Band 5 Registered Nurse - School Health

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in the East Midlands is seeking a Registered Nurse to join their School Nursing service. You'll be responsible for assessing the health needs of children and young people, implementing health interventions, and collaborating with partners for service delivery. The role offers a supportive environment with a focus on staff well-being, annual appraisals, and a commitment to ongoing development. Salary ranges from £31,049 to £37,796 per annum, pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working commitment

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Yearly appraisal and ongoing training

Good maternity, paternity, and adoption benefits

Free confidential employee assistance

Access to employee networks

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Community experience is essential.
• Proven evidence of team working skills.
• Knowledge of the public health role is beneficial.
• Understanding of child safeguarding policies required.
• Experience with Systm 1 is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Assess health needs of school age children and young people.
• Implement and evaluate health intervention programs.
• Work within 0-19 framework for service delivery.
• Collaborate with other agencies for seamless service.
• Manage child protection responsibilities with supervision.
• Support, mentor, and supervise team members.

Skills

Community experience

Team working

Knowledge of public health role

Knowledge of safeguarding children

Experience of Systm 1

Job description

How would you like to provide high-quality care for our young people and future generations, supported by an exceptional team of health professionals all working towards one goal - "to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we serve"?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our School Nursing service who use The Lancaster Model to assess the health needs of children and young people in our community

If you are committed to improving outcomes for children, young people and their families, we would like to hear from you.

You will work under the lead of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN), working within the public health framework (0-19), to meet the prioritised holistic needs of family's children & young people.

For this post you will need to be proactive and enthusiastic as you will be key to assessing the health needs of children and young people and implementing and evaluating programmes of intervention for a defined school health caseload.

The Trust strongly believes in putting people first and putting our colleagues at the centre of everything we do. This would include an induction package as soon as you start, regular managerial, clinical and safeguarding supervision and an annual appraisal to identify development opportunities. Staff well-being is paramount to the organisation and there are several health initiatives to support this and for you to get involved in.

So come and join a great place to work!!

Main duties of the job

• Assessing the health needs of school age children and young people.
• Implementing and evaluating programmes of intervention for a defined school age caseload.
• Work within the 0-19 framework ensuring a seamless service to the family.
• To work collaboratively and in partnership with other agencies and partners, ensuring a seamless delivery of services.
• To hold child protection responsibilities within a caseload with support/supervision from the named SCPHN in line with service delivery and local policies.
• To support, mentor and supervise appropriate members of the team.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Community experience

Experience/Knowledge

• Evidence of team working
• Knowledge of PH role
• Knowledge of safeguarding children
• Experience of systm 1

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum, pro rata