Senior Community Occupational Therapist

3 weeks ago


Newport Pagnell, United Kingdom Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

Are you a qualified nurse or a student nurse due to qualify with a passion for public health and improving outcomes for children and families in Milton Keynes? Would you like to work for a dynamic and innovative School Nursing team?

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and conscientious practitioner to join us within the 0-19 Children’s Universal Health Service.

The Milton Keynes School Nursing Service provides a universal and specialist service to school aged children attending an education provision or being home schooled in Milton Keynes. The service is available all year round, Monday – Friday, 9-5pm, excluding bank holidays.

We are looking for compassionate individuals who can demonstrate excellent communication skills and are able to work as part of a skill mixed team to deliver the Healthy Child Programme (HCP). Alongside your team, you will work with various partner agencies to achieve best health outcomes for school aged children and their families across Milton Keynes.

Previous experience of working in the community is desirable but not essential as you will receive full training and an excellent induction package. In addition, you will receive regular clinical, managerial and safeguarding supervision.

This is a permanent position but may also be an excellent opportunity to gain experience for an individual interested in undertaking a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) course in School Nursing in the future.

Main duties of the job

Interprofessional working to deliver the Healthy Child Programme and safeguard children Managing a clinical caseload Implementing and evaluating programmes of care Delivering evidence-based health promotion advice Undertaking holistic assessments, identifying health needs, parenting capacity and family / environmental factors Work closely alongside locality School Nurses undertaking delegated work and also working under own initiative.

Working for our organisation

You will be entitled to:

Local induction and an allocated mentor Preceptorship for newly qualified staff Strong leadership and management support Regular clinical, management, and safeguarding supervision. A clinical training programme to support your practice, tailored to your individual needs Opportunities for career development A strong focus on staff wellbeing and access to excellent staff engagement programs and support services via our People Development team

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FURTHER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Deliver the Healthy Child Programme within the framework of national and local targets Aim to achieve equity of health outcomes for the local population Promote health and well-being within the community

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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