Job summary
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse is a registered nurse working as part of the public health nursing team in providing preventative and supportive health care to children, young people and their families.
The post holder works with a public health focus under the supervision of a Healthy Family Team Leader with a defined population.
As part of the public health nursing team the post holder collaborates with a wider multi-disciplinary and inter-agency team in offering public health services to the community.
The work takes place in a variety of settings, including home, school and community venues.
Main duties of the job
As a SCPHN School Nurse, you will be responsible for:
1. Delivery of the healthy child programme at all four levels.
2. Day to day operational line management and supervision of the School Staff Nurses and Support Staff.
3. Day to day caseload management of work for School Staff Nurses and Support Staff helping them to plan, prioritise, evaluate and delegating and allocating work as appropriate.
4. Appropriate delegation of work to others in the multidisciplinary team
5. Act as a mentor to pre-registration and post registration students as appropriate and be involved in organizing allocation of student nurses
6. Participate in preceptorship of junior/new members of the team while acting as a mentor.
7. To work in collaboration with health care and other service providers, including Head Teachers, to ensure seamless delivery of services for school age children.
8. To confidently and competently work with vulnerable children and families, working collaboratively within the multi-agency framework to reduce risk and prevent harm.
9. Attend safeguarding meetings as appropriate and then delegate ongoing work to the appropriate member of the skill mix team.
10. Plan and organise the workload for themselves and the team and be responsive to fluctuations in workload and resources
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As a SCPHN School Nurse, you will be part of our valued team in our Essex Child &Family Wellbeing Service,receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
11. Band 6 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
12. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
13. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
14. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
15. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
16. An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
17. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission The Ideal Candidate Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification Registered Nurse with current NMC registration. Knowledge of national and local policy in Childrens Service and Public Health. Experience of working with children and young people. Understanding of child and adolescent development. Knowledge and application of clinical governance. Full driving license and daily access to a car
Person Specification
General Requirements
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