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Main Duties and Responsibilities 

To keep accurate and contemporaneous records consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.

To guide families to appropriate Universal support.

To act as a chaperone for child protection medicals as required.

To take part in service development projects as required.

To deliver QB testing on a regular basis.

To take blood pressure and pulse readings, and complete growth monitoring for children and young people. Training will be available.

To ensure clinical spaces are well equipped and ready to use.

To ensure all equipment used in the clinic setting is safe, serviced, and appropriate for use.

Communication/ Key Relationships
Children, young people, and their families
Early intervention team 
Education staff in schools
Specialist Nursing Teams
Paediatricians 
Allied health professionals 
Local Authority partners
Budgetary Responsibility 

To ensure clinic rooms are well stocked with any necessary equipment.

People Management

Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process.

Clinical and Practice Governance

1. Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
2. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed, or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies. 
3. The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes
4. The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures
5. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.
6. The post holder must participate in clinical and safeguarding audits as required
7. Participate in Clinical & Safeguarding supervision on a regular basis with Line Manager
8.  The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.

General

Safeguarding people responsibility

• Safeguarding children and adults at risk of abuse or neglect is a collective responsibility.
• There is an expectation that all staff develop and maintain their role relevant safeguarding people competencies and comply with local safeguarding partnerships practice. Alongside this employee who are registrants are reminded of their professional duty of care.
• Safeguarding means protecting a citizen’s health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It is an integral part of providing high-quality health care.

Those most in need of protection include:
•    Children and young people
•    Adults at risk, such as those receiving care in their own home, people with physical, sensory, and mental impairments, and those with learning disabilities.

The post holder must at all times carry out their duties with regard to Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

To be aware of the responsibilities of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

All post holders must adhere to the code of conduct on confidentiality and be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.

This job description is intended only as a guide to the range of duties involved. The post holder will need to be flexible and adaptable in order to respond to other duties that may be required from time to time and the changes and developments within the Trust. 

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure of Barring Service to be made to check for any previous criminal convictions. Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff, or users in line with its equal opportunities policy and policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders