School Nurse (SCPHN) and Public Health Quality Fellow
Job overview
Do you thrive on challenges and want to make a real difference in the lives of young people?
We are seeking a passionate and innovative School Nurse to join our dynamic team in Merton. This unique opportunity combines traditional School Nursing duties with a dedicated focus on public health improvement.
About the Role:
- 80% Clinical Practice: Provide high-quality, evidence-based school nursing care to children and young people.
- 20% Public Health Fellowship:
- Undertake a structured 6-9 month work-based program supervised by a Public Health Nurse Consultant.
- Identify, design, and manage a public health project focused on improving the health and well-being of children and young people in Merton.
- Collaborate with the CLCH Quality Improvement team to develop and implement your project.
- Develop your expertise: Gain valuable experience in public health, project management, and quality improvement.
Main duties of the job
Essential Requirements:
- Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration
- Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Qualification (School Nursing)
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Experience in safeguarding and child protection
- Flexibility and adaptability in managing a diverse caseload
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan, organize, and evaluate innovative school nursing services.
- Deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to children and young people in various community settings.
- Collaborate with other healthcare professionals and community partners to ensure seamless service delivery.
- Contribute to the achievement of the team's and organization's quality improvement objectives.
This is a unique opportunity for a driven and ambitious School Nurse to make a significant contribution to the health and well-being of young people in Merton.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, 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 *T&C’s apply (Band 5 roles & above)
- 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 and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria- Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration
- Registered School Nurse (SCPHN)
- Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
- Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria- School nurse experience
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of assessing, planning, and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
- Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others.
- Experience of evidence-based care.
- Experience of supervising staff / students
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
- Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
- Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children’s Plan etc
- Current knowledge of child protection issues
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review, and prioritise own workload and others.
- Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service.
Other
Essential criteria- Able to travel round the locality [car/bike/public transport/foot]
- Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust’s Values and Behaviours
- Able to demonstrate excellence in Customer Service
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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