School Nurse
Central London Community Health Trust
The closing date is 25 November 2024
Job summary
To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative School Nursing services, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the School Health team to ensure delivery of a quality service to a cluster of high complexity schools
To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers, including head teachers, to ensure seamless delivery of services for school age children and young people.
To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives to be visible in schools on a regular basis, as agreed within the partnership agreement.
Main duties of the job
Providing a comprehensive School Nursing service to a defined population that meets the public health needs of local state schools and communities in line with the Healthy Child Programme and local service specifications.
Contributing to the delivery of Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018), including improving health and life chances for children, young people and families and safeguarding those at risk.
To deliver the role in accordance with CLCH Trust values and behaviours.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Midwife (current)
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing / or Differing in Practice in school nursing
- Evidence of continuing post
Desirable
- Practice Assessor course
- PSHE Course
- Community nurse prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards.
Experience
Essential
- Recent school nursing experience
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets.
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi- disciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of organising and managing own workload
- Experience of assessing, planning, and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
- Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others.
- Experience of evidence-based care.
- Experience of supervising students
Desirable
- Counselling qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Mental Health First Aid training
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in primary care and community services
- Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
- Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- IT, numeracy, and literacy skills
Key Attributes
Essential
- Ability to be flexible and responsive to children/young people and organisational needs.
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Able to travel within geographical areas using varying modes of transport.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Midwife (current)
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing / or Differing in Practice in school nursing
- Evidence of continuing post
Desirable
- Practice Assessor course
- PSHE Course
- Community nurse prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards.
Experience
Essential
- Recent school nursing experience
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets.
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi- disciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of organising and managing own workload
- Experience of assessing, planning, and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
- Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others.
- Experience of evidence-based care.
- Experience of supervising students
Desirable
- Counselling qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Mental Health First Aid training
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in primary care and community services
- Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
- Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- IT, numeracy, and literacy skills
Key Attributes
Essential
- Ability to be flexible and responsive to children/young people and organisational needs.
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Able to travel within geographical areas using varying modes of transport.
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.
