Special School Nurse (CCNT)

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; North Hillingdon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Special School Nurse to join the Children and Young People’s team in Hillingdon. You will work with children aged 3–19 with learning disabilities and complex health needs, including epilepsy, enteral feeding and oxygen-dependent conditions.

You will be allocated a named school but cover across five sites, collaborating with schools and multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working with children with complex health needs.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work autonomously.
• Flexible approach and safeguarding awareness.

Responsibilities

• Implement assessments and manage medical clinics.
• Support school staff on clinical care and medication management.
• Work across 5 sites within the CCNT and liaise with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ensure safe care for children and young people and contribute to care planning.

Skills

Communication skills

Autonomy

Clinical skills

Risk assessments

Safeguarding knowledge

Job description

The Special school nurses will work closely with the children/young people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Special School nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

keeping the children/young people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments responsible for implementing assessments, management of medical clinics, supporting school staff on clinical care, management of medication ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

We are looking for a nurse who is highly motivated, enthusiastic and caring, to work within a team supporting children & Young people from 3-19 years who have a range of learning disabilities and complex health needs such as epilepsy, enteral feeding and oxygen dependent children. You will be allocated a named school but will be required to work across any of the 5 sites. The team works closely with other multi-disciplinary agencies and the schools to ensure the children reach their full potential.

The candidate should have previous experience of working with children with complex health needs, excellent communication skills and be highly motivated. They should also have a flexible approach, able to work autonomously to deliver the service to the local children. An understanding of safeguarding and working with vulnerable families is required.

You will be supported by the special school nurses in the team and the CCNT.

Please note that annual leave is to be taken out of term time except in exceptional circumstances.

You will be part of the Children's Community Nursing Team (CCNT) in Hillingdon, working closely with the children's nurses, school staff, other allied health professionals and medical staff at Hillingdon Hospital as well as the specialist dietitian.. You will also be part of a wider peer supervision group of children's nurses to support evidence based practice and innovation.

We are a flexible and friendly team, who are keen to provide you the working environment for you to thrive and progress in.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.