School Nurse - 0 -19 Service Waltham Forest

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

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Job summary

Are you a qualified, NMC registered, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse or have a minimum of 2 years working as a Community Staff Nurse within School Nursing (or are a student SCPHN School Nurse, qualifying in the next few months)?

Do you have:

  • Excellent all-round communication and listening skills.
  • A willingness to train and progress.
  • Ability to work autonomously and yet be part of a wider team.
  • Qualities of leadership and be willing to take responsibility and make appropriate decisions.
  • Ability to reflect, learn and build on previous experience and knowledge.

If yes, we would love to hear from you.

Come and join our friendly, welcoming, and inclusive 0-19 team and share our ambition to make a fundamental difference in improving the health and wellbeing of children and their families in Waltham Forest.

We offer our school nurses:

  • Excellent pay package.
  • Exceptional Health and Wellbeing support for all our staff.
  • Comprehensive training and creative learning opportunities.
  • Forums when you can feedback your concerns and ideas to improve our service. We have a commitment to listening to staff, and taking frontline direction so to practice in line with the highest clinical standards.

Main duties of the job

We have within Waltham Forest excellent opportunities within our 0-19 team for innovative and motivated School Nurses who are keen to contribute to the further development of our service.

We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you, is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care, supporting children, young people and families have the best start in life delivered by outstanding people.

We have excellent partnership working with Waltham Forest Public Health Service, Primary and Secondary Schools, and General Practitioners to enable the Best Start in life and optimisation of health outcomes for children and young people.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to attend a virtual interview via Microsoft Teams.

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group is an Inclusive Employer.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in the job description. We also encourage people from all sections of our community to apply for jobs with us. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, disabled etc applicants because they are currently under-represented in our workforce.

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.

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

29 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year Including Outer HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-23-0029

Job locations

0-19 Integrated Services

Waltham Forest

E11 4HX


Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse, the post holder will work within the School Health and Wellbeing Service (SHWS) as part of the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group integrated 0-19 service to deliver the Healthy Child Programme 5-19. The post holder will provide a comprehensive service to meet the needs of children, young people and their families, applying the principles of positive health and wellbeing and the prevention of ill health with individuals, families, schools and the wider community. The School Nurse will undertake the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for individual school aged children.

Reporting to the Team Leader, the School Nurse will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective universal and targeted health provision for children and young people attending schools in Waltham Forest.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse, the post holder will work within the School Health and Wellbeing Service (SHWS) as part of the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group integrated 0-19 service to deliver the Healthy Child Programme 5-19. The post holder will provide a comprehensive service to meet the needs of children, young people and their families, applying the principles of positive health and wellbeing and the prevention of ill health with individuals, families, schools and the wider community. The School Nurse will undertake the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for individual school aged children.

Reporting to the Team Leader, the School Nurse will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective universal and targeted health provision for children and young people attending schools in Waltham Forest.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN/RCN Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing.
  • NMC Registrant.

Experience

Essential

  • High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes and the Healthy Child Programme.
  • Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance.
  • Understanding and working knowledge of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.
  • Evidence of continual professional development.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral.
  • Willingness to support management of change, development and working practice.
  • Ability to apply research to practice.
  • Able to delegate work appropriately and safely.
  • Ability to work as part of a team and with other agencies.
  • Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus
  • on improved outcomes for children.

Desirable

  • Ability to set personal objectives, manage time, priorities and stressful situations.
  • Be able to stay calm in potentially stressful situations.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN/RCN Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing.
  • NMC Registrant.

Experience

Essential

  • High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes and the Healthy Child Programme.
  • Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance.
  • Understanding and working knowledge of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.
  • Evidence of continual professional development.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral.
  • Willingness to support management of change, development and working practice.
  • Ability to apply research to practice.
  • Able to delegate work appropriately and safely.
  • Ability to work as part of a team and with other agencies.
  • Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus
  • on improved outcomes for children.

Desirable

  • Ability to set personal objectives, manage time, priorities and stressful situations.
  • Be able to stay calm in potentially stressful situations.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

0-19 Integrated Services

Waltham Forest

E11 4HX


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

0-19 Integrated Services

Waltham Forest

E11 4HX


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Carole Williams

carole.williams19@nhs.net

Date posted

29 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year Including Outer HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-23-0029

Job locations

0-19 Integrated Services

Waltham Forest

E11 4HX


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