Band 6 Special School Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for a Band 6 Special School Nurse to join our wonderful team working in the North of Staffordshire currently within the Newcastle hub covering Newfriars College, Merryfield's, Blackfriars and Coppice as part of the special school nursing team .

You will be joining a friendly, highly skilled team and will have the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children and young people who have special needs and their families.

Working as part of a team you will participate in the delivery of health care and promote the health and welfare of children attending Staffordshire Special Schools, and to acknowledge and respect the individual rights and personal dignity of the students.

The team provides holistic nursing care for pupils with a wide range of learning disabilities, physical disabilities and neurological conditions. We work in partnership with Education, The Local Authority, Parents and other partners to support Children and Young People to remain healthy and reach their academic potential.

The hours will be 30 hours per week, term time only, 8.30-4.30pm

Main duties of the job

• To assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
• To prioritise daily care, responding to emergencies as required. To assess the needs of the school age population and promote healthy lifestyles within the Public Health Role of School Nursing.
• To ensure safe custody and administration of prescribed medication where required in accordance with Trust policies and NMC guidelines.
• To liaise appropriately and effectively with parents/carers, education staff and other agencies to achieve optimum health in school age children and young people.
• To demonstrate, teach and supervise aspects of care that can be delegated to support staff and education staff.
• To contribute to the induction of new staff to the service.
• Participate in the prevention, identification, and protection of children at risk in accordance with Trust Safeguarding Procedures.
• To facilitate and attend school medicals and undertake nurse led assessments where relevant.
• To provide advice to parents, pupils, and school staff on preventative measures to limit outbreaks of infectious diseases
• Observes own personal duty of care to equipment and resources.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccination every year
• Attractive relocation package
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.