Bank School Nurse - SW Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Bank School Nurse to join their team in London. This role involves caring for children with complex health needs in a special school setting, providing essential nursing care and support. The successful candidate will take on leadership responsibilities, manage health plans, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality care. With a focus on empowering families and enhancing children's health outcomes, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the community. If you are passionate about pediatric nursing and want to contribute to a vital service, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Must have SCPHN-SN qualification.
• Experience in caring for children with complex health needs.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage health needs of children in special schools.
• Provide nursing care and support to children with complex needs.
• Train school staff on health care delivery.

Skills

Paediatric Nursing

Leadership Experience

Clinical Assessment

Medication Administration

Training & Development

Education

SCPHN-SN Qualification

Job description

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Bank Special School Nurse - Monday to Friday

We have a great opportunity for a Senior Nurse (Band 6) with Paediatric experience to join our bank and work at Perseid Special School - Merton.

We are looking for with an experienced senior nurse , to be able to care for children and young people with complex health needs within a special school environment.

Must haveSCPHN-SN qualification

The role may be challenging and therefore a senior nurse must have leadership experience.

A senior nurse will be part of the Health Team, taking overall responsibility for the assessment, provision, management and evaluation of evidenced based nursing care to children at the Special Needs School (Perseid).

Job Summary

To work as part of the Health Team, taking overall responsibility for the assessment, provision, management and evaluation of evidenced based nursing care to children at the Special Needs School (Perseid).

To provide day to day management of the school staff and health team re: equipment and clinical resources in the school, in line with professional standards and quality of care.

To take responsibility for training school staff, in line with agreed competency base training packages.

To provide clinical input to the school leadership team in the absence of the team leader for school-wide health issues.

We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.

Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:

stay well

manage their own health with the right support

avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.

We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.

Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.

Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence

Main Duties And Responsibilities

Clinical

To assess the health needs of children and young people in special schools and, agree individual and school health plans and deliver these through multidisciplinary partnerships.

To deliver the day-to-day Special School Nursing Service to children with complex health needs at the Special Needs School.

To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with complex care needs including technology dependent children.

To participate in direct clinical input to ensure appropriate nursing interventions. To promote the optimum use of available resources and to secure the highest standards of care to both primary and secondary age students.

To provide information and support to facilitate the childs and familys own choices with regards to nursing care and therapy input.

To administer medication as prescribed and ensure safe storage of medicines in accordance with CLCH policy

To deliver and manage training needs of school and health staff in the delivery of health care to children in the school, through the agreed competency based training packages, including assessment and sign off competency of staff members.

To manage the provision of continence products to children and young people in the school, working alongside the family and support workers.

To ensure safe handling of body fluids and contaminated sharps in personal practice and within the team

To target disadvantaged or underrepresented children who may not have had a full child health service before starting school.

To support and advise team members on developing initiatives relating to the public health agenda for schools with special needs children

To plan, participate or support the delivery of multi-disciplinary sessions/ clinics for the children in the school.

To coordinate children for medicals working in partnership with the child, parents, school staff, Community Paediatricians, and Allied Health Professionals (AHP).

To empower parents by providing information and support to facilitate them in making healthy life choices regarding their childs welfare in a way which is appropriate for them

Develop and maintain a good working relationship with teachers and other professionals and agencies involved, making referrals where appropriate to ensure adequate support for children and parents.

To liaise with the Childrens Community Nursing Service in providing care to children with complex health needs

To work in partnership to safeguard children and young people adhering to local and national policies and guidance, participating in child protection case conferences and associated meetings according to LSCB and Trust Policies.

To maintain accurate, systematic and timely record keeping, in line with NMC guidelines, including recording of clinical data on EMIS.

To work as an autonomous and specialist practitioner within the special schools nursing team

This advert closes on Thursday 8 May 2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals

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