Special School Nurse

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

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Job summary

Special School Nurse.

We would welcome applications from enthusiastic committed children's nurses or learning disability nurses with proven clinical experience to work in the special schools that form The Vale Federation in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

We would therefore welcome applications from nurses who have excellent communication skills and are able to manage their time effectively. An understanding of the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) and additional health problems is essential.

The children are aged from nursery age through to 11 years and have a wide range of learning disabilities and some have complex health needs. The successful candidate will be based within Booker Park School in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The nurse will work closely with education and other agencies to ensure the children achieve their full potential in school.

This is a permanent special school nurse contract. The post is available from May 2023, the hours are up to 37.5 hours per week term time only.You would be working as a member of a wider dedicated and enthusiastic team of special school nurses working across the county of Buckinghamshire.

Main duties of the job

The special school nurse will be responsiblefor ensuring that all children with complex health needs have detailed health care plans and that these are reviewed and evaluated on a yearly basis.

There is a Multidisciplinary team at the school and a real ethos of working together for the benefit of the children, in order to help them reach their potential. The role will very much involve teaching and supporting the school staff in meeting and maintaining the health needs of the children for example by providing training in management of medication, epilepsy management, and gastrostomy feeding etc.

Full training and support will be given.

An Enhanced DBS will be required for this post.

The aim of the Trust is to provide a high quality standard of healthcare to the population we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development, flexible working, a final salary pension scheme and childcare facilities.

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Date posted

18 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Term time hours

Reference number

434-WC5162360-A

Job locations

Vale Federation of schools - Booker Park School

Stoke Leyes close

Aylesbury

HP21 9ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

Registered Nurse Learning Disability or;
Registered Child branch/RSCN

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Relevant experience of working with children and families with complex health needs
Relevant experience of Multi agency working
Experience of training and monitoring staff around: gastrostomy care, administering medication, epilepsy etc
Safeguarding training

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans
Ability to teach others around children's complex health needs
Excellent communication skills, written & oral and telephone.
Has knowledge of the requirements stated within the NMC Code of Conduct (2018).
Good organisation/time management skills
Initiative: the ability to deal with issues as they arise
Relationships: the ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships with children and young people
Emotional resilience to working with some challenging behaviours and occasionally life limiting conditions

Desirable

IT Literate

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

Ability to supervise student nurses on placement
Must be able to travel from one site to another withing the Buckinghamshire area
Car Driver/current License

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

Registered Nurse Learning Disability or;
Registered Child branch/RSCN

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Relevant experience of working with children and families with complex health needs
Relevant experience of Multi agency working
Experience of training and monitoring staff around: gastrostomy care, administering medication, epilepsy etc
Safeguarding training

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans
Ability to teach others around children's complex health needs
Excellent communication skills, written & oral and telephone.
Has knowledge of the requirements stated within the NMC Code of Conduct (2018).
Good organisation/time management skills
Initiative: the ability to deal with issues as they arise
Relationships: the ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships with children and young people
Emotional resilience to working with some challenging behaviours and occasionally life limiting conditions

Desirable

IT Literate

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

Ability to supervise student nurses on placement
Must be able to travel from one site to another withing the Buckinghamshire area
Car Driver/current License

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).