Band 4 Special School Nursing Registered Nursing Associate (RNA)

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two Band 4 Registered Nurse Associates for the Special School Nursing Service. The roles cover 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with responsibilities across Birmingham city schools and community settings.

The posts involve holistic assessment, delivery of clinical care, and coordination of care plans for children and families. Travel across the city to support multiple packages is expected, in a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Associate with the NMC or in the process of registering.
• Excellent communication skills, IT competence, adaptability and reliability.
• Well organised with ability to prioritise workload.

Responsibilities

• Undertake holistic assessments of community patients with complex needs.
• Deliver clinical nursing care in school settings.
• Contribute to evaluating and updating person-centred care plans.
• Support families at schools to meet health needs and access Early Help/EDP/SEND plans.
• Support staff in the service and be flexible to travel across Birmingham.
• Be mobile across city-based care packages as required.

Skills

Communication

IT skills

Organisational skills

Prioritising workload

Education

NMC Nursing Associate registration

Job description

We are looking to employ two Band 4 Registered Nurse Associates in our Special School Nursing Service, working in a service that covers 30 hours per week, Monday - Friday.

The Service provides care in the school to ensure children with complex care needs are met.

These post is citywide and staff can expect to be moved to different areas to gain a wealth of knowledge and experience in supporting Children, Young People and Families.

You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team that includes Community Paediatricians, Paediatric & Learning Disability Nurses, Speech and Language, Physiotherapists, Education Staff and Disabled Children's Social Care.

You will be required to either be a car driver or be able to evidence how you can travel across the city as you may be assigned to several care packages in one day to attend and support staff.

You will support families at Schools to ensure health needs are met and Child, Young Person & Family are supported through Early Help, Education & Healthcare Plans, SEND. You will be responsible for the holistic, comprehensive assessment of more complex community patients, delivering clinical care and contributing to the evaluation of person centred care plans.

You will be required to support staff in the service

You must be a registered Nursing Associate registered with the NMC - or in the process of registering., The role requires excellent communication skills, IT skills, and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and highly organised and to prioritise your workload effectively.

Experience of care in a community setting would be an advantage but not essential. You must be able to travel around the city during the working day.

You must be a registered Nursing Associate registered with the NMC - or in the process of registering.

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.