Job summary

Following a retendering process, the children'sservice is due to be transferred to the new provider on the 1st of April 2025.Given this post sits within the transferring service, in line with thelegislative requirements, the successful candidate will be part of the TUPEtransfer along with other colleagues.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, motivated,inspirational and innovative School Nurses to join our experienced SchoolHealth team within Children and Family Health Surrey. The post will be at Mole Valley borough of Surrey, based at Leatherhead Clinic.

You will be a highly skilled clinical practitioner, withleadership and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will alsohave a strong approach to teamwork whilst also demonstrating the ability towork on your own initiative. You will have a good understanding of children,young people and their families and the ability to deliver the Healthy ChildProgramme to a diverse population across specific geographical areas of Surrey.

If you are an experienced or newly qualified School Nurses andhave the drive and passion to work with communities, schools and families tomake a difference for children and young people then we would like to hear fromyou.

Note : we do not offer UKVI sponsorship, and soall applicants require a current right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

Works collaboratively with the skill mixed school nurse team toensure equity of service provision, promoting good practice and the sharing ofresources.

Prioritises own work in line with areas of highest risk or clientgroups with greatest health need, delegating other work to the wider skillmixed team whilst providing the team with supervision and support

Build and develop good working relationships with named schoolsand the wider multi-disciplinary team.

Work collaboratively with all relevant agencies toinfluence / develop policies which will enhance health

Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery ofenuresis clinics and continence assessments

Design deliver and evaluate planned programmes of health promotionto CYP either through one to one contact, group work or through delivery ofschool based PSHE lessons

Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery ofenuresis clinics and continence assessments

Identify and support CYP who have unmet health needs, providesupport and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialistservices

Undertake health needs assessments for children who are lookedafter or from hard to reach group

Attend child protection conferences / core groups as required andparticipate in safeguarding supervision

About us

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.

Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and leadership courses and programmes.

We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are heard at Board level.CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose

The post holder will be a member of the 0-19 public health teamdelivering a service for children, young people and their families. Supportedby the clinical team lead, the post holder will carry continuing responsibilityfor the assessment of health needs, including the development, implementationand evaluation / audit of evidence based interventions. She / he will takeresponsibility for ensuring the quality and standard of care and delivery of aneffective school nursing service to improve outcomes for the local school agedpopulation. The post holder will participate in delivering a universal coreservice, and provide targeted interventions, to address health inequalities,where necessary referring to specialist services. This role will also includesafeguarding responsibilities, supporting the delivery of the schoolimmunisations programme, mentorship of students, line management of a skillmixed 0-19 team and staff appraisals.

Principal duties to include :

Works collaboratively with the skill mixed school nurse team toensure equity of service provision, promoting good practice and the sharing ofresources. Prioritises own work in line with areas of highest risk or clientgroups with greatest health need, delegating other work to the wider skillmixed team whilst providing the team with supervision and support

Facilitate good team working, through effective leadership skillsdelegate and supervise the work of a skill mixed team to ensure efficientdelivery of the 5-19 HCP

Build and develop good working relationships with named schoolsand the wider multi-disciplinary team.

Work collaboratively with all relevant agencies toinfluence / develop policies which will enhance health

Responsible for organisation, prioritisation and planning ofhealth promotion activities, by assessing local health needs and schoolprofiling promote key health topics to meet All our health 2016 DH targets

Make contact with children, young people (CYP) and their familiesin a variety of community settings schools, home, children centres, youthclubs

Assist in the preparation, planning and delivery of the schoolbased childhood immunisation programme in accordance with local policies andprocedures following appropriate immunisation training

Design deliver and evaluate planned programmes of health promotionto CYP either through one to one contact, group work or through delivery ofschool based PSHE lessons

Undertake young peoples Drop In clinic in named secondary school

Assist in the planning and may participate in the delivery ofenuresis clinics and continence assessments

Identify and support CYP who have unmet health needs, providesupport and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialistservices

Undertake health needs assessments for children who are lookedafter or from hard to reach groups.

