Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nurse
Following a retendering process, the children'sservice is due to be transferred to the new provider on the 1st of April 2025.Given this post sits within the transferring service, in line with thelegislative requirements, the successful candidate will be part of the TUPEtransfer along with other colleagues.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, motivated,inspirational and innovative School Nurses to join our experienced SchoolHealth team within Children and Family Health Surrey. The post will be at Mole Valley borough of Surrey, based at Leatherhead Clinic.
You will be a highly skilled clinical practitioner, withleadership and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will alsohave a strong approach to teamwork whilst also demonstrating the ability towork on your own initiative. You will have a good understanding of children,young people and their families and the ability to deliver the Healthy ChildProgramme to a diverse population across specific geographical areas of Surrey.
If you are an experienced or newly qualified School Nurses andhave the drive and passion to work with communities, schools and families tomake a difference for children and young people then we would like to hear fromyou.
Note: we do not offer UKVI sponsorship, and soall applicants require a current right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
Works collaboratively with the skill mixed school nurse team toensure equity of service provision, promoting good practice and the sharing ofresources.
Prioritises own work in line with areas of highest risk or clientgroups with greatest health need, delegating other work to the wider skillmixed team whilst providing the team with supervision and support
Build and develop good working relationships with named schoolsand the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Work collaboratively with all relevant agencies toinfluence/develop policies which will enhance health
Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery ofenuresis clinics and continence assessments
Design deliver and evaluate planned programmes of health promotionto CYP either through one to one contact, group work or through delivery ofschool based PSHE lessons
Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery ofenuresis clinics and continence assessments
Identify and support CYP who have unmet health needs, providesupport and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialistservices
Undertake health needs assessments for children who are lookedafter or from hard to reach group
Attend child protection conferences/core groups as required andparticipate in safeguarding supervision
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longestestablished NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees getNHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including thecare certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access tothe Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management andleadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council calledThe Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices areheard at Board level.CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focusedindividual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
We welcome candidates fromall backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying forand if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the namedindividual for this advert, or our recruitment team.
Job responsibilities
Purpose
The post holder will be a member of the 0-19 public health teamdelivering a service for children, young people and their families. Supportedby the clinical team lead, the post holder will carry continuing responsibilityfor the assessment of health needs, including the development, implementationand evaluation/audit of evidence based interventions. She/he will takeresponsibility for ensuring the quality and standard of care and delivery of aneffective school nursing service to improve outcomes for the local school agedpopulation. The post holder will participate in delivering a universal coreservice, and provide targeted interventions, to address health inequalities,where necessary referring to specialist services. This role will also includesafeguarding responsibilities, supporting the delivery of the schoolimmunisations programme, mentorship of students, line management of a skillmixed 0-19 team and staff appraisals.
Principal duties to include:
Works collaboratively with the skill mixed school nurse team toensure equity of service provision, promoting good practice and the sharing ofresources. Prioritises own work in line with areas of highest risk or clientgroups with greatest health need, delegating other work to the wider skillmixed team whilst providing the team with supervision and support
Facilitate good team working, through effective leadership skillsdelegate and supervise the work of a skill mixed team to ensure efficientdelivery of the 5-19 HCP
Build and develop good working relationships with named schoolsand the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Work collaboratively with all relevant agencies toinfluence/develop policies which will enhance health
Responsible for organisation, prioritisation and planning ofhealth promotion activities, by assessing local health needs and schoolprofiling promote key health topics to meet All our health 2016 DH targets
Make contact with children, young people (CYP) and their familiesin a variety of community settings e.g. schools, home, children centres, youthclubs
Assist in the preparation, planning and delivery of the schoolbased childhood immunisation programme in accordance with local policies andprocedures following appropriate immunisation training
Design deliver and evaluate planned programmes of health promotionto CYP either through one to one contact, group work or through delivery ofschool based PSHE lessons
Undertake young peoples Drop In clinic in named secondary school
Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery ofenuresis clinics and continence assessments
Identify and support CYP who have unmet health needs, providesupport and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialistservices
Undertake health needs assessments for children who are lookedafter or from hard to reach groups.
Following specific training be part of the CHAT HEALTH schoolnurse text advice service
Following specific training provide Clinic in a box sexual healthcontact with young people
Take appropriate action in cases of suspected or actual childabuse, working within Surrey safeguarding childrens code of practice andprocedures.
