Specialist School Nurse
Job summary
We are seeking to appoint dynamic and enthusiastic candidates to the role of Specialist School Nurse role, located at Cedar House, within our St. Michael's Community Hospital site within the Specialist School Nursing team. The weekly hours for this role will be agreed at interview for the successful candidate.
With the expansion of the Specialist School Nursing Team, there is an opportunity for experienced children's nurses with an interest in specialist school nursing to join our Babies, Children and Young People Division. The service currently covers the Borough of Enfield and includes 7 Specialist School providers based over multiple sites.
The role is ideal for an experienced children's nurse, with robust clinical skills who is able to work autonomously and as part of a team. Experience working in acute and community children's services is desirable.
Please note:
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. The successful applicant may not work in Paediatrics upon completing their apprenticeship should no vacancies be present.
Main duties of the job
Currently there are approximately 1400 children in total ranging from 3 to 19 years old attending the Special Schools. The children have long-term complex medical, neurological illnesses, mental health illnesses and some have learning disabilities.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting Enfield special schools to manage the health needs of children and young people with complex health needs profound learning disabilities, social and emotional needs. This role involves working in partnership with school staff and multi-agency staff and working across sites. They will cover the duty shifts rota on a weekly basis as part of the team.
The Special School Nursing Team are responsible for the assessment, delivery and co-ordination of nursing care for children with special educational needs who attend the designated special schools.
Acting in a leadership role, the post holder will coordinate care between doctors, specialist nurses, allied health professionals, school staff, parents and carers to ensure seamless health care is provided for CYP. The post holder will also act as a source of information, support, advice and training for families and school staff. Some home visits and other community visits will be carried out as part of holistic case management.
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
Person Specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
- RSCN or RN Child
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Significant post registration experience within an acute or community nursing setting.
- Experience of facilitating clinical decision making and the application of professional judgement in clinical situations
- Knowledge of student practice supervision and assessor responsibilities.
- Mentorship qualification
- EPALS/PilS qualification.
- Completed an ANP/SCPHN course.
- Previous audit experience.
Experience
- Experience of working within a community or school setting
- Effective leadership skills.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Compliance with mandatory training in line with safeguarding both adults and children at risk of abuse.
- IT Skills - Data Input and collection, audit, analysis, and evaluations. Use of databases, standard keyboard skills, and knowledge of a number of IT packages such as Word, PAS, and E-Rostering.
- Ability to work safely under pressure across competing priorities.
- Work with targets and deadlines.
- Ability to utilise research and develop a research aware culture.
- Can act on their own initiative.
- Ability to follow detailed written instructions and assessment outcomes.
- Sound clinical judgements and decision-making skills regarding acutely unwell patients.
- Ability to prioritise work/response/triage referrals, and messages effectively.
- Previous experience of line management or mentoring junior staff/students
- Experience of working within urgent care, rapid response team, or emergency team.
- Experience of quality improvement or audit work/projects.
Skills & Aptitudes
- Excellent clinical nursing skills pertinent to the role.
- Ability to effectively prioritise and organise own workload.
- Assertively manages situations which may be complex and involve conflict or crisis.
- Experience of the application of professional judgement in a range of clinical and non-clinical situations.
- Excellent interpersonal skills is engaged, and able to negotiate and mediate.
- Communicates with clarity and direction, both written and verbally.
- Analyses and identifies trends in clinical information, identifies issues, and proposes solutions to problems.
- Knowledge of current issues relating to patient safety.
- Knowledge of current legislation affecting health.
- Good knowledge of anatomy and physiology and the management of an acutely unwell child.
- Developing & delivering training programmes
- Good knowledge of anatomy and physiology and the management of an acutely unwell child.
Personal Qualities
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Professional approach to work.
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
- Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
- Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St. Michael's Primary Care Centre
Gater Drive
London
EN2 0JB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/