Job summary
- Main area
- School Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 245-NAM5SN-07-24
- Employer
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Selbourne House
- Town
- Hyde
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/08/2024
Employer heading
Community Staff Nurse in School Health
Band 5
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic nurse, ready for a challenge? We are looking for new staff to join our dynamic and busy School Nurse Team. Working together we can make a real difference to outcomes for children and families in the Tameside area, reducing health inequalities across the borough by promoting the uptake of immunisation, encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and supporting families to provide the very best start in life for young people.
You will work closely with the schools and the locality specialist SCPHN-School Nurse teams and there are opportunities for autonomous working as part of an integrated skill mix team. We have a corporate School Nursing Team structure that covers a defined geographical area and you will deliver the Integrated 0 – 19 Healthy Child Programme with collaborate working and liaison with our education partners and social care colleagues.
You will receive a full induction, preceptorship, safeguarding supervision, and clinical supervision, as well as role specific training. As an Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, there will be continued opportunities to develop shared service delivery with partner agencies, using evidence-based assessments and interventions.
Main duties of the job
1. Assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of care for children and young people aged 4 – 19.
2. Organizing, delivering and recording of screening programmes and national health promotion guidelines.
3. Participate in all statutory processes in respect of safeguarding including provision of witness statements and court attendance.
4. Develop and maintain interagency networks within the wider children’s workforce
5. Follow policies and procedure of Tameside and Glossop Community Healthcare.
Working for our organisation
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+ & 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Be a highly skilled communicator who can initiate or respond to communications with individuals (children & adults), families, groups and communities, in order to assess health needs and develop and implement packages of care in negotiation with the recipient(s).
2. Be able to use listening skills and non-directive therapeutic interviewing techniques to encourage behavioural changes and facilitate health enhancing responses.
3. Keep legible, accurate and contemporary records while maintaining client confidentiality.
4. Prepare reports appropriate for a range of purposes and readers.
5. Be able to work collaboratively with other health professionals, statutory agencies and voluntary organisations. Acting as an advocate through liaison, referral and negotiating care. Developing and maintaining inter agency networks.
6. Initiate, participate in and evaluate health promotion activities.
This may include large group work and activities in community locations (e.g. shopping centres, schools, town halls etc.)
7. Actively promoting community participation and work within a community development framework. Working within multi-agency forum.
8. Act as a client advocate for vulnerable members of the community who cannot represent themselves. Facilitate their compliance with treatments and attendance at appointments.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Qualified and NMC Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Experienced School Nursing Practitioner having gained appropriate knowledge and skills by experience and continuous professional development.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of child development, community health development and childhood immunisation programmes
- Knowledge of current public health priorities and research evidence around health issues for children and families
- Understanding of safeguarding principles and best practice round child protection
- Experience of effective team working, prioritizing and organizing own work load.
- Demonstrates excellent spoken and written communication
- Can organise and prioritise own work load, assessing pressures of work appropriately
Desirable criteria
- Aware of current challenges and changes in School Nursing practice
- Working with people in community settings e.g. clinic, homes, schools
- Working in proactively in service development and community development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Bryant
- Job title
- Healthy Child Programme Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07833058868
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