School Nurse Specialist

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Specialist Community Health School Nurse to join our team. As a key member of our 0-19 Public Health team, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality care to children and families in Nottingham City.

Job Summary:

The successful candidate will have a strong background in school nursing and a passion for improving the health and wellbeing of children and families. You will be responsible for leading on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, managing an assigned caseload, and working in partnership with other key partners to ensure the delivery of high-quality children's services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within the 0-19 Public Health team.
• Manage an assigned caseload and be responsible and accountable for this caseload.
• Deliver evidence-based packages of care to give Nottingham children the best start in life.
• Signpost families to other services to ensure that children, young people, and families have the support they require to meet their individual needs.
• Support the Clinical Service Leads and Managers to deliver support to school-aged children and young people within an integrated service offer for children and young people aged 0-19 and their families.
• Work collegiately with other key partners to ensure the delivery of high-quality children's services to school-aged children and young people throughout Nottingham City.
• Provide appropriate care to children, young people, and their families in line with professional registration.

Dimensions:

The SCPHN School Nurse will be responsible for:

• Staff management, including all aspects of human resource policy and procedure.
• Financial management, to work in a cost-effective manner.
• Work in partnership with other key partners to deliver evidence-based programmes of care to children, young people, and their families in Nottingham city in a variety of community settings.
• Support service improvement by leading and/or participating in corporate and local work programmes, projects, workshops, or other initiatives.
• Maintain own mandatory and role-specific training and deliver training/group work to staff and clients.

Professional:

• Work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Take a lead professional role when required where children and young people with additional needs require an integrated package of support from more than one practitioner/service.
• Actively engage in the reflective supervision process, to ensure that expertise in clinical methods is developed and maintained and that the service offered is high quality.
• Work in collaboration with local statutory and mainstream services to ensure that families become confident in accessing a range of other universal health and support services.
• Contribute to the development of identified public health initiatives.
• Enable children, young people, and families to express their anxieties and concerns and, where appropriate, act as an advocate for the service user who may require support in accessing appropriate services.
• Provide consultation to the team on identified children, young persons, or families and advising on appropriate care or referral.

Clinical:

• Plans, develops, implements, and evaluates health improvement programmes with children, young people, and families.
• Use evidence-based programmes, materials, and methods in a range of settings to improve the outcomes of children's health and development.
• Ensure the universal delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and plan and co-ordinate clients' care in consultation and collaboration with other professionals.
• Take the role of the lead professional in delivery of care utilising the Common Assessment Framework/Priority Families model.
• Work therapeutically, using a range of skills including prescribing, with a range of family members to promote behavior change and positive outcomes for children and families.
• Provide advice, signposting, and support for parents, carers, and young people using Text Health, our text messaging service.
• Work effectively with a wide range of diverse people to identify their health and wellbeing needs.
• Work with partners especially in Schools, GPs, and Social Care where families have ongoing needs requiring multi-agency support.
• Actively engage and work with fathers and other members of the extended family to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
• Promote community capacity building to enable families and communities to build on their strengths to provide new ways for improving service.
• Integrate into practice emerging theories in neuroscience and early intervention to effectively support families with complex needs.
• At all times keep the safety and wellbeing of the child in mind and work within local safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Undertake additional training and complete competency packages to deliver enhanced clinical roles e.g., immunisations, new-born bloodspot screening etc.

Organisational:

• Uphold CityCare values and Behaviours, policy, and procedures and professional regulatory body code of conduct.
• Keep accurate electronic and paper records consistent with the current record-keeping policy.
• Ensure robust communication systems exist between key stakeholders including, general practice, education, social care, public health, and voluntary services.
• Working in partnership, develop and maintain strong working relationships with the Early Help team to lead the delivery of the HCP.
• Analyse reports on data for service development and quality improvement measures.
• Participate in the appraisal process of others and development of own Personal Development Plan to include clinical supervision and revalidation.
• Participate in safeguarding supervision, organisational, and team meetings as required.
• Maintain professional awareness and attend and maintain updates for all mandatory and service-specific training and appraisals.
• Identify and report risk as per organisational policy.

Person Specification:

• Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse).
• Non-medical prescribing (V100 or V300).
• Evidence of further professional development including-
• Dip Level 2 Modules in Family Planning.
• Teaching & Assessing, Counselling.

Experience:

• Evidence of working with diverse or disadvantaged groups.
• Experience of working with children, families, and young people.
• Experience of working in partnership with key partners to safeguard children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• Experience of clinical supervision.
• Evidence of delivering health promotion activities to groups.
• Knowledge and research of the Healthy Child Programme.
• National and local safeguarding policies.
• Willingness to prepare for and engage in clinical and managerial supervision.
• Able to communicate clearly and succinctly both verbally and in writing.
• Able to use computers and programmes (read excel spreadsheets etc), competently to be able to record in a person's confidential health record, create reports, collect data, use email, write letters etc.
• Able to analyse numerical data.
• Ability to relate to and communicate with and engage Children, Young People & parents/Carers.
• Evidence of delivering health promotion activities to groups.
• Awareness of local and national health agendas.
• Experience of working in a skill-mix team.
• Evidence of developing practice.
• Evidence of audit evaluation/research.
• Attachment theory.
• Self-efficacy theory.
• Human ecology theory.
• Behaviour change theory.
• Parent, Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
• Motivational and promotional Interviewing.
• Teaching PSHE Certificate.

Special Requirements:

• Highly motivated and forward-thinking.
• Willingness to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service.
• Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations.