Job summary
A Band 5 School Staff Nurseopportunity has arisen working for HCRG Care Group, Salisbury & Amesbury, as part of the Wiltshire wide School Nursing Team.
You will be a Registered Nurse with an interest in providing services to Children, Young People and their families within the community setting. Youll join an experiencedteam who are focused on clinical excellence.
We are very excited to be deliveringour SchoolNursing Public Health Service to providethe Healthy Child Programmeusinga holistic approach in order to ensurea comprehensive Public Health Service to the school aged population and their families.
The serviceembraceselectronic record keeping, mobile working and aSingle Point of Access (SPA) for all services delivered tothe 0-19 population, providing one record for one child.
Working within the Salisbury Team, you will beparta team of other Staff Nurses and School Health Support Workers, led by Specialist Community Public Health School Nurses, working closely with other SCPHN's, Schools, and all other community services supporting the 0-19 population, such as Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses,Speech and Language Therapists, and Community Paediatricians.
Main duties of the job
- Understanding the concept of Clinical Governance and be skilled in the identification, assessment and protection of vulnerable children and families
- To support the school nurse community service as part of the skill mixed public health team. To contribute to the development of the School nursing service in the defined locality through liaison with and support from the Specialist School Nurse and innovative practice to meet health needs.
- Ensuring a child centered service is delivered through active engagement with young people in the planning and delivery of the service in the locality area.
- Working across organizational boundaries to contribute towards the identification of population health needs in line with the organisations policies and priorities To lead on delegated work from the Specialist School Nurse, utilizing Nursing skills of leadership, prioritization and assessment.
- To collaborate with key partners to address public health needs as an advocate for children/young people, families/carers and the school health service.
- To be responsible for the assessment of childrens health needs to identify any deviation from normal development in line with Safeguarding Children and young people and the Early Support assessment.
- To promote healthy lifestyles through opportunistic discussions and health education in line with the School Health Needs Assessment.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As aSchool Staff Nurse, youll be part of our valued team across the Wiltshire area.
You will feel valued as aSchool Staff Nursewithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £28,407 - £34,581 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards:with a numberof our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Person Specification
General Requirements
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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.
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 0XQ