An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the School Nurse team in Woking. The successful candidate will be a registered nurse with previous nursing experience, ideally in a School Nurse team, although this is not essential as professional development will be offered to the right candidate. You will, however, have strong communication and interpersonal skills, be a team player, and have a real enthusiasm for making a difference to future generations of children and their families.
Golden Hello eligible! A Golden Hello payment of £2000 ( £1000 upon commencement and a further £1000 following successful completion of a six month probation period) will be made, provided that the eligibility terms are met.
UK Visa and Immigration Sponsorship: Please note that we do not offer UKVI sponsorship for these posts, and so all applicants require a current right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a member of the 0-19 public health team delivering a service for children, young people and their families. Supported by the SCPHN school nurse, the post holder will participate in delivering a universal core service, and provide targeted interventions, to address health inequalities, where necessary referring to specialist services. This role will also include safeguarding responsibilities, immunisations, mentorship of students and staff appraisals.
Principal duties to include:
* Undertake duties as allocated by the SCPHN School Nurse.
* Build and develop good working relationships with named schools and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
* Make contact with children, young people (CYP) and their families in a variety of community settings e.g. schools, home, children centres, youth clubs.
* Assist in the preparation, planning and delivery of the school based childhood immunisation programme in accordance with local policies and procedures following appropriate immunisation training.
* Deliver planned programmes of health promotion to CYP either through one to one contact, group work or through delivery of school based PSHE lessons.
* Assist in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19.
* Undertake young peoples Drop In clinic in named secondary school.
* Provide enuresis advice and continence assessments.
* Identify and support CYP through health needs assessments who have unmet health needs, provide support and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialist services.
* Following specific training be part of the CHAT HEALTH school nurse text advice service.
* Take appropriate action in cases of suspected or actual child abuse, working within Surrey safeguarding children's code of practice and procedures.
* Attend child protection conferences/core groups as required and participate in safeguarding supervision.
* Undertake health needs assessments for children who are looked after.
* Assist in research and service audits.
* Supervise junior member of the 0-19 team as directed by the SCPHN SN undertake junior staff PDR appraisals and direct line management.
* Take an active part in clinical supervision.
* Participate in meetings as appropriate.
* Be prepared to be flexible within contracted hours.
* In accordance with the needs of the service, undertake other duties as required.
Person Specification
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 working as part of a team.
* Understanding of clinical governance with some previous experience of undertaking audits.
* Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams.
* Relevant experience of working with children, young people and families.
* Completion of safeguarding modules.
* Completion of PSHE certificate.
* Previous sexual health training/experience.
* Immunisation training and/or experience.
* Clinical supervisor training and experience.
Other
* Holds full UK driving licence and has access to a car.
* Flexible approach to working day to meet the needs of service delivery.
* Positive attitude with strong degree of personal integrity.
Qualifications
* Registered nurse child branch.
Skills
* Ability to prioritise workload and demonstrate ability to work independently.
* Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with both internal and external partner agencies.
* Work under pressure and demonstrate ability to change priorities at short notice.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to recognise and respond appropriately to CYP and their families in challenging situations.
* Experience of working within a multi-agency team.
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.
School Nurse, Community Practice Assessor
£31,469 to £38,308 a year inclusive of 5% High Cost Area allowance per annum pro rata.
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