Special School Nurse
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Special School Nurse (Band 6) to provide specialist health care support for children and young people with medical needs for the Harrow Special schools.
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic staff who are able to work to work autonomously . Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have the enthusiasm to join the well established team and support transformation?
Currently the Special School Nursing Team are based in the schools, working Monday to Friday 8.00-16.00, Term Time Contract.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for providing an excellent, high quality service to the children of Harrow who have additional needs and support the special schools in Harrow. Your work will entail working closely with children, their parent/carers and key partners to improve health outcomes and support children with special needs to achieve their full potential within all settings; at home, community and at school.
Good communication and working relationships with the school staff and school leadership team is an essential part of the role.
We welcome applications from children's or learning disability nurses with experience or interest in working with children with additional needs.
Working for our organisation
Together with job satisfaction, we can offer training, support and clinical supervision. If you want to join a team where your contribution is valued and where you have the opportunity to make a real difference in peoples lives, then we would like to hear from you.
Candidates are welcome to arrange informal visits to the special schools in by contacting Ola Adesemoye on [email protected].
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Special School Nurses work closely with the people who use our services and their families. Families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Special School Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive, but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
- ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
- ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Special School nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model to healthcare assistants/ support workers/school staff and students to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria- • NMC Registered nurse - RNChild / LD Nurse / Community Children’s Nurse
- • Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- • Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
- • Mentorship qualification
- • Epilepsy PET 1 & 2 course
- • Independent & Supplementary Prescribing Course
Previous Experience
Essential criteria- • Previous experience as a Band 6 in children’s services or a Band 5 nurse with significant experience in clinical setting catering for children.
- • Recent experience with children’s nursing within acute/community or school setting/ children nursing.
- • Previous experience working in Special school
- • Community experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- • Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports.
- • Able to demonstrate partnership working with agencies
- • Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
- • Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
- • Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
- • You are expected to have the skills required to act as a professional, registered nurse and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
- • Clinical Leadership: Working with Others
- • Expertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them and use them in your current role
- • Intravenous Training (theory & practice)
- • Awareness of the health needs of children and young people
- • An understanding of clinical governance framework in relation to practice
- • Supervision, Line management and appraisal training
- • Experience of working with students
- • Central line management
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential criteria- • Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- • Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- • Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- • Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
Other
Essential criteria- • Ability to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptions
- • Able to work efficiently in the community
- • Access to Car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.