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School Staff Nurse | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 September 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: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2024 |
| Location: | London, W10 6DZ |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6613656/333-G-SN-0089-A |
Summary
Are you a nurse thinking about working in a different way, promoting health and wellness to children and young people with a school setting?
The Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster School health Service are developing their school nursing workforce and are offering School Staff Nurse Band 5 positions that can be a gateway for the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (school nursing) (SCPHN).
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.
We are looking for enthusiastic nurses from a variety of backgrounds and experience to join our team.
School Staff Nurses manage a school nursing case load for a group of schools, with the support and supervision of Band 6 SCPHN School Nurses within a large skill mixed team. The team provides a universal and targeted school nursing service to mainstream primary and secondary schools, pupil referral units and special schools across the Bi-Borough.
Duties:
• Completing health assessments
• Providing classroom teaching
• Holding a safeguarding caseload
• Ensuring safe pathways of care for children in school with more complex medical conditions
• Seeking to make the support that families receive as beneficial and positive an experience for them as possible
• Committed to provide best outcomes for children through delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
• Communicate effectively with our partners to work towards the best outcomes for children and their families.
The post holder will work in partnership with professionals from multiple agencies to meet the health needs of a specific population of children and young people within a group of schools, together with their families and the wider community where this is relevant. The Post holder will have sufficient post registration nursing experience in a children’s/Paediatric or adult setting and can demonstrate experience in effective multi agency working.
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Key Responsibilities
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
Patient Safety
Community Staff Nurse’s in the school nursing service 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 an adult or child 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
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Community Staff Nurses in the school nursing services are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Sep 2024
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