Special School Nurse

CSH Surrey

The closing date is 10 December 2024

Job summary

Following a retendering process, the children's service is due to be transferred to the new provider on the 1st of April 2025. Given this post sits within the transferring service, in line with the legislative requirements, the successful candidate will be part of the TUPE transfer along with other colleagues.

Band 5 Special School Nurse. Special School Nursing Service Surrey

Would you like to be part of a team which ensures all children and Young People are supported to reach their full potential.

Based in a school for Children and Young People with severe learning disabilities and complex health needs, you will be valued as part of the wider, County wide Special School Nursing service.

We ask that you have a minimum of 1 years post registration clinical experience of working with children/young people with learning disability and additional health needs.

Base: Woodlands School

37.5 hours 5 days a week - Monday to Friday term time only.

If you are compassionate and committed to providing high quality care to children and young people within the special educational needs setting, we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Clinical Team Leader Emma Jackson on 07971 176992.

UK Visa and Immigration Sponsorship: Please note that we do not offer UKVI sponsorship for these posts, and so all applicants require a current right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

You will bring your energy and innovation to foster a culture focused on improving health outcomes to children and young people within this setting. Your innovation will enable all 8 teams to work in parallel ensuring best practice is followed.

Please refer to the job description for information regarding the key responsibilities of this role.

  • Responding to medical emergencies
  • Support with training educational staff in nursing procedures including gastrostomy, seizure management and ventilation .
  • Medication management
  • Attending multi agency meetings
  • Care planning
  • Report writing
  • Nurse led clinics (Downs Syndrome, sleep, desensitisation, early toileting)
  • Participation in clinical and safeguarding supervision
  • Participation in auditing
  • Participation in EHCP meetings

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

26 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,469 to £38,308 a year inclusive of 5% High Cost Area allowance per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Term time hours

Reference number

B9074-24-0118-6

Job locations

Woodlands Upper School

Fortyfoot Road

Leatherhead

Surrey

KT22 8RY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached full job description with this job advert.

Post Title:School Nurse for Children and Young People withsevere learning disability and profound multiple learning with additional health needs inspecialist schools.

Department: Special School Nursing

Pay Band: 5

Business Unit: Children and Family Health Surrey

Accountable to: 1. Senior School nurse

2. Clinical Team Leader SSN nursing service

3. Specialist Childrens Community Nursing Manager

Responsible for: Healthcare Assistant.

Purpose

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

Please see attached full job description with this job advert.

Post Title:School Nurse for Children and Young People withsevere learning disability and profound multiple learning with additional health needs inspecialist schools.

Department: Special School Nursing

Pay Band: 5

Business Unit: Children and Family Health Surrey

Accountable to: 1. Senior School nurse

2. Clinical Team Leader SSN nursing service

3. Specialist Childrens Community Nursing Manager

Responsible for: Healthcare Assistant.

Purpose

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

Qualifications

Essential

  • RN child / RSCN/ RN adult RN
  • LD with experience with children/learning disability.

Experience

Essential

  • Clear understanding of community health services
  • Minimum of 1 year post registration experience with children or learning disability
  • Evidence of professional development
  • Experience of participating in clinical audit
  • Good understanding of current nursing workforce issues
  • Reliable and flexible
  • Team player
  • Ability to work well in stressful situations
  • Innovative
  • Assertive
  • Car driver

Desirable

  • Evidence of broad clinical experiences
  • Experience of tracheostomy ventilation, gastrostomy care, epilepsy
  • Mentorship preparation (supervisor assessor)
  • Management/leadership qualification
  • Experience of working in community health setting children or learning disability
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RN child / RSCN/ RN adult RN
  • LD with experience with children/learning disability.

Experience

Essential

  • Clear understanding of community health services
  • Minimum of 1 year post registration experience with children or learning disability
  • Evidence of professional development
  • Experience of participating in clinical audit
  • Good understanding of current nursing workforce issues
  • Reliable and flexible
  • Team player
  • Ability to work well in stressful situations
  • Innovative
  • Assertive
  • Car driver

Desirable

  • Evidence of broad clinical experiences
  • Experience of tracheostomy ventilation, gastrostomy care, epilepsy
  • Mentorship preparation (supervisor assessor)
  • Management/leadership qualification
  • Experience of working in community health setting children or learning disability

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

CSH Surrey

Address

Woodlands Upper School

Fortyfoot Road

Leatherhead

Surrey

KT22 8RY


Employer's website

https://www.cshsurrey.co.uk/about-us/about-csh-surrey (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

CSH Surrey

Address

Woodlands Upper School

Fortyfoot Road

Leatherhead

Surrey

KT22 8RY


Employer's website

https://www.cshsurrey.co.uk/about-us/about-csh-surrey (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Team Leader

Avril Bembridge

07970939105

Date posted

26 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,469 to £38,308 a year inclusive of 5% High Cost Area allowance per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Term time hours

Reference number

B9074-24-0118-6

Job locations

Woodlands Upper School

Fortyfoot Road

Leatherhead

Surrey

KT22 8RY


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