Job summary
Band 5 - School Staff Nurse
Are you a nurse thinking about working in a different way, promoting health and wellness to children and young people with a school setting?
Children Family Health Surrey are developing their school nursing workforce and are offering Band 5 positions that will be a gateway (if interested) onto sponsorship for the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. We are looking for enthusiastic nurses from a variety of backgrounds and experience to join our innovative, enthusiastic 0-19 teams who are motivated to deliver the best health outcomes for children and young people living in Surrey.
In this role you will be supported by our Practice Assessors, Team Leaders, Service Managers and the Safeguarding Team to provide excellent practice and develop your skills and knowledge. You will work predominantly with school-age children and young people. We have an excellent preceptorship model to support newly qualified nurses. We are committed to professional development, have an invigorating training plan and an active school nurses forum.
Clinical Service Manager Caroline Hornby 07507 642974
Practice Assessor Natasha Dawe 07773 812791
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for more information including essential and desirable criteria.
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest
established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get
NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of
5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the
care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to
the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and
leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,
Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called
The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are
heard at Board level.
CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused
individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
We welcome candidates from
all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for
and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named
individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose
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 childrens 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
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose
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 childrens 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
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise workload and demonstrate ability to work independently Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with other 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 Good IT skills
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-agency team
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse (RN1) Current NMC registration
Desirable
- Registered nurse child branch Mentorship qualification
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise workload and demonstrate ability to work independently Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with other 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 Good IT skills
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-agency team
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse (RN1) Current NMC registration
Desirable
- Registered nurse child branch Mentorship qualification
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
