School Nurse

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

About
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Key details

Location:
Site: Children's Community Services
Address: 7th Floor St James House Pendleton Way
Town: Salford
Postcode: M6 5FW
Major / Minor Region: Manchester

Contract type & working pattern:
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary:
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Job Overview

Are you dynamic, hold leadership skills and looking to work in an innovative service? If the answer is yes, we have a fantastic opportunity for a Qualified Specialist Community Public Health (SCPHN) School Nurse to join our Salford 0-19 Universal Children's Services.

Please note you must be qualified SCPHN Nurse.

As a School Nurse you will be responsible and accountable for the operational management of a defined caseload. You will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality care following the Healthy Child Programme for children and young people aged 5-19 years working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Main Responsibilities

• You will work within a multi-agency arena to enable children and young people to reach their full potential (physically, emotionally and socially) through education and healthy lifestyles.
• You will be responsible for developing, leading, planning and delivering a range of services for children and their families within a corporate caseload within a variety of settings.
• You will provide a public health-based service that contributes to improving the health of children and their families in Salford through partnership working.
• You will ensure effective delivery of the Healthy Child programme, National Childhood Measurement Programme and Immunisation programme as defined by DOH.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria:

• Registered Midwife or Nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register.
• Registered Specialist Community Health Public Nurse (SCPHN) in School Nursing.

Desirable criteria:

• Nurse Prescriber.
• Clinical Supervision Training.
• Preparation of mentors and assessors module.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience
Essential criteria:

• Recent and relevant experience working with children.
• Experience of working in a community setting.
• Experience of work to safeguard children.
• Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge acquired through CPD.
• Displays a good clinical knowledge which is based on research evidence.
• Demonstrates an understanding of recent legislation including the public health & safeguarding agenda.
• Demonstrates involvement in teaching and mentorship.
• Experience of undertaking Health Needs Assessments.

Further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Claire Beswick
Job title: Lead Nurse
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07713074013