School Health Nurse (TEDS)

Job summary

A rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced School Health Nurse (SHN) to work within the TEDS team for a 1 year fixed secondment. The TEDS team supports children with a moderate to severe developmental delay, requiring a targeted or specialist level of support under the healthy child program. You will be passionate about promoting best practice for children with a moderate to severe developmental delay in Portsmouth. You will be delivering an enhanced Community Health Nurse offer to children with developmental delays and their family. You will have experience and knowledge of children with complex disabilities and or developmental delay and an understanding of the wider teams who support children with developmental and disability needs.

You will be working alongside Specialist Health Visitors, a community nurse and a nursery nurse in the TEDS team. Referred babies and children will have been identified as having a developmental delay at health review and be suitable for targeted and specialist levels of the Healthy Child Programme. The SHN role will support interventions around school readiness. You will provide interventions to support needs around behaviour management, toilet training, sleep and feeding difficulties associated with a developmental delay. You will support parents to access community resources. You will support children to access nursery settings and update the Early Years Support Panel where additional funding is required or if the child needs a specialist setting.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of health needs of children and young people with SEND from 3.5 to 16 years in the community and at two specialist schools in Portsmouth. Promoting the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care identified within the defined client group and their families.

To work alongside TEDS Health Visitors, TEDS Community Health Nurse (CHN), parent and carers, nurseries, school year co-ordinators and Senior Managers to encourage parental involvement in school readiness and subsequent years in education settings.

To be part of a locality-based team supervised by both School Nurse SCPHN and Health Visiting Clinical Team Co-ordinator working with preschool children with a development delay and school age children attending a specialist provision in the City. You will be expected to relay key health promotion messages to children, families and staff in education.

Main responsibilities will be, but not limited to

Identify health needs by implementing the Healthy Child Programme in accordance with Health Visiting and School Nursing policies and guidelines

Provide school readiness interventions for children in preschool year for children with development delay

Contribute to Education health and care plan reports, co production meetings and transition plans for starting school.

Be able to demonstrate a positive approach and be able to foster this in others, helping them to identify and achieve what is needed

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.

We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration.

Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.