Specialist Public Health Nurse for Children with SEND

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health and social care organization in Hull is seeking a Specialist Public Health Nurse for Children with SEND. This role involves providing clinical leadership, supporting families, and facilitating partnerships to enhance public health services for children aged 0-19. Ideal candidates will have SCPHN qualification and proven experience in SEND, along with strong communication and leadership skills. A supportive working environment with a commitment to development is offered.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a health visitor/school nursing caseload for at least 3 years.
• Evidence of recent professional development and specialist qualifications in SEND.
• Ability to influence and lead within professional settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership to the 0-19 IPHN service in SEND.
• Deliver high-quality teaching and learning interventions to staff.
• Facilitate partnerships with relevant services and groups.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Expert knowledge in SEND

Teaching and learning interventions

Education

SCPHN (Health Visiting or School Nursing) qualification

Relevant Master's degree

Job description

Specialist Public Health Nurse for Children with SEND

The health visiting and school nursing service is a workforce of specialist community public health nurses and skill mix who provide information, support and access to interventions to families and children from 0-19 years of age and help empower parents and young people to make decisions that affect their family's/individual future health and wellbeing.

The key aspects of this specialist role are to be recognised as the lead individual providing clinical expertise and intervention, education, training, consultation and supervision, quality improvement, leadership and multi-agency integrated care in relation to SEND with an emphasis on early intervention.

Main duties of the job

To be a Health Visitor/School Nurse with wider knowledge around neurodiversity to provide clinical and professional leadership to the 0-19 IPHN service in the field of SEND to enable the effective delivery of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust's contracted integrated public health nursing service.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Qualification as SCPHN (Health Visiting or School Nursing) - worked for 3 years managing a HV/SN caseload.
• Evidence of recent professional and personal development.
• Additional specialist qualification/ training in specific models of SEND intervention - or be willing to undertake further study in relevant specialist area.
• Recognised learner support qualification (ENB 998 or Mentorship for Health and Social Care Practitioners) or agreement to complete within first year in post.

Experience

• A high level of relevant expert knowledge, skill and recent experience in SEND, developed through training and practice.
• Evidence of leadership and practice development.
• Evidence of the ability to influence and motivate.
• Ability to work as a role model and expert in SEND
• Evidence of delivering high quality teaching and learning interventions to staff groups.
• Experience of working in partnership with other relevant services e.g., SEND leads, SEND groups, Specialist interest groups
• Facilitation of groups.
• Relevant Master's degree or relevant additional qualification/training in specific models of SEND

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent understanding of clinical and professional requirements, current issues, policies and evidence-based practice relevant to SEND, specialist community public health nursing and external bodies (NMC).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work proactively and cultivate relationships with key stakeholders, senior managers and clinical staff, including at times of stress
• Strong written and oral presentation skills, including the ability to author concise and persuasive reports and business cases.
• Knowledge of clinical governance requirements and management.
• Evidence of significant contribution to transformational change.
• Looks across organisational boundaries and focuses on forging relationships.
• Ability to interpret and analyse information, research and audit data to influence and initiate change.
• Sets clear goals, promoting a learning culture and celebrating success.

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.