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Community Staff Nurse - School Nursing

Band 5

Full time all year round  - working hours 9-5 4 or 5 days a week/ Annualised hours etc

This is an exciting time to Join Croydon School Health Team as we  are currently transforming our service.

Are you a qualified nurse looking for a rewarding career within a school health nursing team to make a difference on the health outcomes of children and young people? 

An exciting posts has arisen to because a Community School staff nurse within the School Health team in Croydon.

A full preceptorship and competency based programme is offered and further training opportunities in the first year of your practice will include training in the delivery of  enuresis clinics, the delivery of personal and social health education and complex medical needs. 

Main duties of the job

Working in the community with the school aged population and their families. The successful candidate will be flexible and strengths-based in their approach and be able to work in partnership with families and schools.

Community School Staff Nurses  work  under the leadership of a Band 6 Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. The nurse is required to build relationships with  schools and actively engage the school in universal interventions for example the National Child Measurement Programme and targeted interventions, for example, individual health care plans. An important element of the role is to develop health profiles for each school to identify needs which will inform planning of services offered to the schools. The candidate should have a good understanding of child development and an interest in working with children and families.

Applicants need to possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and work well both independently and as part of the team. You will require knowledge of the current public health agenda, in particular the Healthy Child Programme, have a baseline knowledge and experience of safeguarding practice, and meet the requirements of the person specification.

Excellent training and development opportunities, including guidance to apply for your SCPHN Training

Interview Date: TBC

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics

These include:
• Croydon University Hospital
• Purley Hospital
• The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath
• Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside
• A minor injuries unit in New Addington

The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:

• You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
• You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
• You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians
• You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
• You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services. 

The trust offers a £2000 retention premium to staff working with the trust. 

We are one of 17 Trusts in the country who have been accepted as national pioneers on staff engagement and empowerment, through the adoption of "Listening into Action" as a new way of working. The approach we are taking to “Listening into Action” is new and different.