Following specific training be part of the CHAT HEALTH schoolnurse text advice service

Following specific training provide Clinic in a box sexual healthcontact with young people

Take appropriate action in cases of suspected or actual childabuse, working within Surrey safeguarding childrens code of practice andprocedures.

Attend child protection conferences / core groups as required andparticipate in safeguarding supervision

Facilitate group clinical supervision as per organisation policy

Ensure that clear concise reports are written and that recordkeeping guidelines are adhered to. Participates in the monitoring of records ofothers within the 0-19 team.

Assist in research and design / completion of service audits

Actively participate in steering groups to develop SN practiceguidelines

Supervise junior member of the skill mixed 0-19 team as directedby the clinical team lead and undertake junior staff PDR appraisals and directline management.

Assess practice competencies of junior staff members, contributeto their training and development needs

Participate in meetings as appropriate

Be prepared to be flexible within contracted hours

In accordance with the needs of the service, undertake otherduties as required.

Communication skills (factor 1)

Be skilled at adapting language and professional approach to avaried client group

Be proficient in designing, producing and presenting healthpromotion sessions to differing sizes of groups, eg PSHE lessons, schoolassemblies, parent evening, school teacher training sessions

Be competent in writing concise accurate contemporaneous clientrecords using approved CFHS templates

Be competent at making referrals to the wider multi-disciplinaryteam

Demonstrate ability to produce child centred reports for CYP whoare subject to safeguarding plans or CIN / LAC reviews

Contribute ideas to discussions at school nurse forums and teammeetings

Lead at or chair team meetings when necessary in the absence ofthe clinical team leader or practice teacher.

Analytical and judgemental skills (f3)

Able to understand complex family situations and respond and referappropriately

Be able to undertake health needs assessments, using child centredapproach to gather health information that identifies any unmet health needs

Collate population profiles within locality and school communities

Lead on team / service audits

Planning and organisational skills (f4)

Be responsible for planning own work diary

Organise and allocate work to the skill mixed team

Support SN team initiatives to deliver health promotion activitiesand school based immunisation sessions

Prioritise diary to meet needs of families on level 3-4 caseloadand assure attendance at safeguarding meetings and safeguarding supervision

Maintain compliance with statutory and mandatory training

Share best practice with colleagues from across CFHS, presentideas and initiatives at Surrey Wide School Nurse Forum

Regular requirement to drive own car for purposes of work

Patient / client care (f6)

Support and adhere to organisation infection control policy

Promote uptake of immunisations : make every contact count

Holistically assess children, young people and family

Work within clinical pathway framework and own level of competency

Promote an environment that is conducive to CYP engagement

Monitor quality of service provision in partnership with clinicalteam lead

Be aware of school nurse key performance indicators and ensureassociated client contacts are accurately recorded for reporting purposeswithin the team

Escalate school nurse practice concerns to clinical team lead orschool nurse professional lead

Identify own training and development needs of others andundertake appropriate training / education as required

Support I want great care initiatives to acquire feedback fromservice users

Policy and service development (f7)

Work within CFHS policies and guidance

Contribute to service and policy review and development of schoolnursing protocols and guidance

Provide statistical data to support commissioning requirements.

Lead on and participate in clinical audits

Financial and physical resources (f8)

Responsible for care and safe keeping of medical devices,organisational property and ethically manage organisations resources.

Identify when equipment or disposable resources need replacing andalert clinical team lead

Human resources (f9)

Attend / facilitate clinical supervision in line with organisationalpolicy

Participate in the appraisal process and agree personaldevelopment objectives

Participate in training of others and maintain an effectivelearning environment

Maintain NMC registration in line with revalidation requirementsand abide with NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Provide DBS documentation in line with organisational procedure

Information resources (f10)

Maintain record keeping in line with NMC and organisationalguidance

Ensure safe storage and access to IT systems to protect clientconfidentiality in line with organisational Information Governance policy

Research and development (f11)

Contribute / lead on organisational audits

Support evidence based practice and disseminate learning to widerschool nurse team members

Freedom to act (f12)

Work to organisational policy and procedures

Work under direct and indirect supervision of Clinical Team Lead.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse (RN1)
• School Nurse SCPHN qualification
• Current NMC registration part 3 register

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable