Job summary
As a team, we are proud to be in a position to recruit a highly motivated and innovative practitioner into our successful School Nursing team. The practitioner must be a Registered Nurse and be able to evidenceworking with children, young people and their families in either a community health , acute health or educational setting.
You will work alongside a team of staff who hold a diverse range of skills, with over arching support from the Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) and Team Leader.
Doncaster has a diverse range of health needs within the school aged population. It is for these reasons you will be expectedto promote the physical and emotional well-being of children and young people to establish good health both now and in the future.
You will promote early intervention and health promotion to strive towards reducing health inequalities across the borough of Doncaster, by referring to local and national public health data, tools and resources.
You will support and make referrals to appropriate professionals and agencies to safeguard a child who may be at risk of suffering significant harm working in partnership with the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure the child reaches their full potential.
We reserve the right to close this advert down early should there be a high number of applicants
Main duties of the job
- Assist in the identification of health needs within a defined population.
- Assess and manage clinical events to ensure safe and effective care.
- Assess and manage care in a range of settings, school, clinics, family centres, home, and community.
- Act independently within a multidisciplinary / agency context
- Provide emotional support to individuals, their families and carers.
- Provide therapeutic and educative interventions to individuals, families and communities.
- Support the promotion, planning and delivery and of the immunisation programme for children and young people.
- Encourage, support and empower clients to make informed choices to promote and maintain their health and wellbeing.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility in relation to health and safety
- Ability to recognise and understand equality and diversity issues.
- Ability to use software packages appropriate to clinical care
- Ability to supervise others
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical trends and practice
- Ability to work flexibly and respond to changing demand in delegated workload
- Able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills/develop and maintain positive working relationships.
- IT literate e.g. word processing and email and internet use.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make clinical judgements and decisions and to be responsible and accountable for choices made.
Desirable
- Ability to facilitate learning in one to one and group settings .
- Able to lone work and risk assess in the community
- Able to work holistically with child/ family/client
- Able to take a lead in the organisation of drop in sessions in schools/educational settings
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Midwife
- NMC registration
- Evidence of post registration training
Desirable
- Safeguarding qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Experience of undertaking holistic health assessments
- Experience of working with children, young people and their families
Desirable
- Experience of lone working
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of The Healthy Child Programme and the role of the School Nurse
- Knowledge of current public health and health promotion issues pertinent to community children's services
- Understanding of Child Protection and safeguarding policies and procedures
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility in relation to health and safety
- Ability to recognise and understand equality and diversity issues.
- Ability to use software packages appropriate to clinical care
- Ability to supervise others
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical trends and practice
- Ability to work flexibly and respond to changing demand in delegated workload
- Able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills/develop and maintain positive working relationships.
- IT literate e.g. word processing and email and internet use.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make clinical judgements and decisions and to be responsible and accountable for choices made.
Desirable
- Ability to facilitate learning in one to one and group settings .
- Able to lone work and risk assess in the community
- Able to work holistically with child/ family/client
- Able to take a lead in the organisation of drop in sessions in schools/educational settings
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Midwife
- NMC registration
- Evidence of post registration training
Desirable
- Safeguarding qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Experience of undertaking holistic health assessments
- Experience of working with children, young people and their families
Desirable
- Experience of lone working
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of The Healthy Child Programme and the role of the School Nurse
- Knowledge of current public health and health promotion issues pertinent to community children's services
- Understanding of Child Protection and safeguarding policies and procedures
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Address
Sandringham Road Health Centre
Sandringham Road, Intake
Doncaster
DN2 5JH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
