School Staff Nurse
Job overview
Are you a nurse thinking about working in a different way, promoting health and wellness to children and young people with a school setting?
The Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster School health Service are developing their school nursing workforce and are offering School Staff Nurse Band 5 positions that can be a gateway for the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (school nursing) (SCPHN).
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic nurses from a variety of backgrounds and experience to join our team.
School Staff Nurses manage a school nursing case load for a group of schools, with the support and supervision of Band 6 SCPHN School Nurses within a large skill mixed team. The team provides a universal and targeted school nursing service to mainstream primary and secondary schools, pupil referral units and special schools across the Bi-Borough.
Working for our organisation
Duties:
- Completing health assessments
- Providing classroom teaching
- Presenting to school staff about managing medical conditions
- Holding a safeguarding caseload
- Ensuring safe pathways of care for children in school with more complex medical conditions
- Seeking to make the support that families receive as beneficial and positive an experience for them as possible
- Committed to provide best outcomes for children through delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
- Communicate effectively with our partners to work towards the best outcomes for children and their families.
The Post holder will have sufficient post registration nursing experience in a children’s/Paediatric or adult setting and can demonstrate experience in effective multi agency working.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
Patient Safety
Community Staff Nurse’s in the school nursing service contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:
- Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
- Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
- Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
- Being open and transparent about their own practice
- Supervising the work of others
- Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Community Staff Nurses in the school nursing services are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered nurse (RN1)
- Current NMC registration
- Mentorship
Other
Essential criteria- Flexible approach to working day to meet the needs of service delivery
- Positive attitude with strong degree of personal integrity
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to prioritise workload and demonstrate ability to work independently
- Excellent verbal and written and electronic communication skills
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with other both internal and external partner agencies
- Work under pressure and demonstrate ability to change priorities at short notice
- Ability to recognise and respond appropriately to CYP and their families in challenging situations
- Good IT skills
- Experience of working within a multi-agency team
Experience
Essential criteria- Evidence of personal development and acquisition of transferable skills
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Understanding of current issues affecting the NHS and the CYP public health agenda
- Previous experience of working as part of a team
- Understanding of clinical governance with some previous experience of undertaking audits
- Relevant experience of working with children, young people and families,
- Experience in Safeguarding
- Previous sexual health training/experience
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.