Job summary
An excellent opportunity for enthusiastic, motivated, inspirational
and innovative School Nurses to join our experienced School Nurse Teams in Molesey
(Elmbridge) or Ashford (Spelthorne)
You will be a highly skilled clinical practitioner, with leadership
and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will also have a
strong approach to teamwork whilst also demonstrating the ability to work on
your own initiative. You will have a good understanding of children, young
people and their families and have the ability to deliver the Healthy Child Programme
to a diverse population across specific geographical areas of Surrey.
You will be supported by our Clinical Service Managers, Clinical
Team Leaders and our Safeguarding Team to provide excellent professional
practice and to further develop your skills and knowledge.
We are committed to professional development, have an
invigorating training plan and an active School Nurse forum. We have an excellent preceptorship
model to support newly qualified School Nurses
If you are an experienced or a newly qualified School
Nurse and have the drive and passion to work with communities,
schools and families to make a difference for children and young people then we
would like to hear from you.
For more
information please contact
Clinical
Service Manager Caroline Hornby 07507 642974
Practice
Assessor Natasha Dawe 07773 812791
Main duties of the job
Please see the
attached job description and personal specification for more details and
requirements for the role.
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surrey’s largest and
longest established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get
NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe ‘High Cost Allowance’ of
5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities,
including the care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses,
access to the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management
and leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,
Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active
employee council called The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure
colleagues' voices are heard at Board level.
Click the link in the box CSH Surrey - A great place to work and
read everything you need to know about joining our unique organisation and
click the iWantGreatCare link to read our patient feedback.
If you are a passionate, person-focused individual then apply to join
CSH Surrey today!
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 people’s ‘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 children’s 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
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 people’s ‘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 children’s 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
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise own and teams workload and demonstrate ability to delegate work appropriately
- Track record of broad clinical skills demonstrated through personal development
- Enhanced teaching and facilitation skills
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with other both internal and external partner agencies
- Work under pressure and demonstrate ability to change priorities at short notice
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to recognise and respond appropriately to CYP and their families in challenging situations
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-agency team
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
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
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise own and teams workload and demonstrate ability to delegate work appropriately
- Track record of broad clinical skills demonstrated through personal development
- Enhanced teaching and facilitation skills
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with other both internal and external partner agencies
- Work under pressure and demonstrate ability to change priorities at short notice
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to recognise and respond appropriately to CYP and their families in challenging situations
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-agency team
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
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
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
