Special School Nurse

5 months ago

Enfield, United Kingdom North Middlesex University Hospital Full time

Job overview

The special school nurse will support children who are within 7 of Enfield’s special schools being the main link to 1 of the SEN schools in Enfield. 

To be a key professional working alongside the multidisciplinary team (MDT), to provide a full range of services for the individual child & family. 

To be an expert clinical children’s nurse to meet the needs of a diverse and challenging group of children and young people. 

To assess and review children and young adults who may require medical intervention or follow-up care or treatment and assist in the transition process to adult services.

Main duties of the job

Provide Specialist Paediatric care, advice and clinical management for a defined caseload of children and young adults. Working together with special schools nursing team, be responsible for co-ordinating multidisciplinary assessments meeting the needs of the child. To provide information for children & families, in an accessible manner, to enable understanding and informed decision making about the course of their care. To act as a Lead Professional where appropriate. Liaising with education, social services, health and voluntary sector to optimise the child’s quality of life, developing strategies with colleagues to achieve improved outcomes for the child/young person who has a recognised disability. Be sensitive to the cultural and spiritual needs of patients and families from all ethnic/cultural backgrounds. Be able to work as a skilled team member, providing support to colleagues. To contribute to the educational needs for the MDT ensuring their capability and confidence to care for the child in the educational setting. To act as a mentor for students.

Working for our organisation

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide Specialist Paediatric care, advice and clinical management for a defined caseload of children and young adults. Working together with special schools nursing team, be responsible for co-ordinating multidisciplinary assessments meeting the physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual needs of the child and his/her family at times of stability and crisis, and together with the MDT develop strategies to address these needs. To provide information for children & families, in an accessible manner, to enable understanding and informed decision making about the course of their care. To provide psychological support and advice to the child/young person and their family. To act as a Lead Professional where appropriate. Liaising with education, social services, health and voluntary sector to optimise the child’s quality of life, developing strategies with colleagues to achieve improved outcomes for the child/young person who has a recognised disability. To be aware of and work constructively with areas of conflict expressed or implied by children, families and other professionals. Facilitate competent liaison with all members of the MDT, Community and Primary Care Services for individual families. Be sensitive to the cultural and spiritual needs of patients and families from all ethnic/cultural backgrounds. Be able to work as a skilled team member, providing support to colleagues. To contribute to the educational needs for the MDT ensuring their capability and confidence to care for the child in the educational setting. To train parents/carers in specific tasks as required. Identify the specific needs and outcomes for individual children and their families and facilitate meeting these needs. Act as educational resource. Participate in education programmes within and outside of the local borough. To act as a mentor for students. To be aware of and act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct. Self-awareness through reflective practice. Receptive and accountable in all areas of individual practice. Maintain and develop personal knowledge of the speciality. Participate in clinical supervision and appraisal. Be supportive of colleagues needs and aspirations. Work as part of a Special school Nursing Team  Contribute to the development of the service. Develop and maintain links with others working in similar settings across London and Nationally. To be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures. To attend the Trust’s induction and annual update programme. Ensure that, where possible, all aspects of clinical practice are evidenced based.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

•RSCN or Child Branch Qualification (or equivalent) •Learning Disability Qualified preferably •Community nursing degree, or be willing to work towards this in post •ENB 988 or equivalent teaching and assessing course •Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

•Experience with Children with complex care/palliative care needs within a community setting/Hospital setting and or school setting. •Experience with Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities

Expierence

Essential criteria

•Community nursing experience •Multi-agency & multi-disciplinary work experience •Relevant post registration experience as a children’s nurse, including acute experience •Experience or working with children with special needs & complex health care needs in a school setting

Desirable criteria

•Experience in managing staff •Experience in teaching staff (internally/externally)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

•Knowledge of Child Protection procedures •Knowledge of safeguarding children issues •Strong clinical skills

Desirable criteria

•Experience of clinical procedures practised in a community setting •Knowledge of Health and Safety policy and guidance

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your  identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit

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