Attend child protection conferences/core groups as required andparticipate in safeguarding supervision
Facilitate group clinical supervision as per organisation policy
Ensure that clear concise reports are written and that recordkeeping guidelines are adhered to. Participates in the monitoring of records ofothers within the 0-19 team.
Assist in research and design/completion of service audits
Actively participate in steering groups to develop SN practiceguidelines
Supervise junior member of the skill mixed 0-19 team as directedby the clinical team lead and undertake junior staff PDR appraisals and directline management.
Assess practice competencies of junior staff members, contributeto their training and development needs
Participate in meetings as appropriate
Be prepared to be flexible within contracted hours
In accordance with the needs of the service, undertake otherduties as required.
Be skilled at adapting language and professional approach to avaried client group
Be proficient in designing, producing and presenting healthpromotion sessions to differing sizes of groups, eg PSHE lessons, schoolassemblies, parent evening, school teacher training sessions
Be competent in writing concise accurate contemporaneous clientrecords using approved CFHS templates
Be competent at making referrals to the wider multi-disciplinaryteam
Demonstrate ability to produce child centred reports for CYP whoare subject to safeguarding plans or CIN/LAC reviews
Contribute ideas to discussions at school nurse forums and teammeetings
Lead at or chair team meetings when necessary in the absence ofthe clinical team leader or practice teacher.
Analytical and judgemental skills (f3)
Able to understand complex family situations and respond and referappropriately
Be able to undertake health needs assessments, using child centredapproach to gather health information that identifies any unmet health needs
Collate population profiles within locality and school communities
Lead on team/service audits
Planning and organisational skills (f4)
Be responsible for planning own work diary
Organise and allocate work to the skill mixed team
Support SN team initiatives to deliver health promotion activitiesand school based immunisation sessions
Prioritise diary to meet needs of families on level 3-4 caseloadand assure attendance at safeguarding meetings and safeguarding supervision
Maintain compliance with statutory and mandatory training
Share best practice with colleagues from across CFHS, presentideas and initiatives at Surrey Wide School Nurse Forum
Regular requirement to drive own car for purposes of work
Support and adhere to organisation infection control policy
Promote uptake of immunisations: make every contact count
Holistically assess children, young people and family
Work within clinical pathway framework and own level of competency
Promote an environment that is conducive to CYP engagement
Monitor quality of service provision in partnership with clinicalteam lead
Be aware of school nurse key performance indicators and ensureassociated client contacts are accurately recorded for reporting purposeswithin the team
Escalate school nurse practice concerns to clinical team lead orschool nurse professional lead
Identify own training and development needs of others andundertake appropriate training/education as required
Support I want great care initiatives to acquire feedback fromservice users
Policy and service development (f7)
Work within CFHS policies and guidance
Contribute to service and policy review and development of schoolnursing protocols and guidance
Provide statistical data to support commissioning requirements.
Lead on and participate in clinical audits
Financial and physical resources (f8)
Responsible for care and safe keeping of medical devices,organisational property and ethically manage organisations resources.
Identify when equipment or disposable resources need replacing andalert clinical team lead
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Human resources (f9)
Attend/facilitate clinical supervision in line with organisationalpolicy
Participate in the appraisal process and agree personaldevelopment objectives
Participate in training of others and maintain an effectivelearning environment
Maintain NMC registration in line with revalidation requirementsand abide with NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
Provide DBS documentation in line with organisational procedure
Information resources (f10)
Maintain record keeping in line with NMC and organisationalguidance
Ensure safe storage and access to IT systems to protect clientconfidentiality in line with organisational Information Governance policy
Research and development (f11)
Contribute/lead on organisational audits
Support evidence based practice and disseminate learning to widerschool nurse team members
Freedom to act (f12)
Work to organisational policy and procedures
Work under direct and indirect supervision of Clinical Team Lead.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current NMC registration part 3 register
* Registered nurse child branch
* Child protection supervisor
* Clinical supervision facilitator
* PSHE certificate
* Sexual Health training
* 2 day foundation immunisation training
Experience
* Evidence of personal development and acquisition of transferable skills relevant to the job description
* Understanding of current issues affecting the NHS and the CYP public health agenda
* Previous experience of leadership within a skill mixed team
* Experience of initiating and participating in clinical audit and research.
* Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
* Ability to understand key element of change management in relation to children's community public health services
* Recent relevant experience of working with children, young people and families
* Completion of safeguarding modules
* Immunisation training and/or experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£39,205 to £47,084 a yearinclusive of 5% High Cost Area allowance per annum pro rata
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