Clinical Nurse Specialist -School Nursing Team inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 6 JUN 2024

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for motivated and energetic nurse who enjoys working with children and young people with a variety of complex health and learning needs.

The role evolves working in a special school setting , alongside our education colleagues to ensure children and young people are given fair equal access to education.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for 4 band 6 nurses to join a team of mixed skill nurses to support children and young people in a school for CYP aged between 4-19years old.

You will have good clinical skills as well as be willing to learn new skills. You will able to plan your workload and pre-empt the needs of the children on your caseload.

You will be giving tracheostomy care, feeds via jejunostomy, gastrostomy, safe administering of medication, airway maintenance using suctioning etc.

You will delivering care for the CYP while they are in their lessons and so their education is as uninterrupted as possible.

Your must also have good safeguarding awareness and be happy working within a team.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • national child protection and safeguarding preceedures
Desirable

  • level 3 mandatory child protection training within the last 3 years
Experience

Essential

  • NMC registered nurse
  • minimum 3 years post registered experiance
  • experience of working with children
Desirable

  • RCN
Skills

Essential

  • excellent verbal and written communication
  • various stomas access, care and management
Desirable

  • non- invasive ventilation
Person Specification
Knowledge

Essential

  • national child protection and safeguarding preceedures
Desirable

  • level 3 mandatory child protection training within the last 3 years
Experience

Essential

  • NMC registered nurse
  • minimum 3 years post registered experiance
  • experience of working with children
Desirable

  • RCN
Skills

Essential

  • excellent verbal and written communication
  • various stomas access, care and management
Desirable

  • non- invasive ventilation
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Lindon Lodge Special Needs School

61 Princes Way

London

SW19 6JB

Employer's website
Job summary

An exciting opportunity for motivated and energetic nurse who enjoys working with children and young people with a variety of complex health and learning needs.

The role evolves working in a special school setting , alongside our education colleagues to ensure children and young people are given fair equal access to education.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for 4 band 6 nurses to join a team of mixed skill nurses to support children and young people in a school for CYP aged between 4-19years old.

You will have good clinical skills as well as be willing to learn new skills. You will able to plan your workload and pre-empt the needs of the children on your caseload.

You will be giving tracheostomy care, feeds via jejunostomy, gastrostomy, safe administering of medication, airway maintenance using suctioning etc.

You will delivering care for the CYP while they are in their lessons and so their education is as uninterrupted as possible.

Your must also have good safeguarding awareness and be happy working within a team.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • national child protection and safeguarding preceedures
Desirable

  • level 3 mandatory child protection training within the last 3 years
Experience

Essential

  • NMC registered nurse
  • minimum 3 years post registered experiance
  • experience of working with children
Desirable

  • RCN
Skills

Essential

  • excellent verbal and written communication
  • various stomas access, care and management
Desirable

  • non- invasive ventilation
Person Specification
Knowledge

Essential

  • national child protection and safeguarding preceedures
Desirable

  • level 3 mandatory child protection training within the last 3 years
Experience

Essential

  • NMC registered nurse
  • minimum 3 years post registered experiance
  • experience of working with children
Desirable

  • RCN
Skills

Essential

  • excellent verbal and written communication
  • various stomas access, care and management
Desirable

  • non- invasive ventilation
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Lindon Lodge Special Needs School

61 Princes Way

London

SW19 6JB

Employer's website


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