Job description
If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to work within an Integrated Care Board in the Chief Nursing Officer Directorate as a Designated Nurse for Children Looked After, then we would encourage you to contact us.
The NWL ICB Safeguarding team is made up of Designated Nurses for Safeguarding Children and CLA, Designated Doctors for Safeguarding Children and CLA, and Named GPs. The team also includes Designated Professionals for Safeguarding Adults. The NWL ICB Safeguarding service covers the boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Westminster/Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Children Looked After Nurse who has comprehensive knowledge and experience of working in health care and across the wider system. The vacant post is in the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the borough of Westminster.
You will need to demonstrate a good understanding of commissioning organisations and how children looked after assurance is gathered whilst using your strategic leadership skills to influence the children looked after portfolio. This will require excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to develop and sustain productive and collaborative relationships with key stakeholders. You will need to demonstrate a good understanding of children looked after processes and provide expert advice and support across the NWL health economy, as well as to partner agencies such as the police and local authority. You will contribute to the work of the Corporate Parenting Panel and Safeguarding Children Partnership and provide them with advice and support as required.
You will work across a collaborative team which encompasses safeguarding, quality and patient safety to fulfil the statutory responsibilities of the Integrated Care Board in North West London.
Contact Details
For an informal discussion please contact the Assistant Directors for Safeguarding
Sue Sheldon at
[email protected] Mobile 07+03114504
Siobhan Appleton at
[email protected] Mobile 07+58224288.
NHS North West London Integrated Care Board (NHS NWL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in eight boroughs across North West London: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
The local population is large and diverse, with a wide range of health and care needs that are evolving all the time. Working with our partners including Councils, NHS provider Trusts, GPs and voluntary and community organisations, we plan and allocate NHS resource to deliver a wide range of services including urgent and emergency care, mental health, primary care, elective hospital services and community care.
Working for us, you can help ensure that our residents and patients have access to the right services when they need them and assist them take greater care of their own health to ensure they live longer, healthier lives.
To Do This We Will
improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
reduce inequalities in health outcomes, experience, and access
enhance productivity and better value for money
support broader social and economic development within our area.
We're proud of our staff and the contribution they make and are committed to developing their knowledge and skills in a supportive, inclusive, and values-led organisation.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sue Sheldon Job title: Assistant Director for Safeguarding Email address:
[email protected] 