Job summary
Are you a SCPHN School Nurse (or due to qualify soon) who is highly motivated with excellent team working and communication skills? If so then we would love you to come and join us!
We are currently expanding our School Nursing Service as part of our implementation of a new model of delivery and are recruiting to a School Nurse post. Our new model incorporates the development of new ways of working to meet the needs of our diverse and growing population. Please contact us for a discussion about our plans and what we can offer each other. We would also like to hear from you if you are SCPHN School Nurse Student due to qualify. We actively encourage any applicants to come and meet the management team and 0-19 colleagues.
This is a year-round post working a minimum 30 hours per week between 9am-5pm.
Previous applicants within the last 3 months need Not apply.
Main duties of the job
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
- Maintain a family-centred public health approach as a framework for identifying and delivering health care interventions and key public health messages.
- Be pro-active in multi-agency networking and collaboration to improve health outcomes for children, young people and their families.
- Reflect a service based on reducing health inequalities.
- Offer School Nurse expertise to clients within a community setting, acting as an advocate for the school age child.
- Undertake child / family assessments and agree programme of child health screening and health promotion activity.
- Carry out specific health and developmental screening where identified, or delegate responsibility where appropriate to other team members.
- Responsibility / accountability for a caseload whilst overseeing and supporting other staff members.
- Delegation of workload from caseload where appropriate, whilst retaining oversight of cases and agreed identified actions.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner taking responsibility for care given to children, young people and families but also work as team members.
- Support and develop skill mixed staff within an integrated team.
- Prioritise workload to ensure all tasks are actioned in a timely fashion according to level of need.
About us
We can offer you:
- Recruitment and Retention premia of 6% **T&C's apply, further information given at interview*
- A friendly, welcoming, nurturing and encouraging work environment that will support you in your practice and development
- Local induction and an allocated mentor
- Preceptorship for newly qualified staff
- Strong leadership and management support
- Regular clinical, management, and safeguarding supervision.
- A clinical training programme to support your practice, tailored to your individual needs
- Opportunities for leadership and career development
- A strong focus on staff wellbeing and access to excellent staff engagement programs and support services via our People Development team
CNWL Trust can offer:
- Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust Benefits
- Buy & Sell Annual Leave
- An attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits for dependants; ill health retirement benefits; and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay)
- Employee Assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
- Staying Well at Work service for tailored employment related support to staff with severe and long-term mental health problems
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertake complex holistic health needs assessments of children and young people in a wide range of environments and across a broad population spectrum. Interpret, analyse and collate complex information, liaising with children, young people and families and other services/agencies as appropriate.
- To inform and implement a plan of care using evidence-based criterion to rationalise professional decisions and actions. Monitor progress and adapt plans to maximize health benefits for clients.
- Provide skilled, evidence-based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures.
- Help others e.g. children, young people, parents and carers to identify their own level of knowledge and skill and offer support, information and advice to enable them to access services and adopt healthy lifestyles.
- Using excellent communication skills, communicate effectively with children young people, parents / carers and other professionals.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive record keeping in line with NMC guidance and Trust policy.
- Have knowledge of Information Sharing and Assessment protocols and ability to identify and discern relevance of information to be shared to promote the safety of children.
- If a non-medical prescriber, diagnosis of clinical need to include patient history, clinical assessment, including physical examination where appropriate.
Please refer to full job description.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse / School Nurse (SCPHN)
- Registered NMC Nurse
Desirable
- Supervision Training.
- Teaching / Mentorship Qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children young people and families through the delivery of the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme.
- Evidence of caseload management and exceptional organisational skills
- Ability to work independently and within a team.
- Experience of multi-agency working.
- Ability to manage complex and distressing situations / cases.
- Experience of managing a safeguarding caseload effectively.
Desirable
- Experience of giving and receiving supervision.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate excellent clinical skills as a School Nurse.
- Leadership skills.
- Good knowledge of safeguarding practice, acts and policies.
- Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme and current Public Health Guidance. School Nurse SCPHN Job Description.
- Knowledge and ability to use and communicate through IT packages such as Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- The ability to support colleagues to aid and improve practice.
- Excellent verbal, non-verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organisational skills
- Excellent record keeping skills / maintaining electronic clinical records.
Desirable
- Understanding of CNWL policies in relation to maintaining clinical records
- Knowledge of local safeguarding board and Trust policies and guidance
- Experience of working with Systmone.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Positive attitude.
- Flexible, enthusiastic and self-motivated
- Ability to think logically and make decisions.
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
- Ability to build positive professional relationships with colleagues, children, young people and families and other wider professionals.
- Excellent role model.
Desirable
- Ability to motivate others.
Other
Essential
- Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the post Have access to a motor vehicle for use for work purposes/ car owner / driver
- Must be able to work all year round.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Shipley Court
Marsh End Road
Newport Pagnell
MK16 8EA
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
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