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Job summary
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We are excited to announce the LSCFT Special Needs School Nursing Service are expanding their service to 5 new schools across our Pennine and Lancashire footprint. We are now recruiting for experienced and motivated band 3, 5 and 6 nurses who are passionate about supporting and advocating for children and young people with complex and additional health needs.
Current Vacancies
School Nurse Band 5 (351-CEN2626-LW) - http://www.lscft.nhs.uk/recruitment/our-vacancies#!/job/v8201174
Senior School Nurse Band 6 (351-CEN2627-LW) -http://www.lscft.nhs.uk/recruitment/our-vacancies#!/job/v8201257
Main duties of the job
Special Needs School Nurses provide a unique service for children and young people with complex and additional health needs to ensure their health needs can be safely met so they can participate as fully as possible in all aspects of school life. Nurses assess the health needs of children and young people in schools and deliver training, guidance and education to school staff to enable then to safely meet the needs children and young people when they attend school. We also offer health promotion, referrals and signposting to other health services to support holistic health needs.
We'd like to invite you to apply to join our friendly and supportive team of nurses. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your existing experience, assessment and care planning skills of children and young people with complex health and additional needs.All newly recruited nurses are offered an extensive induction programme and on-going supervision to support them in their role and develop their knowledge and skills.
Job description
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
About us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well