School Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose

The post holder will be a member of the 0-19 public health team delivering a service for children, young people and their families. Supported by the clinical team lead, the post holder will carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of health needs, including the development, implementation and evaluation/audit of evidence based interventions. She/he will take responsibility for ensuring the quality and standard of care and delivery of an effective school nursing service to improve outcomes for the local school aged population. The post holder will participate in delivering a universal core service, and provide targeted interventions, to address health inequalities, where necessary referring to specialist services. This role will also include safeguarding responsibilities, supporting the delivery of the school immunisations programme, mentorship of students, line management of a skill mixed 0-19 team and staff appraisals.

Principal duties to include:

Works collaboratively with the skill mixed school nurse team to ensure equity of service provision, promoting good practice and the sharing of resources. Prioritises own work in line with areas of highest risk or client groups with greatest health need, delegating other work to the wider skill mixed team whilst providing the team with supervision and support

Facilitate good team working, through effective leadership skills delegate and supervise the work of a skill mixed team to ensure efficient delivery of the 5-19 HCP

Build and develop good working relationships with named schools and the wider multi-disciplinary team.

Work collaboratively with all relevant agencies to influence/develop policies which will enhance health

Responsible for organisation, prioritisation and planning of health promotion activities, by assessing local health needs and school profiling promote key health topics to meet All our health 2016 DH targets

Make contact with children, young people (CYP) and their families in a variety of community settings e.g. schools, home, children centres, youth clubs

Assist in the preparation, planning and delivery of the school based childhood immunisation programme in accordance with local policies and procedures following appropriate immunisation training

Design deliver and evaluate planned programmes of health promotion to CYP either through one to one contact, group work or through delivery of school based PSHE lessons

Undertake young peoples Drop In clinic in named secondary school

Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery of enuresis clinics and continence assessments

Identify and support CYP who have unmet health needs, provide support and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialist services

Undertake health needs assessments for children who are looked after or from hard to reach groups.

Following specific training be part of the CHAT HEALTH school nurse text advice service

Following specific training provide Clinic in a box sexual health contact with young people

Take appropriate action in cases of suspected or actual child abuse, working within Surrey safeguarding childrens code of practice and procedures.

Attend child protection conferences/core groups as required and participate in safeguarding supervision

Facilitate group clinical supervision as per organisation policy

Ensure that clear concise reports are written and that record keeping guidelines are adhered to. Participates in the monitoring of records of others within the 0-19 team.

Assist in research and design/completion of service audits

Actively participate in steering groups to develop SN practice guidelines

Supervise junior member of the skill mixed 0-19 team as directed by the clinical team lead and undertake junior staff PDR appraisals and direct line management.

Assess practice competencies of junior staff members, contribute to their training and development needs

Participate in meetings as appropriate

Be prepared to be flexible within contracted hours

In accordance with the needs of the service, undertake other duties as required

Communication skills (factor 1)

Be skilled at adapting language and professional approach to a varied client group

Be proficient in designing, producing and presenting health promotion sessions to differing sizes of groups, eg PSHE lessons, school assemblies, parent evening, school teacher training sessions

Be competent in writing concise accurate contemporaneous client records using approved CFHS templates

Be competent at making referrals to the wider multi-disciplinary team

Demonstrate ability to produce child centred reports for CYP who are subject to safeguarding plans or CIN/LAC reviews

Contribute ideas to discussions at school nurse forums and team meetings

Lead at or chair team meetings when necessary in the absence of the clinical team leader or practice teacher.

Analytical and judgemental skills (f3)

Able to understand complex family situations and respond and refer appropriately

Be able to undertake health needs assessments, using child centred approach to gather health information that identifies any unmet health needs

Collate population profiles within locality and school communities

Lead on team/service audits

Planning and organisational skills (f4)

Be responsible for planning own work diary

Organise and allocate work to the skill mixed team

Support SN team initiatives to deliver health promotion activities and school based immunisation sessions

Prioritise diary to meet needs of families on level 3-4 caseload and assure attendance at safeguarding meetings and safeguarding supervision

Maintain compliance with statutory and mandatory training

Share best practice with colleagues from across CFHS, present ideas and initiatives at Surrey Wide School Nurse Forum

Regular requirement to drive own car for purposes of work

Patient / client care (f6)

Support and adhere to organisation infection control policy

Promote uptake of immunisations: make every contact count

Holistically assess children, young people and family

Work within clinical pathway framework and own level of competency

Promote an environment that is conducive to CYP engagement

Monitor quality of service provision in partnership with clinical team lead

Be aware of school nurse key performance indicators and ensure associated client contacts are accurately recorded for reporting purposes within the team

Escalate school nurse practice concerns to clinical team lead or school nurse professional lead

Identify own training and development needs of others and undertake appropriate training/education as required

Support I want great care initiatives to acquire feedback from service users

Policy and service development (f7)

Work within CFHS policies and guidance

Contribute to service and policy review and development of school nursing protocols and guidance

Provide statistical data to support commissioning requirements.

Lead on and participate in clinical audits

Financial and physical resources (f8)

Responsible for care and safe keeping of medical devices, organisational property and ethically manage organisations resources.

Identify when equipment or disposable resources need replacing and alert clinical team lead

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Human resources (f9)

Attend/facilitate clinical supervision in line with organisational policy

Participate in the appraisal process and agree personal development objectives

Participate in training of others and maintain an effective learning environment

Maintain NMC registration in line with revalidation requirements and abide with NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Provide DBS documentation in line with organisational procedure

Information resources (f10)

Maintain record keeping in line with NMC and organisational guidance

Ensure safe storage and access to IT systems to protect client confidentiality in line with organisational Information Governance policy

Research and development (f11)

Contribute/lead on organisational audits

Support evidence based practice and disseminate learning to wider school nurse team members

Freedom to act (f12)

Work to organisational policy and procedures

Work under direct and indirect supervision of Clinical Team Lead

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse (RN1)
• School Nurse SCPHN qualification
• Current NMC registration part 3 register

Desirable

• Registered nurse child branch
• Mentorship qualification
• Child protection supervisor
• Clinical supervision facilitator
• PSHE certificate
• Sexual Health training
• 2 day foundation immunisation training

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of personal development and acquisition of transferable skills relevant to the job description
• Understanding of current issues affecting the NHS and the CYP public health agenda
• Previous experience of leadership within a skill mixed team
• Experience of initiating and participating in clinical audit and research.
• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to understand key element of change management in relation to childrens community public health services

Desirable

• Recent relevant experience of working with children, young people and families,
• Completion of safeguarding modules
• Immunisation training and/or experience

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).

Employer details

Employer name

CSH Surrey

Address

4th Floor, Dukes Court

Dukes Street

Woking

Surrey

GU21 5BH

Employer's website

https://www.cshsurrey.co.uk/about-us/about-csh-surrey (Opens in a new tab)