Student SCPHN (School Nurse) | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,089 - £41,498 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, W1B 5NA |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6211050/333-G-SN-0084 |
Summary
Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) Band 5
Please note we have x1 position for Camden (NW5 4RA) and x2 positions for Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster (W1B 5NA)
The post of Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) is a development post building on existing knowledge, skills and competencies to achieve a higher level of practice resulting in an academic qualification as well as a registerable qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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.
Nurses work closely with the people who use our services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. 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 people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures.
This is an opportunity for qualified NMC registered nurses to apply for the SCPHN course for School Nursing commencing in September 2024 at King's College London.
This is a fully funded training opportunity, to qualify as a registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) and is open to all registered qualified Nurses. You will be given a fixed term one year full-time contract to undertake a PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nurse course (School Nursing), find attached Job Description and Person Specification.
The school Nursing Service in Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster is an exciting and dynamic place to work due to our excellent partnership working with schools and other agencies.
If you are enthusiastic and motivated about working with children and young people to ensure positive outcomes we want to hear from you!
When submitting Trust applications please make sure you indicate at the top of your personal statement that you have submitted an application to the university for a place on the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing: Health Visiting/School Nursing BSc. Application instructions can be found on the University website.
Patient Safety
Student School Nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:
• Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when a child or adult might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
• Being open and transparent about their own practice
• Supervising the work of others
• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
• Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
• Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024
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