Band 6 Senior Specialist School Nurse

CSH Surrey

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Job summary

Band 6 School Nurse Specialist School Nursing Service, Surrey.

Brooklands School, Reigate Surrey RH2 0DF
Hours: 37.5hrs per week Mon-Fri week term time only
08:30 -16:30

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse to join our dedicated and highly motivated team of Special School Nurses/Assistant Practitioners in Surrey. This post is based at Brooklands school for pupils aged 2-11years old who have severe learning disability with additional health needs.

We ask for a Children's, Adult or Learning disability Nurse with a minimum of 3 years post registration clinical experience working with children young people with additional health needs.

Your role will focus on ensuring pupils have access to the school day regardless of the complexity of their needs within this setting.

You will lead a small nursing team, managing the day to day nursing care to support the children and their families. You will lead on delivering our competency based training programs to education staff who support pupils with nursing interventions in the classroom. There is partnership agency working across health, education and social care including outreach to other local LD schools to achieve better health outcomes for children and young people.

If you are compassionate and committed to providing high quality care within this setting we would love to hear from you!

Eligible for the Golden Hello bonus of £2000 (pro rata). Please see attached Golden Hello poster for further details on the T&Cs.

Main duties of the job

See full job description for outline of principal duties required in this role.

The post holder will

Lead a small based special school nursing team within the school and responsible for registered nurse and assistant practitioner.

Respond and lead on medical emergencies.

Oversee a range of nursing assessments.

Oversee Care planning.

Train educational staff in nursing procedures including gastrostomy and tracheostomy care using evidenced based competencies.

Oversee Medication management within the school

Lead on health related Child Protection concerns in partnership with the school and social care.

Contribute to EHCP and multi-agency meetings.

Mentor pre-registration nursing students

Support SSN team with nurse led and assistant practitioner led clinics.

Outreach to LD local school

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.

Date posted

15 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,162 to £44,629 a year Pro rata Term time only Inclusive of 5% HCAS per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Term time hours

Reference number

B9074-24-0000-7

Job locations

Brooklands School

27 Wray Park Road

Reigate

Surrey

RH2 0DF

Job description

Job responsibilities

See full job description for outline of principal duties required in this role.

Accountable to Clinical Team Lead and Head of Specialist Community Children's Service Surrey.

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the provision of health care for children and young people, aged 2-11 years, with severe/profound and multiple learning and physical difficulties.

This will be achieved by providing expert training, advice and support to the school staff and other people involved in their care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See full job description for outline of principal duties required in this role.

Accountable to Clinical Team Lead and Head of Specialist Community Children's Service Surrey.

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the provision of health care for children and young people, aged 2-11 years, with severe/profound and multiple learning and physical difficulties.

This will be achieved by providing expert training, advice and support to the school staff and other people involved in their care.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Evidence of broad clinical experiences.
Experience of staff management with ability to lead a small team.
Evidence of professional development.
Good understanding of current nursing workforce issues.
Clear understanding of community health services.
Ability to work well in stressful situations.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to organise the workload, able to delegate and prioritise.
Computer literate.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable

Experience of tracheostomy and ventilation.
Experience of initiating and participating in clinical audit.
Good knowledge of health and safety and risk management.

Qualifications

Essential

RN(Adult),RN(Child)or RSCN, RN (LD) with specific childrens experience and learning disability experience.

Desirable

Mentorship qualification.
Management/leadership qualification.
Post graduate nursing modules such as Physical Assessment of the Child.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Evidence of broad clinical experiences.
Experience of staff management with ability to lead a small team.
Evidence of professional development.
Good understanding of current nursing workforce issues.
Clear understanding of community health services.
Ability to work well in stressful situations.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to organise the workload, able to delegate and prioritise.
Computer literate.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable

Experience of tracheostomy and ventilation.
Experience of initiating and participating in clinical audit.
Good knowledge of health and safety and risk management.

Qualifications

Essential

RN(Adult),RN(Child)or RSCN, RN (LD) with specific childrens experience and learning disability experience.

Desirable

Mentorship qualification.
Management/leadership qualification.
Post graduate nursing modules such as Physical Assessment of the Child.

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.