Staff Nurse Children's Community and SEND School Nursing Team

Job summary

Although you will be working 37.5 hours per week during term time, you will be paid at 32.25 hours per week for the full year including during time not working.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic motivated Children's Nurse to join our team working in the Children's Community and SEND School Nursing Team. Within the role you would be working autonomously providing care to children with additional health needs in a community setting, predominantly in the SEND school's.

We are a small Children's Community Nursing Team and follow the Trust values & beliefs of being supportive, respectful and caring. The school Nursing team work collaboratively within the Children's Community Nurses, Specialist nurses both in the Trust and in other Trusts, Paediatricians and GP's to provide high quality care to those on our caseload.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary/Purpose:

• To provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without direct supervision within the Children's Services.
• To provide skilled nursing support to enable children with complex health needs to access educational opportunities
• Work alone within the special school providing care as per health plan, dispense medication, and support with any emergency situation
• To offer training and support to education and social care staff specific to the health needs of the individual child / young person.
• To care for children, and their families, with a wide range of health needs, who require clinical care and support in the home, and other community settings.
• It is essential that the post holder is sensitive to the emotional needs of children who have a life threatening illness, and complex health needs, and are technology dependent.
• To deliver the above will require a specific understanding and knowledge base of child health needs, community based care and an understanding of the basic principles of palliative care.
• It is essential that applicants have recent experience in acute paediatric nursing to ensure they have developed those skills required to nurse sick children, and to work as an autonomous practitioner

Successfulcandidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading Your Team to Successo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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