Community Staff Nurse - School Health TeamNHS

Job summary

We are looking for compassionate and dedicated nurse's to join our school health team.

The role will require you to have excellent communication skills, IT skills, organisational and clinical skills when supporting and working with children, young people, parents, professionals and multi-agencies.

The aim of this role is to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to the school age population within Sefton, ensuring we share the best public health information and Interventions.

You will also have responsibility for a safeguarding caseload, which exposes staff to complex public health issues.

A thorough preceptorship/induction programme will be offered to successful applicants, which will include regular supervision and safeguarding support.

Main duties of the job

The Children's service provides support to children, young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependent on assessed need.

The service offers every child/family a programme of screening, developmental reviews and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices as defined by The Healthy Child Programme 0 - 19 years (DH, 2023).

The Community Staff Nurse will work predominantly as part of the School Nursing team to promote and improve health and well-being of school aged children and young people to reduce health inequalities.

The post holder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Program 5-19 - up to age 25 for SEN children/young people within the team using evidence based practice and the Framework for Assessment (DH 2002).

The post holder will work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families.

The post holder may have responsibility for allocated schools as the named health professional, and will work as part of the SCPHN team with delegated responsibility for the assessment of care needs, implementation and evaluation of program of care for children, young people and families.

Job description

Be the lead person for communication for several schools /education establishmentsunder the guidance of the Named SCPHN and be responsible for the development of cooperativeworking arrangements within the school and the extended services thatsupport healthy outcomes for children

Contribute to the provision of a high-quality school health service.

Work collaboratively within the team and with primary and community care colleaguesto deliver local and national health objectives

Work with the SCPHN to undertake workload planning and delegation of work to otherteam members, considering competence levels

Identify needs and prioritize own work appropriately to manage the delivery of theservice.

Support the SCPHN and team leaders to develop new ways of working to provide aresponsive service to children and young people

Support the SCPHN to develop multi-agency partnerships and joint working to facilitatepublic health objectives in line with the MERSEY CARE objectives

Work within a public health competency framework to address public health prioritiesand health inequalities

Participate in the mentorship and assessment of a range of students and in thepreceptorship and support of new colleagues

In conjunction with the SCPHN provide day- to- day supervision and support for thesupport staff and students within the team

Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, School Health Service and MERSEY CARE policies for new team members and students

Establish and maintain a good working relationship with primary and community carecolleagues and other service providers, e.g., education, working collaboratively provide a comprehensive service to children and young people.

Agree and contribute to setting team objectives and delivering agreed outcomes

Complete statistical returns as required by MERSEY CARE including entering data onto computerised systems within the required timeframes

Provide workload and caseload information as requested by the team leader/CaseloadHolder.

Attend and actively participate in team, locality and other relevant meetings

Support the caseload holders in the implementation of practice development,improvement and service modernisation initiatives

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.