School Nurse (SCPHN) and Public Health Quality Fellow

Are you a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nursing) or due to qualify soon?

Do you want to make a difference and be part of further developing our service?

We have an exciting opportunity for School Nurses (SN) with a passion for public health and the search for health needs to become SN Public Health Quality Fellow. You will be a part of the School Nursing team, which is within the Public Health 0-19 services in Merton. You will undertake the School Nurse role for 80% (4 days) of your clinical time. 20% (1 day) of your role will be dedicated to working within a structured 6-9 month work-based programme that will be supervised by the CLCH Public Health Nurse Consultant. You will identify, design and manage a project focusing on health at a population level, looking at ways to make communities and environments healthier, reducing ill-health and tackling health inequalities. The CLCH Quality Improvement team will support your project design, providing training and project support to develop you in your public health project.

The practitioner must be a Registered Nurse with a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Qualification (School Nursing).

The applicant should demonstrate leadership skills, knowledge of safeguarding and child protection processes and offer flexibility in managing their caseload.

Main duties of the job

To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative School Nursing service, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the School Health team to ensure delivery of a high quality service.

To provide a skilled, effective and evidence-based School Nursing service to clients in a variety of community settings.

To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities.

To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role.
• Car lease scheme *T& C's apply.
• Flexible working options.
• Annual travel card loan.
• Training, support and development in your career.

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Registered School Nurse (SCPHN)
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
• Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards

Experience

Essential

• School nurse experience
• Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
• Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
• Experience of assessing, planning, and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
• Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others.
• Experience of evidence-based care.
• Experience of supervising staff/students

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
• Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
• Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children's Plan etc]
• Current knowledge of child protection issues
• Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills
• Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
• Knowledge of NMC Code
• Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
• Knowledge of clinical supervision
• Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice.
• Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
• Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review, and prioritise own workload and others.
• Able to delegate work effectively and safely.
• Ability to be flexible and responsive.
• Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice.
• Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working.
• Office management and caseload organisational skills.
• Able to work in a team.
• Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service.
• Willingness to facilitate and support the learning of others in the practice environment.

Other

Essential

• Able to carry out the duties of the post.
• Able to travel round the locality [car/bike/public transport/foot]
• Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust's Values and Behaviours.
• Able to demonstrate excellence in Customer Service.
• Able to meet the required IT Skills for the post.

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Lavender Steers Mead Children's Centre

Lavender Ave

London

CR4 3HL

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824-SOUTH-6895184