School Nurse (SCPHN)

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

Lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19 years).

Lead the delivery of high quality evidence based School Nursing provision to Young people and their families that promotes and improves health and addresses inequalities in health to a defined population

To be named school nurse and be responsible for the development, delivery and evaluation of evidence based, quality care to the population of children/young people and their families within designated secondary schools and their feeder primary schools.

To be a role model and to facilitate a culture of learning and reflective professional practice.

Address both identified health needs of the school aged population and those in the wider community to proactively prevent ill health. Adopt a public health approach working towards identified local and national targets.

Promote and build effective partnership working with other disciplines, the voluntary sector and linked organisations to ensure the local population receive optimal and appropriate care.

Be the named school nurses for complex cases where there are safeguarding concerns and complex health issues, ensuring that robust assessments are undertaken, information is analysed and actions plans developed and implemented to ensure that children and young people are safeguarded.

Provide strong clinical leadership and supervision to a skill mixed geographically based corporate team, assuming responsibility for the appropriate allocation of work to ensure the effective management of a team workload.

General Contacts:

Individuals, families and communities, Health Visitor / teams, Public health nursing teams, Other Healthcare professionals, Children & Families Services Team, Community Groups, GPs & Primary Health Care Team Childrens Social Care, Child and Adolescent Mental health Services, Schools, Voluntary / Independent Sector, Safeguarding Team, Public Health Directorate, Student Nurses and other learners, Child health system staff.

Please Refer to Job Description for full details

Other

Essential

• Flexible approach to work by responding to the needs of the services including, at times, requirements to work beyond normal working hours
• Commitment to own continuous personal and professional development
• Strong team player, committed to an ethos of continuous improvement
• Enthusiastic, committed and proactive approach
• Adaptable, flexible and non-judgmental style
• Confident
• Commitment to working in partnership with children/young people and their families to promote optimum health outcomes
• Self motivated and professional approach at all time acknowledging the rights of clients to be treated with dignity and respect and to receive a confidential high quality service
• Commitment to putting the needs of the child first, even when faced with complex situations
• Full Driving Licence or able to transport themselves around the Council Evidence of own continuous personal and professional development
• Commitment to equal opportunities and the ability to recognise the needs of different service users
• Evidence of having completed training in equality and diversity awareness
• Commitment to provide a customer-focussed service
• Evidence of surpassing customer expectations or service targets / goals

Desirable

• Flexible approach to work by responding to the needs of the services including, at times, requirements to work beyond normal working hours
• Commitment to own continuous personal and professional development
• Strong team player, committed to an ethos of continuous improvement
• Enthusiastic, committed and proactive approach
• Adaptable, flexible and non-judgmental style
• Confident
• Commitment to working in partnership with children/young people and their families to promote optimum health outcomes
• Self motivated and professional approach at all time acknowledging the rights of clients to be treated with dignity and respect and to receive a confidential high quality service
• Commitment to putting the needs of the child first, even when faced with complex situations
• Full Driving Licence or able to transport themselves around the Council Evidence of own continuous personal and professional development
• Commitment to equal opportunities and the ability to recognise the Evidence of having completed training in equality and diversity awareness
• Commitment to provide a customer-focussed service
• Evidence of surpassing customer expectations or service targets / goals

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Specialist Community Practitioner School Nursing or equivalent
• Relevant teaching certificate ie C&G 730, ENB 998/facilitating learning in clinical practice
• Nurse prescribing qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Demonstrate awareness of public health/School Nurse Modernisation agenda
• In depth knowledge of Child Protection policies and issues
• Demonstrate awareness of current professional issues and current health legislation
• Knowledge of partnership working
• Knowledge of the changing healthcare environment in relationship to childrens services
• Healthy Child Programme
• Confidentiality and Data Protection
• In depth knowledge of childhood development and the ability to recognise deviation from the norm
• Interpret research into evidence based Undertaken school health assessment profile
• Audit process

Desirable

• Leadership qualification
• Sexual and reproductive health (Family Planning)
• Registered Practitioner with Public Health England

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working with children, young people and families.
• Experience of evidence based practice
• Multidisciplinary agency working
• Experience of working with students
• Work with various client groups
• Knowledge School Nurse Pathways
• Previous experience of team and multi agency working
• Teaching experience/facilitating groups Experience in planning and delivering health promotion on different subject topics
• Evidence of participation in audit and/or research
• Involvement in service development

Desirable

• Working with children with special needs
• Interest in mental health issues
• Mentor / Sign Off Mentor experience
• Experience as a Clinical Supervisor

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working with children, young people and families.
• Experience of evidence based practice
• Multidisciplinary agency working
• Experience of working with students
• Work with various client groups
• Knowledge School Nurse Pathways
• Previous experience of team and multi agency working
• Teaching experience/facilitating groups Experience in planning and delivering health promotion on different subject topics
• Evidence of participation in audit and/or research
• Involvement in service development

Desirable

• Working with children with special needs
• Interest in mental health issues
• Mentor / Sign Off Mentor experience
• Experience as a Clinical Supervisor

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent persuasive and negotiation skills in situations where resistance may occur
• Able to communicate to a range of people from a variety of different backgrounds, cultures and age groups
• Excellent presentation and health promotion skills including delivering key health messages through individual and group work.
• Ability to assess, plan implement and evaluate care plans
• IT /computer literacy skills
• Ability to make informed decisions under pressure and deal with conflict
• Ability to manage / organise / prioritise workload, work to deadlines and delegate appropriately
• Clinical supervision/reflective practice skills
• Motivational and Leadership skills.
• Ability to work well as part of a team and on own initiative
• Understanding of issues relating to diversity
• Demonstrate an awareness of the needs of children and young people and their parents/carers
• Clinical supervision/reflective practice skills
• Ability to network with community based organisations
• Data collection and interpreting data
• Community development
• Teaching skills
• Evidence of setting up a new initiative in response to a local need
• Evidence of facilitating clients to make lifestyle changes to improve their health outcomes

UK Registration

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