We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our team on a part-time basis between 15 and 28 hours per week. We support a large number of young people aged between sixteen and thirty-six, with complex sensory, physical, and emotional needs, making our setting truly unique and rewarding. The role is based on so much more than clinical skills and offers a range of personal development.
The Nurse role plays an essential role within our onsite health team that works collaboratively with our care, education, and therapy teams. You will be responsible for promoting the health and wellbeing of our young people and delivering a high-quality health care service, with a positive focus on empowering our young people to self-advocate and self-manage their own health conditions. The role will require you to implement health initiatives and promote safe practice across the site.
We want someone who is enthusiastic and will advocate for the highest standard of care for our young people, using evidence-based practice. The successful person needs to have a passion for their own learning and development, with a desire to share their skills and experience to train our support staff to ensure the delivery of safe, person-centred health care.
Main duties of the job
Our person-centred service is designed to enable our young people to interact with their families, the local community, and also the InFocus Campus, enabling them to maximise their independence and live fulfilling lives.
1. To deliver high-quality individual care for InFocus young people.
2. To implement and sustain high standards of education relating to the health agenda in relation to Personal, Social, and Health Education.
3. To provide regular training to InFocus staff on health care provision, first aid, infection control, and knowledge of specific conditions.
4. To assess the competence after training of enabler staff to administer medications.
5. To audit the safe administration of medications, supporting and advising enabler support staff and advising management of any issues that arise.
About us
InFocus charity is dedicated to supporting young people with vision impairment and complex needs. Based in Exeter, we offer a range of education, care, therapy, and support services for those who need them most.
Our services cater to young people with all levels of vision impairment, multi-sensory impairment, and a wide range of complex needs.
If you're interested in joining our team, you'll be part of a community of approximately two hundred and fifty employees, led by CEO Jane Bell and an Executive Team of Directors. You'll work alongside colleagues from a range of disciplines, including classroom teaching, support workers, mobility and therapy, fundraising, and marketing, and more.
We have an ambitious vision for our charity, and you will be joining a dynamic and growing organisation. We are expanding our services in the near future.
Job responsibilities
1. Improve standards in PSHE in collaboration with the teaching staff.
2. Assist those young people who are able to self-administer medication.
3. Ensure that health needs assessments, protocols, risk assessments, annual review reports, and health action plans are produced and implemented for all young people within agreed standards.
4. Improve and maintain high standards in the delivery of health care across the campus.
5. Work in collaboration with other members of the health team and the wider health system to implement, monitor, and evaluate all factors of the National Healthy Schools Standard Every Child Matters.
6. Facilitate a forum to enable the learners to feedback on health care standards.
7. Recognise the signs of abuse and immediately report abuse or suspected abuse to the Safeguarding Team and record on InFocus IT system.
8. Contribute and implement School Health Plans in partnership with multidisciplinary teams.
9. Provide up-to-date information, advice, and support on health issues and medical treatments relating to specific conditions to other InFocus staff and young people.
10. Make clinical nursing decisions and take responsibility for delegating tasks as and when necessary.
11. Liaise with parents, staff, and other professionals as appropriate, in the event of learner illness, accident, or health problems.
12. Assess the nursing needs of InFocus young people to aid funding applications.
13. Provide acute care, nursing for complex needs, and end-of-life care as required.
14. Adhere to all policies and procedures at InFocus.
Safeguarding
1. To recognise the signs of abuse and immediately report abuse or suspected abuse to the Safeguarding Team and record on the InFocus IT system.
2. To protect the confidentiality of all information relating to the young people and not divulge information to anyone who is not authorised to receive it.
3. To work within InFocus's intervention policies to ensure the safety of staff and young people is maintained.
4. To accurately record and assess incidents and accidents on InFocus IT systems.
5. To record detailed and accurate records of daily activities, progress made by young people, care and support given, and tasks undertaken.
6. To actively support the young people who are unwell by monitoring their condition, observing and recording on IT systems, and notifying relevant staff.
7. To utilise a range of InFocus IT systems and regularly check electronic communications to keep abreast of changes and respond to requests.
8. To be responsible for updating and maintaining InFocus IT systems to ensure that care plans, protocols, and risk assessments are produced and implemented for all young people within agreed standards.
Responsibilities of all InFocus staff
1. To contribute fully to the InFocus community by:
2. Taking responsibility to be a reflective practitioner.
3. Taking part in personal professional development.
4. Working within and encouraging the implementation of our Equal Opportunity Policy.
5. Working within our confidentiality policy.
6. Promoting the safeguarding of children and adults at risk.
7. Carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with our Health and Safety policies, guidance, and legislation.
8. Using information technology systems as required to carry out the duties of the post in the most effective and efficient manner.
9. Undertaking any other duties as directed by the Chief Executive that may be reasonably required.
Person Specification
Skills and ability
* Accountability of own role and others within the medical team.
* Effective communication skills both verbal and written.
* Ability to work in collaboration with and respect the contribution of colleagues and others.
* Research skills in order to devise and update training and policies.
* Ability to train others and assess competency.
* Ability to work with other disciplines.
* Clinical leadership skills.
* Ability to communicate difficult messages to families and other staff.
* High level of tact, diplomacy, and initiative.
* Attend meetings and training as required.
* Resilience.
Qualifications
Experience
* Understanding of Child Protection and Adult at Risk processes.
* Compiling protocols and guidelines.
* Resource management.
* Knowledge and experience of working in an educational/Social Care setting, in a similar or relevant role.
* Management of young people with complex needs.
* Knowledge of implementing quality initiatives.
* Experience of working with vision impairment.
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.
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