Community Public Health Nurse- School Nurse

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

Job overview

Band 6 Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nurse

The City 0-19 Health Visiting and School Nursing Service South West Locality has a permanent, year-round part-time 18.75 hours vacancy for a School Nurse. We are looking for a School Nurse who lives the values and behaviours of our trust. We seek a person who will be caring and compassionate, providing excellent support to parents and their families, having the ability to actively listen and possess a warm, approachable manner. You will lead by example and encourage effective teamwork, someone who wants to develop others and ensure the best outcomes for our children and families, achieved through evidence-based practice. In return, you will be professionally supported and empowered to deliver a child-friendly service within the 5-19 element of the service. We are a friendly team and welcome experienced or newly qualified School Nurses to join our diverse team, where you will be supported in your induction program.

Main duties of the job

1. Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the role.
2. Work within your scope of practice.
3. Demonstrate at all times the Values of Midlands Partnership.
4. Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner with a focus on public health across the 0-19 agenda.
5. Be responsible for a defined population of service users in various settings across the Partnership Trust.
6. Be skilled in the assessment of children and young people’s care/support needs and in the development, implementation, and evaluation of care/support.
7. Have supervisory, training, and leadership responsibilities where appropriate, and have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
8. Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions.
9. Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management.
10. Deliver commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring key objectives and outcomes are met.