SCPHN School Nurse

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent health service provider in the UK is seeking motivated practitioners to join their School Nursing Service. Candidates will be responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme and working closely with children, families, and educational staff. Essential qualifications include being an RGN or RSCN, with experience in public health nursing preferred. This role offers part-time hours, with a focus on professional development and support.

Benefits

Excellent professional development opportunities

Formal one-to-one supervision

Annual appraisal

Qualifications

• Must possess RGN or RSCN Child Branch certification.
• Experience working with children in a professional capacity is essential.
• Proven post nursing registration experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support to children & young people, parents, and carers.
• Conduct health assessments and ensure follow-ups.
• Develop care packages for children with medical needs.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills

Good computer literacy skills

Ability to communicate with diverse backgrounds

Ability to mentor/precept students

Ability to manage conflict resolution

Education

RGN [NMC Registered] / RSCN Child Branch

Specialist Practitioner Community Public Health Nurse (School Nursing or Children’s Community Nursing)

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Camden School Nursing service to recruit highly motivated and innovative practitioners to join the School Nursing Service to deliver the Healthy Child Programme, As an integral member of the Camden School Nursing service, you will be responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme in collaboration with the wider school health team. We offer excellent professional development opportunities along with formal one to one supervision and annual appraisal.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with educational staff, health care professionals and other agencies to provide advice and support to children & young people, their parents and carers as required.
• Undertake appropriate training / updates related to public health issues in order to contribute towards meeting local and national Department of Health targets such as immunisations, teenage pregnancy & sexual health, smoking cessation and obesity.
• Carry out training sessions to other professionals on relevant health or medical issues and where appropriate, assist children and young people to manage their own health conditions independently.
• Undertake agreed health assessments on children & young people and ensure referrals, treatments and reviews are carried out as recommended and in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
• Develop high quality packages of care for children & young people with medical needs, in partnership with other health professionals, education, parents & carers & other agencies as necessary.
• Be responsible for identifying children & young people requiring medical follow-up planning.

Essential Qualifications

• RGN [NMC Registered] / RSCN Child Branch
• Specialist Practitioner Community Public Health Nurse (School Nursing or Children’s Community Nursing)

Desirable Qualifications

• Evidence of Continual Professional development
• Mentorship Preparation or equivalent
• Public Health Nursing (Children & Families)
• Sexual health (or equivalent)
• School Nurse Certificate

Experience

• Experience of working with children in a professional capacity
• Working with families who have experienced trauma
• Proven post nursing registration experience
• Working with diverse communities
• Evidence to support experience of audit activity, Understanding of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance.
• Knowledge of children with long term medical needs
• Understanding of the public health role of the school nurse
• Understanding of Equality & Valuing Diversity
• Knowledge of key documents and drivers informing school nursing practice

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Good computer literacy skills
• Ability to communicate in an effective way with people from a variety of backgrounds and different ages. Ability to demonstrate an understanding of team working
• Ability to demonstrate essential leadership skills
• Ability to reflect on clinical practice and to understand own limitations when dealing with emotive issues
• Ability to act as a mentor / preceptor to students and newly recruited colleagues
• Aware of own limitations and seek support from wider Team when dealing with highly emotive circumstances.
• Ability to manage difficult situations and conflict resolution

We are advertising for a post in our Camden School Nursing Service. Part time hours; term time only contract requests will also be considered.