualification

Essential experience

• Significant experience working in a relevant community specialist area
• Evidence of Continuing professional development with relevant further qualifications.
• Involvement in planning and delivery of training packages
• Staff/Line management
• Substantial clinical experience of the health needs of children/young people and the health needs of looked after children
• Evidence of expertise in child protection
• Experience in providing clinical supervision to CHILDREN IN CARE health professionals

Desirable experience

• Educated or working towards Master's level of expert practice

Essential knowledge and skills

• Detailed knowledge of key statutory responsibilities and national policy regarding Children's Services, CHILDREN IN CARE and Safeguarding
• Experience in undertaking/supervising clinical audit and Quality Improvement.
• Substantial knowledge of multi agency and multi professional working
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Ability to present information effectively in a format which is easily understood
• Able to work with senior managers and clinicians
• Leadership, negotiation skills and change management skills
• Use of financial expertise to bring about improvements in patient care
• Effective IT skills
• Critical appraisal skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to deal with conflicting demands
• Able to motivate and drive improved performance with colleagues

Essential other attributes

• Trustworthy and possessing integrity
• Flexible and adaptable
• Committed and determined
• Employing tact and diplomacy where required.
• Independent and self motivated

Desirable other attributes

• Personal credibility and presence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Employer: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Employer's website: https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/

Contact: Claudia Gbadebo, Claudia.Gbadebo@nhs.net, 07826905392

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