Job summary
Practice Education & Development Lead School Nurse - 37.5 hours, Permanent
To work within a locality-based School Nursing team as a caseload-holding School Nurse, as well as leading practice education and development for the locality, within the School Nursing discipline.
Interviews 21st November 2023
Main duties of the job
- Take responsibility for, have oversight of and provide leadership to ensure that practice education and learning needs are identified and met within the locality. This includes the needs of pre-registration nursing students, post-registration SCPHN students, and other learners
- To liaise with the educational institutions responsible for SCPHN-SN education to ensure that students receive a current and coordinated approach to their learning.
- To provide leadership within the locality for practice development, and lead on and contribute to service-wide practice development projects.
- To be a role model, demonstrating the highest standards of professional behavior and practice
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Safety
- Care
- Respect
- Communication
- Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Additional to the role of caseload-holding School Nurse
-As the practice education lead within the School Nursing locality, take responsibility for, have oversight of and provide leadership to ensure that practice education and learning needs are identified and met within the locality. This includes:
-Practice supervision and assessment of SCPHN SN students / apprentices, which involves liaising and collaborating with the university
-Practice supervision and assessment of pre-registration nursing students
-Practice supervision and assessment of SNs / Staff Nurses in building competencies in Practice Assessor and Supervisor roles
-Supervision and mentorship of newly qualified / return to practice School Nurses
-Supervision and assessment of other students where necessary
-Supporting new members of staff to SN teams, including working with the HCP Team Leader to identify their training needs
-Have oversight of all student placements in the locality, delegating and organising placements to ensure that students are correctly placed so that their learning needs are met.
-Support the HCP Team Leaders and Clinical Pathway Lead in identifying, co-ordinating and meeting the learning and development needs of SN teams across the locality and the Trust, to ensure the service in line with local and national public health priorities and directives.
-The practice education leadership role involves working closely with the HCP Team Leader, the Practice Education Facilitator, and the Clinical Service Lead.
-Liaise closely with Practice Education and Development Leads in other Tameside localities across health visiting and school nursing services
-Engage in recruitment processes within the locality and across the service, particularly with reference to SCPHN SN students / apprentices.
-Teach specialist practice post basic students as a significant part of the job, and be responsible for training and assessment of all practice elements in this field. Assess the students competency and mark their practice using the Universitys practice assessment criteria as the benchmark (at levels 6 and 7).
-Participate in curriculum development planning in collaboration with the university.
-Provide leadership within the locality for evidence-based practice development, identifying practice development needs and opportunities, leading on and contribute to service-wide practice development projects, and contributing to in-service training and dissemination of information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Additional to the role of caseload-holding School Nurse
-As the practice education lead within the School Nursing locality, take responsibility for, have oversight of and provide leadership to ensure that practice education and learning needs are identified and met within the locality. This includes:
-Practice supervision and assessment of SCPHN SN students / apprentices, which involves liaising and collaborating with the university
-Practice supervision and assessment of pre-registration nursing students
-Practice supervision and assessment of SNs / Staff Nurses in building competencies in Practice Assessor and Supervisor roles
-Supervision and mentorship of newly qualified / return to practice School Nurses
-Supervision and assessment of other students where necessary
-Supporting new members of staff to SN teams, including working with the HCP Team Leader to identify their training needs
-Have oversight of all student placements in the locality, delegating and organising placements to ensure that students are correctly placed so that their learning needs are met.
-Support the HCP Team Leaders and Clinical Pathway Lead in identifying, co-ordinating and meeting the learning and development needs of SN teams across the locality and the Trust, to ensure the service in line with local and national public health priorities and directives.
-The practice education leadership role involves working closely with the HCP Team Leader, the Practice Education Facilitator, and the Clinical Service Lead.
-Liaise closely with Practice Education and Development Leads in other Tameside localities across health visiting and school nursing services
-Engage in recruitment processes within the locality and across the service, particularly with reference to SCPHN SN students / apprentices.
-Teach specialist practice post basic students as a significant part of the job, and be responsible for training and assessment of all practice elements in this field. Assess the students competency and mark their practice using the Universitys practice assessment criteria as the benchmark (at levels 6 and 7).
-Participate in curriculum development planning in collaboration with the university.
-Provide leadership within the locality for evidence-based practice development, identifying practice development needs and opportunities, leading on and contribute to service-wide practice development projects, and contributing to in-service training and dissemination of information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Community Specialist Practitioner in Public Health Nursing - Health Visitor or School Nurse at Honours Degree, Diploma or Masters Level.
- Experience of caseload management
- Knowledge of Healthy Child Programme 5-19
- Experience with Mentoring Students
- Driving License and own Car
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Leadership Qualification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Community Specialist Practitioner in Public Health Nursing - Health Visitor or School Nurse at Honours Degree, Diploma or Masters Level.
- Experience of caseload management
- Knowledge of Healthy Child Programme 5-19
- Experience with Mentoring Students
- Driving License and own Car
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Leadership Qualification
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
