School Nurse

School Nurse – Band 6

30 HOURS - TERM TIME ONLY POST

Stockport School Nursing service is part of the Women, Children and Diagnostics Business Unit of Stockport Foundation Trust, and is also integrated with Stockport Council in a Stockport Family organisation. Stockport Family works collaboratively across professional disciplines in order to improve outcomes for children and families.

The Stockport School Nursing Service has a passion for promoting public health through early intervention using restorative approaches with families.

The successful candidates will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable, approachable and effective team players. In addition, they will need to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of issues affecting children and families and how School Nursing Services work with families.

• To lead a team to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to school aged children in line with service specification
• To contribute to the development and implementation of national and local priorities for children and families
• To contribute to maintenance of quality and service improvement in school nursing
• To lead, co-ordinate and participate in the delivery of the national immunisation programme for school age children

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice 3033

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To lead a team to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to school aged children in line with service specification
• To contribute to the development and implementation of national and local priorities for children and families
• To contribute to maintenance of quality and service improvement in school nursing
• To lead, co-ordinate and participate in the delivery of the national immunisation programme for school age children
• To prioritise, plan, implement and evaluate school nursing activities, in partnership with families and other agencies, according to changing health needs to improve health outcomes
• To be responsible for the annual health assessment of ‘Looked After Children’ within the caseload, implementing and monitoring the agreed health plan and ensuring the health needs ‘looked after’ children and young people are met
• Support the school nursing assistants with the delivery of National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) and pro-actively follow up any child where BMI indicates a concern
• To participate in the delivery of RSE programmes, as commissioned, in line with your clinical expertise and competence, enabling children and young people to make informed lifestyle choice
• Offer continence advice, support and assessment to children, young people and their parents/carers and refer to other services as appropriate
• To undertake holistic health assessments of all vulnerable children and young people and ensure their health needs are met
• Offer confidential school nurse health clinics for young people to access advice and support regarding physical and emotional health issues
• Offer updates for school staff in managing the most common medical conditions in school at the schools request
• Undertake assessments of medical needs for children and young people with complex health needs in line with Stockport ‘Supporting Pupil’s Medical Conditions in School Policy (2018).
• To maintain professional registration and work within the NMC Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13