Job summary
We have several vacancies due to additional funding and investment within the School Nursing Service in Gloucestershire. Posts are full time but part time may be considered. Successful candidates will be based in one of the following localities:
- Gloucester city
- Forest of Dean
This is an exciting opportunity for us to develop the leadership of our innovative and progressive School Nursing Service. Are you a dynamic Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) seeking a new challenge? Do you have the passion to be a leader and to inspire colleagues in the specialist field of public health nursing; working with children and young people to improve their health?
We work in collaboration with children and young people developing services that they want.
We provide mobile working with laptops and electronic records, enabling place based and digital first interventions.
We have developed social media platforms and use ChatHealth in response to requests of young people and families.
We take a trauma informed approach to planning and delivering care, working in partnership with children, young people and families ensuring shared decision making and goal setting through restorative practice.
We work in skill-mixed teams ensuring the right person is offering the care/interventions that are needed.
We provide a robust leadership structure ensuring all colleagues are supported with the SCPHN taking the lead in triage and allocation of workload.
Main duties of the job
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
We can offer:
Diverse work leading a skill-mixed team developed through robust competency frameworks
Induction and Preceptorship programmes to underpin transition into role
Clinical Supervision, Safeguarding Supervision and Restorative Supervision is available to support professional practice and development.
Health and wellbeing of ourselves and our colleagues is important. Working for our NHS Foundation Trust offers many staff benefits and the School Nursing Service supports the mental and emotional wellbeing of all our colleagues.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide a holistic health assessment with vulnerable children, offer advice, support and interventions where necessary to address unmet health needs and improve outcomes for the child and family.
Work collaboratively with children, young people and their families with a trauma informed approach, with the knowledge and understanding of ACES that may be impacting the childs health.
To lead on cases for safeguarding; Children in need of Protection, A&E referrals; Children in Need and others deemed vulnerable applying professional curiosity where needed.
Provide advice, support and professional challenge at multi-agency meetings
Work in partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team and statutory and voluntary agencies in planning, delivering and evaluating care to improve outcomes for service users.
Be proactive in identifying and referring children and families where assessment identifies evidence of physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect.
Promote a high uptake of immunisation and vaccination programs and administer when required within public health immunisation campaigns.
Maintain accurate, factual and contemporaneous records in line with NMC guidelines and local policy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide a holistic health assessment with vulnerable children, offer advice, support and interventions where necessary to address unmet health needs and improve outcomes for the child and family.
Work collaboratively with children, young people and their families with a trauma informed approach, with the knowledge and understanding of ACES that may be impacting the childs health.
To lead on cases for safeguarding; Children in need of Protection, A&E referrals; Children in Need and others deemed vulnerable applying professional curiosity where needed.
Provide advice, support and professional challenge at multi-agency meetings
Work in partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team and statutory and voluntary agencies in planning, delivering and evaluating care to improve outcomes for service users.
Be proactive in identifying and referring children and families where assessment identifies evidence of physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect.
Promote a high uptake of immunisation and vaccination programs and administer when required within public health immunisation campaigns.
Maintain accurate, factual and contemporaneous records in line with NMC guidelines and local policy.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse).
- Skills for teaching and assessing in clinical practice ENB 998/FLAP or equivalent (or equivalent)
- Child Protection training above foundation level.
- Evidence of continued Professional Development.
- NMC registration at level 1 and 3.
Desirable
- Family Planning Qualification or willingness to undertake appropriate training - PGD/Sexual Health training.
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Knowledge and clear understanding of the Public Health Agenda for School Nursing.
- Specialist knowledge and understanding of local GCSP and National Child Protection Guidelines
- Experience of working across agencies
- Understanding and experience of the application of research in practice
- Experience in identifying and assessing health needs including community health needs
Attributes
Essential
- Adaptability and passion to innovate to improve quality and develop services.
- An interest in data and how it can be used to aid service design
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse).
- Skills for teaching and assessing in clinical practice ENB 998/FLAP or equivalent (or equivalent)
- Child Protection training above foundation level.
- Evidence of continued Professional Development.
- NMC registration at level 1 and 3.
Desirable
- Family Planning Qualification or willingness to undertake appropriate training - PGD/Sexual Health training.
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Knowledge and clear understanding of the Public Health Agenda for School Nursing.
- Specialist knowledge and understanding of local GCSP and National Child Protection Guidelines
- Experience of working across agencies
- Understanding and experience of the application of research in practice
- Experience in identifying and assessing health needs including community health needs
Attributes
Essential
- Adaptability and passion to innovate to improve quality and develop services.
- An interest in data and how it can be used to aid service design
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
