Special Schools Nurse
Job overview
Shape Futures, One Healthy Child at a Time: Become a Special School Nurse Practitioner.
Are you a passionate children's nurse ready for a rewarding opportunity? Imagine a role where you actively champion the holistic well-being of children in a vibrant educational setting.
As our Special School Nurse Practitioner, you'll be a health hero and a vital role model, inspiring healthy habits and delivering exceptional care. You'll partner with our supportive Team Lead, contributing to the smooth and effective running of a service that puts children first.
Managing your own diverse caseload across two school sites, you'll become a trusted face for students with complex health needs, utilising your clinical skills to develop personalised care plans that empower them to engage with their education.
This isn't just about individual care; you'll also be a key player in our proactive health promotion initiatives. Collaborating with the wider school health team, you'll ensure all pupils have equal access to vital health information, enabling them to make informed choices and build a foundation for a healthy future.
Important Note: This is a term-time only contract, offering a fantastic work-life balance with 18.75 hours per week, following a convenient two-week pattern:
- Week 1: Thursday & Friday, 08:00 - 16:00
- Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 08:00 - 16:00
If you're a confident practitioner with a strong understanding of safeguarding and SEND, we encourage you to apply.
Main duties of the job
Imagine a career where you're not just managing a caseload, but leading the charge in empowering young lives. As a dedicated lead professional, you'll be the specialist heart, providing crucial knowledge and unwavering support to children and young people navigating complex health journeys.
Shape Futures: Design and drive personalised care plans, igniting health gains and unlocking their full potential.
Collaborate & Thrive: Partner seamlessly with education teams, allied professionals, and the wider MDT, ensuring every health need is met, opening doors to educational access.
Be the Guardian: Ensure the safe administration of medicines with meticulous care and documentation.Empower Families: Guide children, young people, and their families to make informed choices through impactful health education and promotion.
Be Their Voice: Advocate fiercely, guaranteeing the highest standard of care and ensuring every health need is heard and met.
Invest in Others: Develop and deliver dynamic, evidence-based training, empowering school staff and fellow professionals, with clear pathways for growth.
Orchestrate Transitions: Collaborate with all stakeholders, ensuring smooth journeys for young people as they progress through education and into adult services.
Inform & Influence: Provide vital health insights for EHCPs and conduct key RHA assessments.Champion Wellbeing: Proactively safeguard children, embedding their welfare in every action and upholding all safeguarding policies.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria- Current NMC registration - RSCN / RN Child
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Educated to degree level
- Evidence of continued professional development relevant to the post
- V300 Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification
- Leadership qualification
Knowledge, skills, Training and experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working with children and young people with complex needs
- Substantial post registration experience including Paediatric care provision
- Knowledge of Public Health Agenda
- Experience of managing own caseload
- Competent clinical skills
- Demonstrate the understanding of team working and multi-disciplinary working
- Good understanding of Child Protection
- Ability to assess and manage risk
- Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Experience of caring for children in the community setting/school setting/health promotion/Education
- Experience within a special school
- Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
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We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met).As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
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For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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