Job summary
We are looking for compassionate and dedicated nurse's to join our school health team.

The role will require you to have excellent communication skills, IT skills, organisational and clinical skills when supporting and working with children, young people, parents, professionals and multi-agencies.

The aim of this role is to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to the school age population within Sefton, ensuring we share the best public health information and Interventions.

You will also have responsibility for a safeguarding caseload, which exposes staff to complex public health issues.

A thorough preceptorship/induction programme will be offered to successful applicants, which will include regular supervision and safeguarding support.

Main duties of the job
The Children's service provides support to children, young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependent on assessed need.

The service offers every child/family a programme of screening, developmental reviews and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices as defined by The Healthy Child Programme 0 - 19 years (DH, 2023).

The Community Staff Nurse will work predominantly as part of the School Nursing team to promote and improve health and well-being of school aged children and young people to reduce health inequalities.

The post holder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Program 5-19 - up to age 25 for SEN children/young people within the team using evidence based practice and the Framework for Assessment (DH 2002).

The post holder will work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families.

The post holder may have responsibility for allocated schools as the named health professional, and will work as part of the SCPHN team with delegated responsibility for the assessment of care needs, implementation and evaluation of program of care for children, young people and families.

About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job responsibilities

• Be the lead person for communication for several schools /education establishments under the guidance of the Named SCPHN and be responsible for the development of cooperative working arrangements within the school and the extended services that support healthy outcomes for children
• Contribute to the provision of a high-quality school health service.
• Work collaboratively within the team and with primary and community care colleagues to deliver local and national health objectives
• Work with the SCPHN to undertake workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, considering competence levels
• Identify needs and prioritize own work appropriately to manage the delivery of the service.
• Support the SCPHN and team leaders to develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to children and young people
• Support the SCPHN to develop multi-agency partnerships and joint working to facilitate public health objectives in line with the MERSEY CARE objectives
• Work within a public health competency framework to address public health priorities and health inequalities
• Participate in the mentorship and assessment of a range of students and in the preceptorship and support of new colleagues
• In conjunction with the SCPHN provide day- to- day supervision and support for the support staff and students within the team
• Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, School Health Service and MERSEY CARE policies for new team members and students
• Establish and maintain a good working relationship with primary and community care colleagues and other service providers, e.g., education, working collaboratively provide a comprehensive service to children and young people.
• Agree and contribute to setting team objectives and delivering agreed outcomes
• Complete statistical returns as required by MERSEY CARE including entering data onto computerised systems within the required timeframes
• Provide workload and caseload information as requested by the team leader/Caseload Holder.
• Attend and actively participate in team, locality and other relevant meetings
• Support the caseload holders in the implementation of practice development, improvement and service modernisation initiatives

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Current NMC Registration, first level nurse

Skills
Essential

• Actively involved in professional development
• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised programmes of care.
• Understanding of local and national influences on health care delivery
• Awareness of current trends in School Health practice
• Awareness of local and national Public Health agendas
• Awareness of Health Promotion and Education
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Childrens issues
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding of skills required for team working
• Ability to travel, for work purposes, within the Trust area

Desirable

• Knowledge of child immunisation programme
• Clinical Governance and Risk Management
• Experience of research/audit/evaluation
• Nurse immuniser ( or willing to undertake training and practice)

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of ability to prioritise and manage workload

Desirable

• Consolidated period of post registration experience

Knowledge
Essential

• Ability to motivate, negotiate with and influence others.

Values
Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).