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The School Nurse will oversee a range of duties including planning health promotion activities, delivering immunisation programs, conducting health needs assessments, and ensuring effective safeguarding practices. This role also entails mentoring junior staff, assessing competencies, participating in clinical audits, and contributing to policy development. The post holder must be proficient in communication and organisational skills, uphold high standards of care, and maintain NMC registration. Applicants are required to have the right to work in the UK, as sponsorship is not available for this position.
Following a retendering process, the children's service is due to be transferred to the new provider on the 1st of April 2025. Given this post sits within the transferring service, in line with the legislative requirements, the successful candidate will be part of the TUPE transfer along with other colleagues.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, motivated, inspirational and innovative School Nurses to join our experienced School Health team within Children and Family Health Surrey. The posts will be in the Woking Borough of Surrey based at Goldsworth Park Community Health Centre.
You will be a highly skilled clinical practitioner, with leadership and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will also have a strong approach to teamwork whilst also demonstrating the ability to work on your own initiative. You will have a good understanding of children, young people and their families and the ability to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to a diverse population across specific geographical areas of Surrey.
If you are an experienced or newly qualified School Nurses and have the drive and passion to work with communities, schools and families to make a difference for children and young people then we would like to hear from you.
Note: we do not offer UKVI sponsorship, and so all applicants require a current right to work in the UK.
Works collaboratively with the skill mixed school nurse team to ensure equity of service provision, promoting good practice and the sharing of resources.
Prioritises own work in line with areas of highest risk or client groups with greatest health need, delegating other work to the wider skill mixed team whilst providing the team with supervision and support
Build and develop good working relationships with named schools and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Work collaboratively with all relevant agencies to influence/develop policies which will enhance health
Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery of enuresis clinics and continence assessments
Design deliver and evaluate planned programmes of health promotion to CYP either through one to one contact, group work or through delivery of school based PSHE lessons
Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery of enuresis clinics and continence assessments
Identify and support CYP who have unmet health needs, provide support and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialist services
Undertake health needs assessments for children who are looked after or from hard to reach group
Attend child protection conferences/core groups as required and participate in safeguarding supervision
About us
The post holder will be a member of the 0-19 public health team delivering a service for children, young people and their families. Supported by the clinical team lead, the post holder will carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of health needs, including the development, implementation and evaluation/audit of evidence based interventions. She/he will take responsibility for ensuring the quality and standard of care and delivery of an effective school nursing service to improve outcomes for the local school aged population. The post holder will participate in delivering a universal core service, and provide targeted interventions, to address health inequalities, where necessary referring to specialist services. This role will also include safeguarding responsibilities, supporting the delivery of the school immunisations programme, mentorship of students, line management of a skill mixed 0-19 team and staff appraisals.
Principal duties to include:
Works collaboratively with the skill mixed school nurse team to ensure equity of service provision, promoting good practice and the sharing of resources. Prioritises own work in line with areas of highest risk or client groups with greatest health need, delegating other work to the wider skill mixed team whilst providing the team with supervision and support
Facilitate good team working, through effective leadership skills delegate and supervise the work of a skill mixed team to ensure efficient delivery of the 5-19 HCP
Build and develop good working relationships with named schools and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Work collaboratively with all relevant agencies to influence/develop policies which will enhance health
Responsible for organisation, prioritisation and planning of health promotion activities, by assessing local health needs and school profiling promote key health topics to meet All our health 2DH targets
Make contact with children, young people (CYP) and their families in a variety of community settings e.g. schools, home, children centres, youth clubs
Assist in the preparation, planning and delivery of the school based childhood immunisation programme in accordance with local policies and procedures following appropriate immunisation training
Design deliver and evaluate planned programmes of health promotion to CYP either through one to one contact, group work or through delivery of school based PSHE lessons
Undertake young peoples Drop In clinic in named secondary school
Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery of enuresis clinics and continence assessments
Identify and support CYP who have unmet health needs, provide support and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialist services
Undertake health needs assessments for children who are looked after or from hard to reach groups.
