SCPHN School Nurse

NHS; Twickenham; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a passionate School Nurse to contribute to the 5-19 Healthy Child programme. Candidates should possess excellent clinical and communication skills. The role offers competitive salary and comprehensive training, making a tangible difference in children's lives across Richmond.

Benefits

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Robust preceptorship programme

Comprehensive training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration.
• Experience of working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of recent developments in primary care and community services.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate health promotion initiatives according to health improvement targets.
• Assess, plan, implement care programs, and write care plans.
• Provide practice-based learning support to others.

Skills

Health promotion coordination

Team collaboration

Workload management

Evidence-based care

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse with UK NMC registration

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing

Practice Assessor course

Community nurse prescribing qualification

Job description

Every day, our professionals provide high quality healthcare in schools, people's homes or at convenient local clinics and children centres, helping children and families to stay well, manage their own health with the right support and avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.

Central London Community Healthcare Trust (CLCH) has an exciting opportunity available for passionate and committed School Nurse to work across Richmond. We are looking for candidates with excellent clinical and communication skills to join our School Nursing team contributing to delivery of 5- 19 Healthy Child programme. You will help make a tangible difference to peoples' lives and enjoy the very best of London life on your doorstep.

Main duties of the job

The School nursing Teams are seeking dynamic individuals with a strong public health focus who are fully committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our diverse school aged population. You will be a highly motivated individual with an interest in proactively managing health promotion initiatives.

CLCH welcome applications from newly qualified and experienced School Nurses. Some of the benefits of working with CLCH include: a robust preceptorship programme for the first 12 months, outstanding safeguarding support from our safeguarding team, and comprehensive suite of training for school nurses, professional development opportunities and clinical supervision, staff awards and annual educators/mentors conference to celebrate the outstanding contributions made by our staff.Find out more information about working and living in South West London here - https://clch.nhs.uk/job/working-clch/clch-southwestlondon#!/select_sector

About us

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing / or Differing in Practice in school nursing
• Evidence of continuing post- registration education and training
• Practice Assessor course
• PSHE Course
• Community nurse prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards.

Experience

• Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
• Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of organising and managing own workload
• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
• Experience in providing practice based learning support to others
• Experience of evidence based care
• Experience of supervising students
• Counselling qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Mental Health First Aid training

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of recent developments in primary care and community services
• Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
• Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
• Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills
• Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
• Knowledge of NMC Code
• Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
• Knowledge of clinical supervision
• Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice
• Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution

Other

• Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and others
• Able to delegate work effectively and safely
• Ability to be flexible and responsive to children/young people and organisational needs
• Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working
• Caseload organisational skills
• Able to travel within geographical areas using varying modes of transport
• Able to deliver the physical demands of the role e.g. carry work essential equipment.

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.

£44,485 to £52,521 a year, inclusive of HCAS