SCPHN Student (School Nursing)

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

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Job summary

Would you like to train as a School Nurse in Tower Hamlets?

Come and share our ambition to make a fundamental difference in improving the health and wellbeing of children and their families living in our North-East London Boroughs.

The GP Care Group is a not-for-profit CIC and aims to provide innovative high quality, responsive and accessible health services. As national leaders in new models of care we provide universal 0-19 services (health visiting and school nursing) as well as a Family Nurse Partnership. We deliver services in the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

These are exciting times where you will be part of a drive to provide innovative, high quality, responsive and accessible health services to offer families access to integrated care including health, social care and voluntary community services.

School Nurses are the leaders of the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme offering a four level service model with community, universal, targeted and specialist services to families. You will add value at every contact with a young person and/or family, addressing the main public health needs of the Borough working closely with the local authority, GP Practices and other partners to improve outcomes for our children and young people.

You will need to be a qualified and registered nurse or midwife. You will study at degree or post graduate level for 52 weeks with a balance of half time in practice and half with the university.

Main duties of the job

What are we looking for?

  • A real interest in wider health and social issue and tackling public health needs
  • Excellent all-round communication and listening skills
  • Sensitivity and tact
  • Able to demonstrate and encourage empowerment
  • Ability to work autonomously and yet be part of a wider team
  • Emotional maturity in difficult or distressing situations and able to "stay" with families throughout
  • Qualities of leadership and be willing to take responsibility and make appropriate decisions
  • A high level of academic skills as an adult learner, able to cope with a very intense year where there are tight academic deadlines and expectations of application to practice
  • A reflective learner able to build on previous experience and knowledge

To be considered for this post, you will need to demonstrate in no more than 150 words each, how you meet each of our six Care Group values which are set out in the job description in your supporting statement.

Successful applicants for Tower Hamlets will study at City University of London.

Please note our interview process is held in two stages. Shortlisted candidates will have to attend in person for a literacy and numeracy test first on 30/6/2023.Only on successful completion of these tests will you be progressed to interview.

For further details not already provided in the above information or job description please contact:

Tower Hamlets: Geraldine Collins geraldinecollins@nhs.net (School Health & Wellbeing Service Lead)

About us

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (the Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

Read up more about Tower Hamlets here:http://www.towerhamlets.is/

The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

  • Innovation and support for primary care
  • Being a great place to work
  • Integrating primary and community care
  • Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
  • Influencing improvements in health outcomes

Date posted

19 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,180 a year plus Inner HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0136-23-0012

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

The fundamental responsibilities of the post holder are to attain the academic credentials and the clinical skills required to practice as a NMC registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse on a defined pathway.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The fundamental responsibilities of the post holder are to attain the academic credentials and the clinical skills required to practice as a NMC registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse on a defined pathway.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered Nurse (children/adult/LD or MH) and/or NMC Registered Midwife
  • 120 academic credits at level 5 for BSc (Hons) only offered at City University
  • 120 academic credits at level 6 for (HE Degree) for Postgraduate Diploma City and Greenwich University
  • Undergraduate degree in a health or allied subject with either a first or upper second classification for Postgraduate Diploma/MSc
  • Evidence of study in the past five years at HE at either level 5 (to study at level 6) or level 6 and above (to apply for postgraduate diploma).
  • Evidence of recent continuous learning and development

Experience

Essential

  • Varied general nursing experience
  • Community Nursing experience
  • Application of evidence-based practice

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
  • Demonstrate knowledge of current Child Protection legislation
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
  • Awareness of developments in Public Health
  • Understanding of current policies relating to public health
  • Knowledge and understanding of NMC Code of Professional conduct and the Scope of Professional Practice
  • Understanding about issues relating to equality and diversity
  • Understanding about leadership

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to demonstrate effective communication and inter-personal skills (self-awareness, body language, listening, clarifying, tact and diplomacy, ability to make self-understood, sensitivity to others)
  • Able to be empathic, non- judgmental and values the client
  • Ability to manage self, team members and workload
  • Ability to demonstrate effective partnership working
  • Demonstrate effective clinical problem-solving abilities
  • Demonstrate ability to assess risk
  • IT Skills

Care Group Values

Essential

  • You will need to demonstrate in no more than 150 words each, how you meet each of our six Care Group values which are set out in the job description.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered Nurse (children/adult/LD or MH) and/or NMC Registered Midwife
  • 120 academic credits at level 5 for BSc (Hons) only offered at City University
  • 120 academic credits at level 6 for (HE Degree) for Postgraduate Diploma City and Greenwich University
  • Undergraduate degree in a health or allied subject with either a first or upper second classification for Postgraduate Diploma/MSc
  • Evidence of study in the past five years at HE at either level 5 (to study at level 6) or level 6 and above (to apply for postgraduate diploma).
  • Evidence of recent continuous learning and development

Experience

Essential

  • Varied general nursing experience
  • Community Nursing experience
  • Application of evidence-based practice

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
  • Demonstrate knowledge of current Child Protection legislation
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
  • Awareness of developments in Public Health
  • Understanding of current policies relating to public health
  • Knowledge and understanding of NMC Code of Professional conduct and the Scope of Professional Practice
  • Understanding about issues relating to equality and diversity
  • Understanding about leadership

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to demonstrate effective communication and inter-personal skills (self-awareness, body language, listening, clarifying, tact and diplomacy, ability to make self-understood, sensitivity to others)
  • Able to be empathic, non- judgmental and values the client
  • Ability to manage self, team members and workload
  • Ability to demonstrate effective partnership working
  • Demonstrate effective clinical problem-solving abilities
  • Demonstrate ability to assess risk
  • IT Skills

Care Group Values

Essential

  • You will need to demonstrate in no more than 150 words each, how you meet each of our six Care Group values which are set out in the job description.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Geraldine Collins

geraldinecollins@nhs.net

07714741748

Date posted

19 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,180 a year plus Inner HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0136-23-0012

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


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