Nurses work in partnership with children, young people, and their families in various health and care settings. They support the physical, mental, and emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people under their care. This involves assessing their needs, planning care, delivering treatment, and monitoring their health.
What do Nurses do?
Nurses develop strong relationships with children, young people and their families and carers. They carry out physical examinations and clinical assessments. Nurses monitor the child or young person’s health and wellbeing. They support families to manage different physical and mental health conditions both at home, in the community and in hospital.
How can Nurses help children and young people?
The nursing teams are committed to providing high quality, safe, effective, child and family centred care. They follow Government policies like Getting It Right For Every Child and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. They work in partnership with parents/carers, children, young people and other agencies to improve both the health and wellbeing outcomes and quality of life for individual children and their families.
Where do Nurses work in Specialist Children’s Services and how do I contact them?
Nurses work in two teams in Specialist Children's Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and the Community Paediatric Nursing Team. You can find out more about each team and how to contact them below.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Nurses
There are lots of different nurses who work in CAMHS. You might meet them at different points during your CAMHS journey. CAMHS nurses are here to listen, understand what’s going on for you, and work with you to find the best way forward. They’ll help assess your needs and make a plan together with you. Nurses can offer lots of support and always aim to understand your experiences in a caring, person-centred way.
Community Paediatric Nursing Team
The Community Paediatric Nursing Team provides locality nursing care and support into the 6 Health and Social Care Partnerships in NHSGGC. The team supports children from birth to 19 years of age in 4 nursing pathways. You can find out more about the 4 pathways below.
Additional Support Needs (ASN) Schools Nursing
Nurses contribute to the assessment and care planning for children with complex disabilities that attend 14 ASN schools across the NHSGGC area. They deliver nurse lead assessments for children and young people with complex needs. They also deliver training to mainstream schools and the ASN school immunisation and annual flu schedules.
Community Children's Nurses
Community Children's Nurses (CCN) provide nursing care at home or in other community settings. They support children and young people with:
acute and short term conditions
long-term chronic conditions requiring treatment, advice and support,
children and young people with exceptional complex health needs, including those requiring continuing care
children and young people with life limiting and life threatening illness, including those requiring palliative care.
Disability Nurses
Disability Nurses are clinical specialists supporting the Initial and Review assessments of children and young people who are referred to the Specialist Community Paediatric Teams. They work as part of the multi-disciplinary teams in the child development centres across NHSGGC.
Health for All Nurses
Health for All Nurses are part of a wider team supporting health assessments to identify unmet health needs and improve health outcomes for care experienced and unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people.
How do I contact Nurses Specialist Children’s Services?
How do I contact Nurses Specialist Children’s Services?
Nurses work in two teams in Specialist Children's Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and the Community Paediatric Nursing Team. You can find out more about each team and how to contact them below.
Woodside covers North Glasgow and part of East Dunbartonshire. If you live in the following postcodes this will be the centre you attend: G20, G21, G22, G23, G33, G64, G65, G66.
The West Centre covers West Glasgow and part of East Dunbartonshire. If you live in the following postcodes this will be the centre you attend: G3, G4, G11, G12, G13, G14, G15, G61, G62.
South Glasgow / East Renfrewshire
Gorbals Health and Care Centre 2 Sandiefield Road Glasgow G5 9AB
Gorbals covers South Glasgow and East Renfrewshire. If you live in the following postcodes this will be the centre you attend: G5, G41, G42, G43, G44, G45, G46, G51, G52, G53, G76, G77, G78.
Inverclyde
The Skylark Centre L North, Inverclyde Royal Hospital Larkfield Road Greenock PA16 0XN
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