Job summary
- Main area
- School Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (All year round)
- Job ref
- 844-6454590
- Employer
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oakenclough Children Centre
- Town
- Wilmslow
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
School Nurse (Cheshire East)
Band 6
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.
Job overview
Full time School Nurse band 6
Cheshire East North Team
There is a vacancy in the North Team Cheshire East [covering Wilmslow Knutsford, Poynton and Disley] for a full time school nurse to work with a team of public Health Nurses and school nurses.
Working with schools families and the wider community to improve the health of school-aged children identifying the more vulnerable and developing clear referral pathways so that all children and young people can reach their full potential.
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens, Knowsley.
We take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have proven leadership, experience and knowledge of school nursing. If you want to make a difference to the health of school aged children within Cheshire East and have a commitment to reducing health inequalities and work with vulnerable families, we would very much like to hear from you.
You will work closely with the, education and social care to provide services in response to identified need, both public health and safeguarding. whilst working in partnership Cheshire East Local Authority to take the local children’s agenda forward.
School Nursing is a fast paced, dynamic and challenging service, and as a School Nurse with us you will be given opportunity to demonstrate leadership whilst working within the public health, health promotion and safeguarding domains.
You should be well organised, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with children and young people both in school and within other education provider settings. You must be committed to working effectively both within a team and independently. An in depth knowledge of the current trends and developments within school nursing and the health agenda relating to children’s services is essential.
Working for our organisation
About the Trust
Our local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:
- 0-19 / 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services
- Community Nursing
- Sexual Health Wirral
- Community Cardiology
- Walk-in centres
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Teletriage
- Community Dental
- Social Care
- End of Life Care
As a Trust, we provide extensive continuous professional development opportunities through a diverse range of learning solutions, including virtual and face-to-face events, webinars and action learning sets. We subscribe to numerous memberships and licences to support staff development and continuous learning.
You can read more about the Trust via the careers section on our website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification for further information relating to this exciting job role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN (Adult or Child/RSCN)
- Postgraduate in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing- School Nursing or equivalent
- Leadership Level 6
- Mentorship Level 6
- Solihull Approach Trained
Desirable criteria
- Motivational Interviewing trained
- Promotional Interviewing trained
- Mentorship Level 7
- Leadership Level 7
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing a School Nurse Caseload
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience of leading the assessment, planning and evaluation of care
- Experience of integrated working
- Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues
Skills and attributes
Essential criteria
- Good verbal, non verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to support and motivate staff
- Ability to support students in placements
- Effective Interpersonal Skills
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Access to a car for work purposes
- Commitment
- Vision
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Margaret Bratherton
- Job title
- 0-19+ Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557545753
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