Job summary
- Main area
- Community Children's Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-6519305-OPS
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Severndale Special School or The Bridge School
- Town
- Shrewsbury or Telford
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Children's Nurse - Special Schools
NHS AfC: Band 5
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
We are pleased to advertise a maternity cover post at The Bridge Special School in Telford.
This role is part of an integrated special school nursing team across Shropshire and Telford and to ensure familiarity of the children and young people's needs, the post holder based at The Bridge School will work at least 1 day every half term at the Severndale School. There may also be times when staff need to work flexibly across our school sites on request.
Operational hours are Monday- Friday 08.30-16.30 however on occasions there may be the need for the post holder to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including seeing the children in their own homes or other community settings and where appropriate supporting an 24/7 end of life care package.
As the post holders main duties will be during core school hours, annual leave must be taken during school holidays, following a request and approval process to ensure the service is covered throughout the year.
The post holder will need to be able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To have responsibility for a delegated workload as agreed with the Team Leader and senior nurse.
- To work in partnership and demonstrate excellence in communication with
School staff, professional teams, parents, carers and children. - Contribute to the identification and prevention of child abuse or neglect in line with national and local child protection guidance and procedures.
- To actively engage and encourage the involvement of service users/carers in the planning and delivery of care.
- To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for children & young people in school as appropriate to their individual needs under supervision of a senior nurse.
- To provide training and supevision to support workers in the school environment delivering care to Children ensuring delegated nursing tasks are safely and effectively undertaken.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First Level Registration - RN Child/RSCN/Learning Disability
- Evidence of consolidation experience post registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate relevant and recent post registration experience working within an environment supporting children and young people with both complex/acute health needs
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the job.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- The ability to establish good working relationships with families and multi-disciplinary team members
- Experience of liaison with multi-disciplinary team working
- Awareness of child protection issues
- Ongoing awareness of recent developments in practice and research including local and national guidelines. Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and their implications for the service
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Competent in the use of IT
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
- Sara Logan
- Job title
- Community Children's Nursing Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01743 450855
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