School Staff Nurse

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Telford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health organization in Telford is seeking a Registered Nurse for its School Nursing Team. This part-time role offers 22.5 hours per week and focuses on improving health outcomes for children and young people. Qualified candidates should have relevant nursing qualifications and experience in community health. The position includes travelling to schools and working collaboratively in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Wide range of community-based experience with children is preferred.
• Evidence of continuing professional development is essential.
• Must have IT skills and computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the provision of the school nursing service for children and families.
• Support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme in a school nursing role.
• Manage a delegated workload with minimal supervision.

Skills

Compassionate care

Interdisciplinary team working

Child protection knowledge

IT skills

Education

RGN / RN / RSCN / RMN / RNLD

NMC registered

Job description

Please note that this job does not meet the salary requirements for work visa sponsorship due to being part time and as such we will be unable to progress your application if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Registered Nurse to join our School Nursing Team located in Telford. This post will be working all year round, 22.5 hours per week over 3 days, 09.00 - 17.00.

We are looking for caring, motivated friendly school staff nurse to join our friendly, supportive caring busy team. You should possess commitment to interdisciplinary team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. As part of your role you will support children and young people with aspects of emotional and physical health to improve their health outcomes. If you have a keen interest to work with children, are caring, compassionate and enthusiastic to develop your career and are a team player then you may be just what we are looking for. If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please call me, I would be happy to talk to you about

This role requires travelling to schools, you must be able to meet this requirement.

Main duties of the job

• To assist in the provision of the school nursing service for school aged children and their families/carers, in accordance with the agreed standards/policies which promote equalities issues and monitor services to ensure that no child or family is discriminated against due to age, gender, race, culture, religion, language, disability or sexual orientation.
• To assist and support the SCPHN in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within the School Nursing speciality by delivering a range of school nursing activities to improve health, reduce inequalities and safeguard children
• To manage a delegated workload without direct supervision whilst acknowledging professional limitations in knowledge and competence.
• Give support and advice on a whole range of issues that supports the health of child/ young person e.g. immunisation, nutrition, life style issues, emotional and behavioural issues. Promoting local and national public health messages.
• To assist the SCPHN in the management of a defined caseload of school aged children, promoting health, preventing ill health, identifying health needs, and recognising unmet health needs by use of evidence-based practice.
• To support and promote health to improve outcomes of children and young people within the local health economy.
• To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post to provide a quality service

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, Health Visiting, School Nursing and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Qualfications

• RGN / RN/ RSCN / RMN / RNLD
• NMC registered

Experience

• A wide range of community based, children related or transferable experience
• Evidence of continual professional development

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of Child Protection legislation
• IT skills and computer literacy
• Evidence of continuing post basic training
• Evidence of research-based practice

Other

• Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role

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.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, Telford 0-19 (SEND 25)

Healthy Child Programme Team Lead School Nursing

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

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

825-7435696-OPS

Job locations

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, Telford 0-19 (SEND 25)