Job summary
The Shropshire School Nursing Service covers from Oswestry to Ludlow and Bridgnorth to Market Drayton and Whitchurch. Although we cover a large rural area, we are a close, friendly, respectful and supportive team. We are looking for motivated, innovative applicants to join our expanding team.
The Children, Young People and their families are at the heart of everything we do. If you are client-focused, with a strong sense of advocacy and a belief in equitable services, we would love to hear from you! Our practitioners are autonomous and we welcome applications from individuals who would describe themselves as independent, confident and committed to deliver a quality service.
We are advertising for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN qualified). We are a 9-5, Monday - Friday service and have a variety of full and part-time posts in various localities around the county to help you preserve your work life balance.
If you would like to discuss any of our current opportunities, please contact: Kat Sealey on 07964 134121.
Main duties of the job
We welcome applications from NMC registered Nurses in any field; adult, paediatric, mental health and learning disability nurses are all invited to apply. All applicants must also possess the SCPHN (School Nursing) qualification and be registered on Part 3 of the NMC register.
The post involves travelling around the county and would best suit a car driver with access to a vehicle that can be used for work.
Our registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurses work closely with support workers and registered Staff Nurses to provide health education and promotion to children, young people and their families. The role requires you to communicate well with different ages groups and provide consistent public Health information and signposting to our clients. We also work closely with vulnerable families and individuals as well as with a wide multi-agency team of professionals.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor/School Nursing) qualification
- Evidence of broader and recent CPD
- Nurse prescriber or undertake available training (HV) within 12 months
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of child protection/safeguarding.
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience in multi-agency and collaborative working
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- IT skills and computer literacy
- Ability to undertake critical appraisal of research
- Ability to analyse complex data and present findings
- Safeguarding Policies and Procedure
- Health Needs Assessment Clinical Governance - Application to service Improvement and patient safety
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
Coral House
Longbow Close
Shrewsbury
SY1 3GZ