Staff Nurse - School Nursing

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The role:

This post is an opportunity for a Band 5 NMC registered Nurse to join The South Glasgow City School Nursing Team as a Community staff nurse. Working out of Pollok Health Centre, the successful candidate must have NMC Registration RM/RMN and may also have additional qualifications or experience working within Children or Mental health services and have an interest in pursuing the SCPHN; Master’s qualification in Public Health (School Nurse).

This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for a or a NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is unable to provide candidates or employees with a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS).

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

Monday- Friday ; 18.5 hrs per week

Shift pattern is Tues Wed week 1 and Tues Wed Thurs Week 2- 830-430 and Thurs 830-4.00.

Please note the salary is Pro Rata for part time hours

Key responsibilities:

The Band 5 staff nurse will complete work delegated and supervised by the Band 6 School Nurse in accordance with the needs of the service and in line with the national pathways. Whilst consulting with the School Nurse to assess, monitor and implement action; the Staff Nurse will exercise a level of autonomy and independence in decision making. Workload will involve completing delegated interventions in response to identified health and emotional needs in the context of Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC). This will include the ability to recognise, mitigate and respond to risk factors for harm and neglect, with guidance from the School Nurse and the wider organisation’s Policies /Guidance and training requirements.

The staff Nurse will also be responsible for ensuring contemporaneous accurate record keeping and referring to other services where appropriate. As an NMC registrant, the Staff Nurse maintains accountability for updating own knowledge and practical skills to deliver safe practice and considers own limitations in provision of clinical care. The role will require you to work within a skill mix team and take delegation from the SCPHN School Nurses to carry out face to face and non-face-to-face work without direct supervision with key responsibilities around caseload and intervention work with children and young people who are referred to the Service.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

The successful candidate must have NMC Registration RM/RMN, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) qualification which is Part 3 of the NMC Specialist register , Disclosure Scotland (PVG) and any additional post graduate qualification and skills. It would be advantageous to have a driving licence due to face to face work within the community , schools and homes but is not essential

There will be opportunities for further learning and development as part of the Transforming Nursing roles strategy as well as the Learning and Development Plan for GGC. Knowledge and Skills in relation to emotional health and wellbeing are desirable including anxiety management work ( Let’s introduce Anxiety Management) as well as Child Protection knowledge and skills and there will be peer support as well as professional and operational support from an aligned Team leader. Skills and knowledge for the role of the Practice supervisor and assessor for pre-registration students is also required but this can be supported via in house training as well as further learning to support ScPHN students.

What we offer:

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

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