The role is part of our Inclusion pathway within the Healthy Child Programme Service 0-19 which incorporates Health Visiting, School Nursing and Teenage Pregnancy Services. It is an exciting time to join our service and be part of developing and shaping services for babies, children, young people and their families.
This exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated and compassionate qualified nurse to join our developing pathway which reflects the need to increase capacity to provide care and support young people who are in the Youth Justice system, to improve their health outcomes and life chances.
PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.
The post holder will work as part of a School Nursing team which is led by a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN SN). The role will play a key part in delivering the Health Child Programme (HCP 5-19) to children and young people with alternative provision schools, other educational settings or those who are home educated. This includes holding and managing your own caseload, contributing to the development and delivery of health education programmes and staff training and working as part of wider multi-disciplinary and agency teams to prevent ill health, promote health & wellbeing, provide early intervention and safeguard children and young people.
To work with multi-disciplinary professionals relating to school nursing and the youth justice system.
1. To manage your own caseload, identifying and responding to priorities. To plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
2. Contribute to the development, delivery and evaluation of health education programmes and staff training.
3. To provide clinical advice and support to the team, provide caseload supervision, 1-1s and PDRs for junior staff. Provide learning opportunities, induction, and preceptorship for all learners.
4. Contribute to the development of, implement and evaluate new and existing policies ensuring that practice is evidence-based.
5. Maintain clinical governance processes, e.g., identification & management of risks and incidents.
6. To co-ordinate and/or contribute to the health needs assessment of children under the care of the team, participating in the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency assessment & intervention of/for children & young people.
7. To provide clinical advice and support, on aspects of care for children & young people to families and colleagues within the teams, integrated team, and other agencies.
8. Take the lead professional/key worker role for children & young people when appropriate and work as part of multi-agency teams to support those on child protection, child in need and early help plans or those who are looked after.
9. To advocate for families within the multidisciplinary team and make referrals as appropriate.
10. To work closely with schools and education provisions and provide advice and support to parents and staff where children or young people have identified health needs.
This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Apr 2025.
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