Job summary
- Main area
- Community School Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Term time hours
- Job ref
- 824-SOUTH-6507334-A
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 13 The Causeway
- Town
- Teddington
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community School Nurse
Band 6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
To provide 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.
To contribute to the deliver of Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) including improving health and life changes for children, young people and families and safeguarding those at risk. To deliver the role in accordance with the CLCH Trust values.
Main duties of the job
To plan, organise and evaluate an innovative School Nursing Service, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the School Nursing 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 and young people.
To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives. To be visible i schools on a regular basis, as agreed within the partnership agreement in each school.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, 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 *T&C’s apply
- 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description, Person Specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Midwife (current)
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing / or Differing in Practice in school nursing.
- Evidence of continuing post
Desirable criteria
- Practice Assessor course
- PSHE Course
- Community nurse prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Counselling qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Mental Health First Aid training
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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
- Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice.
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- IT, numeracy, and literacy skills
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
- Winfilda Oyo-Ita
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07799861054
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