SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Knowsley is seeking a SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate to join the SEND School Health team, providing clinical care in schools and supporting health programmes for children and young people.

Hours are 8.30am-4.30pm, 3 days per week during term time, with flexible working and emphasis on safeguarding, collaboration with families, and partnership with voluntary and statutory agencies.

Qualifications

• Caring for children with urinary catheters, enteral feeds, and medication requirements.
• Awareness of tracheostomy and stoma care.
• Ability to respond to emergency situations and contribute to care plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care within the school environment for children and young people with varying needs.
• Contribute to holistic assessments and health promotion under the Healthy Child Programme.
• Support safeguarding and collaboration with partner agencies.
• Promote health and wellbeing, reduce health inequalities, and participate in training of staff.

Job description

As a SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate, you will be working as part of pro-active skill mix team who are committed to delivering high quality services.

The successful candidate will work 3 days per week during term time only. The hours of work are 8.30am - 4.30pm, Monday - Friday.

The Children's service provides support to children, young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependent on assessed need.

The service offers every child/family a programme of screening, developmental reviews and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices as defined by current School Health drivers.

The post holder will work as part of a team to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of children and young people with mild, moderate and severe learning difficulties which could also include those with complex medical needs. This post will include providing clinical care within the school environment.

Responsibilities will include caring for children with urinary catheters, enteral feeds, and medication requirements along with an awareness of tracheostomy and stoma care within the school and community settings. Responding to emergency situations and contributing towards specialist individual care plans to meet the child/young person's needs alongside staff training is an important aspect of the role.

Public Health

The post holder will contribute towards undertaking holistic assessments of children, young people and families in planning and delivering the Healthy Child Programme, including health screening and immunisations, plus a requirement to safeguard and support the health needs of any vulnerable children/young people within the caseload across the city.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

The SEND Assistant Practitioner / Nurse Associate will work predominantly as part of the SEND School Health team to promote and improve health and well-being of school-aged children and young people to reduce health inequalities.

The post holder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.

The post holder will work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families.

The post holder will work as part of the SEND School Health Team with delegated responsibility for the implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for children, young people and families

The successful applicant will be a dynamic, highly motivated individual, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.