Special School Nurse Assistant
Job overview
Barnet Special School Nursing team are looking for a flexible, motivated and highly skilled health care assistant to join us in supporting children and young people with health needs to attend school and achieve their potential.
We are based in 2 Special Schools in Barnet, Oakleigh School and Maple down but also provide outreach services to Oak Lodge and Northway.
You may be expected to travel between sites to support the nursing team with tasks such as heights and weights so will need excellent communication skills, administration and IT skills to support the team in delivering a high-quality service to the pupils and any professional partners.
Working within the environment of special schools is extremely rewarding and our small friendly team look forward to welcoming you.
Please do not hesitate to call and arrange an informal visit with Beverley Evans, Service Manager, 07984466894, [email protected]
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an individual that has experience working with children with complex healthcare and additional needs.
You will also demonstrate commitment to continued development and innovation within the team, have the ability to be flexible to the needs of the service and work as part of a team but also autonomously as required as you may be the only member of the nursing team on site on occasions.
The post holder will be supporting the registered nurses within the team, carrying out heights and weights, completing continence assessments and liaising with lots of other agencies.
The Post holder will also support the training of Learning Support Assistants/Teaching assistants to deliver the child's care plan whilst at school.
The post holder will regularly be responsible for the administration of medications to children in school and adhere to all CLCH policies/procedures.
The post holder will be actively involved in participating with the development and implementation of practice within the special schools nursing team ensuring that evidenced based practice is being delivered. to carry out the care plans for the children that are within the special schools.
The team will offer support and training as appropriate to help you develop in the role and support children and young people in special schools to attend and achieve their potential.
Interviews will be scheduled for the 19th of December 2024.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, 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(only available for Band 5 and up)
- 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- Evidence of continuing professional development working with children up to NVQ level 3
- Care certificate – or working towards this
- Competencies in clinical care skills
- Knowledge of safeguarding children
- Diploma Level (or NVQ4 in Health & Social Care) or Equivalent Combination of NVQ3, courses and experience or NNEB equivalency
- Makaton/BSL course
- Medicine management course
Experience
Essential criteria- Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people with complex health needs
- Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a special school environment.
- Experience of documentation in a clinical setting
- Experience of liaising with professionals
- Experience of handling telephone calls independently and directing queries appropriately
- Evidence of ability to carry out continence assessments
- Experience of working in culturally diverse communities
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Competence to administer medication
- Ability to manage stock levels and equipment
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Knowledge of safeguarding children/young people
- Demonstrate computer literacy in programs such as excel, word, power point
- Experience of enteral feeding
- Experience of suctioning
- Experience of clinical measurements and interpreting results appropriately, i.e. Height and Weight measuring.
- Experience of working with Clinical Systems e.g.Emiss
- Evidence of understanding epilepsy/working with patients with epilepsy
- Knowledge of purpose and value of clinical supervision
- Experience of working in culturally diverse communities
Other
Desirable criteria- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)
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