SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 07 May 2025

Job summary

The successful applicant will be a dynamic, highly motivated individual, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. As a SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate, you will be working as part of pro-active skill mix team who are committed to delivering high quality services.

The successful candidate will work 3 days per week during term time only. The hours of work are 8.30am - 4.30pm, Monday - Friday.

The Children's service provides support to children, young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependent on assessed need. The service offers every child/family a programme of screening, developmental reviews and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices as defined by current School Health drivers.

The post holder will work as part of a team to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of children and young people with mild, moderate and severe learning difficulties which could also include thosewith complex medical needs. This post will include providing clinical care within the school environment.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities will include caring for children with urinary catheters, enteral feeds, and medication requirements along with an awareness of tracheostomy and stoma care within the school and community settings. Responding to emergency situations and contributing towards specialist individual care plans to meet the child/young person's needs alongside staff training is an important aspect of the role.

Public Health

The post holder will contribute towards undertaking holistic assessments of children, young people and families in planning and delivering the Healthy Child Programme, including health screening and immunisations, plus a requirement to safeguard and support the health needs of any vulnerable children/young people within the caseload across the city.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Date posted

30 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year .

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Term time hours

Reference number

350-CC7168007

Job locations

Covering Special Schools under the SEND Team

V7 Building

King's Business Park

L34 1PJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

The SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate will work predominantly as part of the SEND School Health team to promote and improve health and well-being of school-aged children and young people to reduce health inequalities. The post holder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. The post holder will work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families.
The post holder will work as part of the SEND School Health Team with delegated responsibility for the implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for children, young people and families

Job description

Job responsibilities

The SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate will work predominantly as part of the SEND School Health team to promote and improve health and well-being of school-aged children and young people to reduce health inequalities. The post holder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. The post holder will work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families.
The post holder will work as part of the SEND School Health Team with delegated responsibility for the implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for children, young people and families

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Associate and on the NMC register or Assistant Practitioner

Desirable

Work based experience

Values

Essential

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respectfulness
Enthusiasm
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Strong customer service belief
Transparency and honesty
Discreet
Change oriented

Skills

Essential

Knowledge of Health Promotion Strategies
Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills Ability to motivate, negotiate with and influence others
Ability to motivate, negotiate with and influence others
Excellent Communication Skills
Understanding of skills required for team working
Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised complex activities and programmes of care
Ability to travel, for work purposes, within the Mersey Care area

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care
Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health
Experience of previous work in health care
Clinical Governance and Risk Management
Actively involved in professional development
Experience in assessing for and ordering community equipment

Desirable

Experience of working with children who have tracheostomy's, urinary catheters, stoma, PEG feeds and usage of associated equipment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Associate and on the NMC register or Assistant Practitioner

Desirable

Work based experience

Values

Essential

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respectfulness
Enthusiasm
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Strong customer service belief
Transparency and honesty
Discreet
Change oriented

Skills

Essential

Knowledge of Health Promotion Strategies
Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills Ability to motivate, negotiate with and influence others
Ability to motivate, negotiate with and influence others
Excellent Communication Skills
Understanding of skills required for team working
Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised complex activities and programmes of care
Ability to travel, for work purposes, within the Mersey Care area

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care
Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health
Experience of previous work in health care
Clinical Governance and Risk Management
Actively involved in professional development
Experience in assessing for and ordering community equipment

Desirable

Experience of working with children who have tracheostomy's, urinary catheters, stoma, PEG feeds and usage of associated equipment

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.