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Senior Nurse for: Special Needs School Nursing
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
351-PEN869-CL
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Special Schools Nursing Team
Town
Burnley
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2024 23:59

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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Nurse for: Special Needs School Nursing

Band 6

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

You will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic RN child, RSCN trained nurse with relevant paediatric and special needs school nursing experience, wishing to expand your knowledge and skills of working with children within the special needs school setting.  You will impart specialist knowledge and advice across a range of health and social care issues, utilising evidence based research. As a Band 6, senior nurse for Special Needs School Nursing you will manage your own defined safeguarding caseload in conjunction with the Band 5 nurses, acting as a key worker for vulnerable children instigating safeguarding procedures as required.

You will work primarily within the Pennine special school nursing team, working closely with the named school nurses but as part of the role there may be the requirement at times to work across the LSCFT special school footprint.  You will have line management responsibilities for the Band 5 staff nurses working within the designated schools in the named locality with support from the team leader. 

It is essential that you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to work in partnership with the child’s parents’, teachers and other health care professionals, offering support and advice to education staff on health related issues that affect the children within the school setting.  

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the children’s complex needs nursing team providing a service for children referred for assessment and intervention within the special needs school nursing team.

To be responsible for a caseload of children and young people with complex and/or additional needs.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of children and young people with varied presentations, using self-determined investigative and analytical skills, to formulate hypotheses in order to determine appropriate interventions and goals.

To establish individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a range of evidence based treatment skills and options to formulate interventions and programmes of care.

To participate in the co-ordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information packages for colleagues in health, education, social care, and voluntary sector Organisations, and parents/carers.

Act as special needs school nursing lead for safeguarding issues within designated schools

To participate in identifying service development needs and delivering service development projects.

To engage with and support team leaders within professional development activities.

To provide specialist advice to Team Colleagues in area of own practice regarding specific service delivery issues.

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.


The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.


Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • - Registered nurse qualification/RSCN
  • - Current Professional Registration with NMC
  • - Evidence of continued professional development
  • - Evidence of formal training / self-study / specialist experience to post graduate level

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
  • Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
  • Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes for children with diverse needs/ related to client group
  • Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group
  • Knowledge of professional clinical local and national guidelines.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
  • Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
  • Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non clinical setting
  • Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
  • Able to work independently as lead specialist.
  • Ability to manage children with challenging behaviours
  • Demonstrating good leadership skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie Brannon
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07932802414
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