Specialist School Nurse - Inclusion

NHS; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health service in the United Kingdom is seeking a Specialist School Nurse to work with children aged 5-19 in various educational settings. The role includes delivering health services, supporting well-being, engaging in safeguarding processes, and collaborating with professionals. Applicants should have a valid nursing qualification, significant experience in school nursing, and excellent organizational skills. The position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Access to SAPHNA corporate membership

Reimbursement for NMC professional fees

Qualifications

• At least three years experience in a school nursing service post-SCPHN qualification.
• Experience of working with children and adolescents.
• Knowledge of safeguarding processes, including familiarity with MARAC/MASH principles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme and support health and emotional well-being.
• Engage with safeguarding processes and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Complete health needs assessments and identify support strategies.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Adaptability to change

Education

Registered Nurse (any discipline)

SCPHN qualification

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Are you a SCPHN school nurse with an interest in working with children and young people aged 5-19 who are educated in settings other than at school, pupil referral unit, are electively home educated, missing from education or who are open to the local authority attendance team?

Do you want an exciting opportunity to join our School Nursing team? Then this could be the role for you!

Southend-On-Sea's Children, Young People and Families Public Health Service (CYP&FPH) are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated practitioner with initiative and drive. Our service delivers high quality public health nursing, that promotes and improves health inequalities to children, young people and their families in Southend-On-Sea. You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills, be willing to facilitate and support change in service delivery, have the ability to work autonomously and as part of an integrated skill mix team.

If this sounds like you, we have an exciting opportunity to work as a specialist school nurse for inclusion within Southend's CYP&FPH service.

Main duties of the job

You will work within a skill mix School Nursing team, working closely with partners, such as our Health Visitors, School Nurses, Schools, GPs and Social Care, providing seamless care to the children, young people and families of Southend. You'll also have an important role in recognising and protecting vulnerable children as well as using innovative ways to communicate with the Southend population such as ChatHealth and the use of social media.

The successful candidate will work within the School Nursing service ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality services to a caseload of children, young people and their families or carers, using research-based evidence to inform practice with agreed professional standards. The post will require the nurse to travel between homes, schools, and community hubs within the Southend area.

*Interview date: Monday 17th November*

About us

Southend-on-Sea City Council is a unitary Local Authority and the children, young people & families public health service is based within the local authority.

As a School Nurse working for Southend City Council you will have access to SAPHNA corporate membership, and you will be reimbursed for your NMC professional fees.

The area is diverse, a busy University City with an attractive seafront, public parks and leisure activities, competitive house pricing and excellent transport links. It offers traditional seaside living that makes it a fantastic place to live and work.

Job responsibilities

To work as an autonomous Specialist School Nurse to deliverthe Healthy Child Programme and tosupport the health and emotional well-being needs of Children and Young People(CYP) aged 5-19 who are Educated Other Than at School, including CYP who areattending pupil referral units, electively home educated (EHE), missing fromeducation and who are open to the local authority attendance team and assessedas having a identified health need requiring school nursing intervention.

To be the allocated named School Nurse for three AlternativeProvisions (AP) within Southend-On-Sea.

To work in partnership with awide range of professionals including but not limited to, GPs, Health Visiting,School Nursing, Community dental, Community paediatricians, Mental healthservices, Open Road, Supporting Families, Social Care, and the Youth offendingteam to ensure that children and young peoples health needs are supported, andsafeguarding is maintained.

To engage with safeguardingprocesses to ensure concerns are escalated through appropriate channels and asuitable plan of support can be developed to meet the need of the Child/Youngperson. This includes adhering to thelocal SET and national safeguarding policies and procedures, accessing mandatorysafeguarding supervision, liaising with the locality safeguarding team andsocial care, writing safeguarding reports and attending Child Protectionconference, core groups and Child in Need meetings.

Completion of health needs assessments to support in theidentification of health needs and inform a personalised plan ofcare/interventions in collaboration with the child, young person, and theirparent/carer.

To establish and maintain relationships with voluntaryagencies to support the understanding of health needs, increase accessibilityto services and address inequalities.

To support effective service responses and pathways wherethere are multi-agency service interfaces required.

To maintain an excellent standard of records for theservice.

It is recognised that children and young people within this client groupoften present with complex and/or enduring needs which require amultidisciplinary and flexible approach in the aim of recognising andaddressing barriers to services and reducing health inequalities. Due to thesefactors, children and young people in this client group may be at increasedvulnerability.

To promote to andupskill the Southend Children, Young People & Family Public Health service (0-19team) and other agencies regarding the health needs for this client groupincluding health inequalities and interventions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (any discipline)
• At least three years experience, post SCPHN qualification, with up-to-date and current experience of working within a school nursing service.

Behaviours and additional information

• Driving positive change - has a future focused approach that can easily respond to different and changing demands. Possesses a positive attitude so that they may adapt to the pace of change. Embraces new technologies and new ideas.
• Trust and respect create mutual trust and remove barriers to help develop a highly collaborative and respectful team. Values feedback and respectfully listens to other peoples opinions.
• Strong leadership leads by example, and through their behaviours and positive professional approach to work. Encourages team motivation and achievements. they actively challenge bad behaviour, respect other peoples views, and are open, transparent and supportive.
• Acting with integrity and behaving responsibly takes ownership of their work, responsibility for their actions and decisions and accountable for their performance and development.
• Acting with integrity and behaving responsibly is key to ensure the Council and its employees achieving an excellent reputation with residents, partners and businesses.
• Building relationships to work well together works to reach common goals: sharing information, supporting colleagues, welcoming feedback, building good relationships and partnerships to improve productivity and effectiveness. Applies an inclusive approach to staff, customers, residents, and the community as a whole to deliver efficient and effective services.
• Current Full UK Driving Licence and car
• A committed, enthusiastic person who can demonstrate good team working and autonomy.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Skilled in managing and prioritising own caseload and workload.
• Flexibility in working hours and environment.
• Use of Systmone

Experience

• Level 3 safeguarding
• Knowledge of safeguarding processes, including familiarity with MARAC/MASH principals
• Evidence of research-based practice
• Knowledge of the Local SEND agenda
• Demonstrate a professional approach to updating clinical knowledge, practice and use of audit and assessment.
• Knowledge on performance management and service delivery prioritisation
• Awareness of national and local priorities for children
• A sound working knowledge of child development and parenting issues.
• Knowledge of health promotion relating to children and families
• Understanding of key priorities for childrens public health services
• Experience as a practice supervisor
• Teaching and Motivational skills are required to effectively carry out this role and a non-judgemental attitude and aptitude to risk assessment are valuable attributes.
• The role involves a high degree of autonomy therefore practitioners need to be confident in their abilities and able to recognise when to elevate concerns and risk and involve other specialist practitioners for support.
• Experience of maintaining accurate, contemporaneous records
• Experience of producing written reports/statements when required.
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Experience of working with Children and Young People to support health and emotional wellbeing.
• Experience of working within a community setting
• Experience of working with child protection procedures
• Experience of delivering health promotion/education on a one-to-one basis and within groups
• Evidence of Innovative Practice
• Counselling Skills
• Family Planning Certificate

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.

£46,142 to £52,413 a yearPro rata, depending on experience