Community Staff Nurse School Nursing

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

We have a 12 month fixed term vacancy in Harrow for full time Band 5 community staff nurse in the School Nursing Team .
The School Nursing Service is part of the integrated 0-19 service in Harrow and recognised as delivering an innovative and progressive service. Harrow is a richly diverse outer London Borough, which brings challenges and rewards for practitioners. Harrow is an exciting, dynamic place to work with excellent partnership working with Schools, Children Centre’s and other agencies. If you are enthusiastic and motivated about improving school nursing to ensure positive outcomes for children and young people we want to hear from you!
You will hold a first level registration together adult, mental health or child branch, if you are due to qualify in the next few months you are also welcome to apply.
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.
You will have the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a skill mixed team. You will also be flexible, responsive and keen to modernise practice and influence health and Trust polices. You will have enhanced interpersonal skills to identify low protective factors and indicators of abuse and neglect, or anxiety and low confidence in young people at the earliest opportunity and through your skills, you will develop strength based plans of care to build resilience, promote positive wellbeing and improved health outcomes for young people.
No two days will be the same when working with young people; every day will have its challenges and successes.
We invest in our staff and are passionate about providing the best for service users and our teams. So to support you in providing excellent child and young person centered evidence based practice we offer clinical and safeguarding supervision and a commitment to your on-going professional development. We offer a comprehensive package including
Preceptorship programme for all newly qualified staff
Induction programme for all newly recruited staff
Flexible working in line with our Work Life Balance policy
Actively encourage staff development and career progression through partner Universities and our Learning & Development team
Safeguarding supervision
Clinical supervision
Car lease scheme
MyTrust Benefits including; reduced rate membership of local leisure facilities and Child Care Voucher Schemes.
Clinical Responsibilities
Deliver the Healthy Child Programme.
Undertake holistic health needs assessments of children in a wide range of environments and across a broad population spectrum. Interpret, analyse and collate complex information, liaising with children, young people and families, locality School Nurse other services/agencies as appropriate.
To implement a plan of care using evidence-based criterion to rationalise professional decisions and actions. Monitor progress and adapt plans to maximize health benefits for clients.
Provide skilled, evidence-based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures.
Provide ongoing support for individuals and families, sometimes delegated by senior staff, reporting back to senior colleagues.
Signpost and refer to other specialist services for support and intervention.
Help others e.g. children, parents and carers to identify their own level of knowledge and skill and offer support, information and advice to enable them to access services and adopt healthy lifestyles.
Using excellent communication skills, communicate effectively with children, parents / carers and other professionals.
Maintain accurate and comprehensive record keeping in line with NMC guidance and Trust policy.
Have knowledge of Information Sharing and Assessment protocols and ability to identify and discern relevance of information to be shared to promote the safety of children.
Professional Responsibilities
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
Use a range of skills to communicate taking account of culture, ethnicity, language, disabilities, developmental age and environmental settings.
Use excellent communication skills to effectively engage with children and families, social care, education, colleagues and other professionals.
Manage all records in line with the Trust Health Records Policy, departmental Guidelines for Record Keeping and ‘Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping’ (NMC 2002).
Have a clear understanding of specific IT systems used within CNWL including Outlook and Systmone. Ensure all training is attended to ensure proficiency when using the system.
Maintain knowledge of Infection Control Procedures and implement recommendations as necessary.
Actively participate in team discussions and help to support service developments.
Be responsible for revalidation and maintaining up to date and accurate registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Critically reflect on own performance through clinical supervision.
Contributes to own 1:1 meetings and appraisals and maintains own professional development setting personal objectives.
Takes responsibility for own continuous professional development, maintaining professional knowledge and competence in line with personal development plan agreed at 1:1’s and annual appraisal.
Ensure all mandatory training is updated annually or as specified.
Be aware of children’s safeguarding policy and procedure. Ensure mandatory safeguarding training is up to date. Attend all safeguarding meetings and supervision sessions to remain compliant with local and trust policy and guidance. Report back to the Team Leader School Nurse who maintains oversight of the case. Seek advice from school nurse, safeguarding lead or management team with any concerns or queries.
Monitor own practice to ensure specialist knowledge is maintained through further education, study days, experiential learning and that practice is evidence based.
Recognise personal distress when highly emotive or unpredictable circumstances arise and seek support and advice from colleagues, management team and / or Trust provided services as preferred.
Consistently practice as a role model and contribute to creating and maintaining a high performing team by:
Communicating well with all members of the team.
Understanding others roles within the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives.
Reflecting on own practice regularly and encouraging other team members to reflect on theirs.
Encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes.
Work as a confident, autonomous practitioner taking responsibility for care given but also work as a team member, supporting others including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification.
Person specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team
Knowledge of the Health Child Programme
Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten
Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
Able to maintain electronic patient records and use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
Professional, registered nurse and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct
Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic
Experience
Essential criteria
Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
Previous experience of working either as a band 5 nurse / equiavalent or a student nurse
Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload
Experience of managing staff within a team
Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
Desirable criteria
Previous experience of working in the community either as a band 5 nurse / equivalent, a student nurse or health care assistant
Experience of Safeguarding Children
Experience of health promotion
Experience of group facilitation
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Current NMC Registration for nursing (Adult, Mental Health or Child Branch) or about to Qualify
Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
Desirable criteria
Teaching or mentoring skills or equivalent
Other
Essential criteria
The ability to travel to a variety of sites within the Trust is essential
Access to car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes.
Full UK Driving License
Able to work efficiently in the community
Be a role model and embody CNWL’s values by bein

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