Following specific training be part of the CHAT HEALTH school nurse text advice service
Following specific training provide Clinic in a box sexual health contact with young people
Take appropriate action in cases of suspected or actual child abuse, working within Surrey safeguarding childrens code of practice and procedures.
Attend child protection conferences/core groups as required and participate in safeguarding supervision
Facilitate group clinical supervision as per organisation policy
Ensure that clear concise reports are written and that record keeping guidelines are adhered to. Participates in the monitoring of records of others within the 0-19 team.
Assist in research and design/completion of service audits
Actively participate in steering groups to develop SN practice guidelines
Supervise junior member of the skill mixed 0-19 team as directed by the clinical team lead and undertake junior staff PDR appraisals and direct line management.
Assess practice competencies of junior staff members, contribute to their training and development needs
Participate in meetings as appropriate
Be prepared to be flexible within contracted hours
In accordance with the needs of the service, undertake other duties as required
Communication skills
Be skilled at adapting language and professional approach to a varied client group
Be proficient in designing, producing and presenting health promotion sessions to differing sizes of groups, eg PSHE lessons, school assemblies, parent evening, school teacher training sessions
Be competent in writing concise accurate contemporaneous client records using approved CFHS templates
Be competent at making referrals to the wider multi-disciplinary team
Demonstrate ability to produce child centred reports for CYP who are subject to safeguarding plans or CIN/LAC reviews
Contribute ideas to discussions at school nurse forums and team meetings
Lead at or chair team meetings when necessary in the absence of the clinical team leader or practice teacher.
Analytical and judgemental skills
Able to understand complex family situations and respond and refer appropriately
Be able to undertake health needs assessments, using child centred approach to gather health information that identifies any unmet health needs
Collate population profiles within locality and school communities
Lead on team/service audits
Planning and organisational skills
Be responsible for planning own work diary
Organise and allocate work to the skill mixed team
Support SN team initiatives to deliver health promotion activities and school based immunisation sessions
Prioritise diary to meet needs of families on level 3-4 caseload and assure attendance at safeguarding meetings and safeguarding supervision
Maintain compliance with statutory and mandatory training
Share best practice with colleagues from across CFHS, present ideas and initiatives at Surrey Wide School Nurse Forum
Regular requirement to drive own car for purposes of work
Patient / client care
Support and adhere to organisation infection control policy
Promote uptake of immunisations: make every contact count
Holistically assess children, young people and family
Work within clinical pathway framework and own level of competency
Promote an environment that is conducive to CYP engagement
Monitor quality of service provision in partnership with clinical team lead
Be aware of school nurse key performance indicators and ensure associated client contacts are accurately recorded for reporting purposes within the team
Escalate school nurse practice concerns to clinical team lead or school nurse professional lead
Identify own training and development needs of others and undertake appropriate training/education as required
Support I want great care initiatives to acquire feedback from service users
Policy and service development
Work within CFHS policies and guidance
Contribute to service and policy review and development of school nursing protocols and guidance
Provide statistical data to support commissioning requirements.
Lead on and participate in clinical audits
Financial and physical resources
Responsible for care and safe keeping of medical devices, organisational property and ethically manage organisations resources.
Identify when equipment or disposable resources need replacing and alert clinical team lead
Human resources
Attend/facilitate clinical supervision in line with organisational policy
Participate in the appraisal process and agree personal development objectives
Participate in training of others and maintain an effective learning environment
Maintain NMC registration in line with revalidation requirements and abide with NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
Provide DBS documentation in line with organisational procedure
Information resources
Maintain record keeping in line with NMC and organisational guidance
Ensure safe storage and access to IT systems to protect client confidentiality in line with organisational Information Governance policy
Research and development
Contribute/lead on organisational audits
Support evidence based practice and disseminate learning to wider school nurse team members
Freedom to act
Work to organisational policy and procedures
Work under direct and indirect supervision of Clinical Team Lead
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