Bank Special School Nurse | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in the UK is seeking a skilled nurse to join the Special School Nursing Team. The role involves comprehensive nursing care for children with complex health needs, management of care staff, and collaboration with school management. Candidates should have experience in evidence-based nursing practices and competency-based training. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact on children's lives in a school setting.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for assessment, management, and evaluation of nursing care.
• Provide day-to-day management of care worker staff.
• Assess health needs and agree health plans.
• Deliver nursing care to children with complex health needs.
• Administer medication as prescribed.

Job description

Overview

JOB PURPOSE

To work as part of the Special School Nursing Team taking overall responsibility for the assessment, provision, management and evaluation of evidenced based nursing care to children in the Special Schools. To work as part of the Special School Nursing team, to provide day to day management of the care worker staff, equipment and clinical resources in the schools, in line with professional standards and quality of care. To take responsibility for training relevant support staff and care worker staff, in line with agreed competency based training packages. To provide clinical input to the school management boards for school-wide issues. To assess the health needs of children and school community, agree individual and school health plans and deliver these through multidisciplinary partnerships. To organise the day to day Special School Nursing Service to children with complex health needs at the Special Needs Schools. 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 and screening interventions. To promote the optimum use of available resources and to secure the highest standards of care to both primary and secondary age children. To provide information and support to facilitate the child’s and family’s own choices with regards to nursing care. To administer medication as prescribed and ensure safe storage of medicines in accordance to CLCH policy in Special Schools where nurses are based. 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 of competency of staff members. To manage the provision of continence products to children and young people in the school, working alongside the Care Workers. To ensure safe handling of body fluids and contaminated sharps in personal practice and within the team.