School Nurse - Public Health Children's Community Nursing Team

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsibility for Patient/Service User Care

1. To manage a caseload of designated schools or area as the named health professionalwith responsibility for the planning and delivery of the public health initiatives to thecaseload.

2. To be responsible for identifying need within a school or community. To use a child,young person public health approach to address health inequalities. Including thepromotion of good health and the prevention of ill health in the school and theimplantation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care.

3. To develop, implement and evaluate specialised programmes of care utilisingevidence and research. Including undertaking evidence-based child healthassessments and develop child health plans in partnership with children, youngpeople, parents and carers.

4. To be the principal point of contact for allocated schools in the area. To develop anddeliver cooperative working arrangements with schools that support healthyoutcomes for children, young people and facilitate partnership working across schoolsand other partner organisations.

5. To be responsible for the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and immunisationsfor a designated area or school.

6. To carry out and support schools needs assessments in conjunction with HealthSchools for Healthy Outcomes.

7. To guide, advise and direct other staff in the assessment, planning, implementationand evaluation of specialised service user care.

8. To work with public health, local statutory, private and voluntary providers and usersto develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all section of theschools community, ensuring that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groupsand individuals to support social inclusion.

9. To promote service user involvement in the planning, delivery and evaluation of care,respecting their beliefs and dignity.

10. To utilise data and information from a range of sources to identify service usercondition to guide decision making.

11. Within field of expertise and policy, request specific clinical tests to establish adiagnosis.

12. To work to the principals of a Non-Medical Prescriber, in line with the NursePrescribing Formulary and the Local Protocols for Nurse Prescribing, as appropriate.

13. To identify children in need and children in need of protection and work with otheragencies to support vulnerable families. To adhere to current Local SafeguardingBoard Procedures.

14. To participate in clinical and child protection supervision

15. To undertake the role of health promoter and educator for service users and theirsupport networks.

16. To facilitate training/advice sessions for colleagues, service users and their supportnetworks.

17. To ensure that professional standards are upheld by the staff members working withinthe postholders sphere of responsibility.

18. To report all accidents and incidents as per policy and participate in risk managementand Quality and Safety processes e.g SWARM.

19. To be accountable for ensuring that safeguards are in place for service users andescalate any safety, safeguarding or risk concerns following the appropriate processes.

Communication

1. To build a therapeutic relationship with service users and their support network,communicating with them in a way that respects their views, language, culturaldifferences and cognitive function.

2. To use a wide range of communication skills that can be adapted to meet the needsof complex and challenging situations.

3. To manage conflict between individuals including staff, service users and theirsupport network.

4. To establish effective working relations with all members of the multi-disciplinaryteam and outside agencies, clearly relaying condition related information in a timelyand effective manner.

5. Communicates to service users and support networks compassionately, in aconfidential and sensitive professional manner.

6. To provide clear, concise, and accurate electronic and paper records of the care givenin accordance with agreed policy and standards

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse / Midwife
• SCPHN (School Nurse)
• Active SCPHN registration with the NMC

Experience

Essential

• Ability to develop and maintain effective and appropriate communication systems with staff and colleagues within HSC and other organisations around the child and family
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• A high standard of communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to deal with complex and challenging situations in a calm and diplomatic manner
• The ability to effectively prioritise own workload and that of others
• The ability to work autonomously and also as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Commitment to self-development and the development of others
• Adaptable and responsive to changing service needs
• Ability to deal with stress in self and others, recognising when support is required
• Current driving licence and access to transport/ ability to get to appointments in the community which may be service users homes

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).

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

States of Guernsey

Address

Princess Elizabeth Hospital

Le Vauquiedor

St. Martin

Guernsey

GY4 6UU

Employer's website

https://www.gov.gg/ (Opens in a new tab)