Job summary
Would you like to join a passionate and forward thinking School Nursing Service to deliver high quality public health nursing that promotes and improves health inequalities to school aged children in Southend?

The Southend School Nursing team is expanding! We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic school nurse who is SCPHN qualified or who is due to qualify soon. We want you to become part of our innovative, developing and dynamic team within the Children, Young People & Families Public Health (CYP&FPH) Service.

As a SCPHN School Nurse working for Southend City Council you will have access to SAPHNA corporate membership, you will be able to continue paying into your NHS pension, claim professional fees back and benefit from the local authority pay award each year.

Main duties of the job
You will work within a skill mix team, working closely with partners, such as our Health Visitors, Schools, GPs and Social Care, providing seamless care to the children, young people and families of Southend. You'll also have an important role in recognising and protecting vulnerable children as well as using innovative ways to communicate with the Southend population such as ChatHealth and the use of social media.

The successful candidate will work within an allocated caseload of schools ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high quality services to school aged children and families, using research based evidence to inform practice with agreed professional standards. The post will require the school nurse to travel between schools within Southend.

About us
Southend-on-Sea City Council is a unitary authority based in the heart of the city centre. This diverse and busy city has a great seafront, public parks and leisure activities, competitive house pricing and excellent travel links, accessible via two train lines from Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street. It offers traditional seaside living that makes it a fantastic place to live and work.

Job responsibilities
To work as part of a team leading the Healthy Child Programme. The role of the SCPHN School Nurse is to raise awareness of and identify unmet health needs, to initiate, develop, implement and evaluate plans of care. The SCPHN School Nurse will work within a defined area, assessing need, delegating and supervising work within the team. SCPHN School Nurses promote community engagement, early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment, social inclusion and reduction of health inequalities.

The SCPHN School Nurse works in partnership with children, young people, families, schools, communities, primary care, statutory and voluntary services and other partner agencies.

SCPHN School Nurses use and establish networks within the community to inform, influence and implement policies which affect health outcomes.

Person Specification
Additional information and behaviours
Essential

• Current Full UK Driving Licence and car
• Ability to travel across the city to various locations such as schools, homes, family centres and community venues
• Ability to carry equipment e.g. scales
• Manual dexterity required e.g. to be able to manoeuvre from floor to standing / climbing stairs etc
• Driving positive change - has a future focused approach that can easily respond to different and changing demands. Possesses a positive attitude so that they may adapt to the pace of change. Embraces new technologies and new ideas.
• Trust and respect create mutual trust and remove barriers to help develop a highly collaborative and respectful team. Values feedback and respectfully listens to other peoples opinions.
• Strong leadership leads by example, and through their behaviours and positive professional approach to work. Encourages team motivation and achievements. they actively challenge bad behaviour, respect other peoples views, and are open, transparent and supportive.
• Acting with integrity and behaving responsibly takes ownership of their work, responsibility for their actions and decisions and accountable for their performance and development.
• Acting with integrity and behaving responsibly is key to ensure the Council and its employees achieving an excellent reputation with residents, partners and businesses.
• Building relationships to work well together works to reach common goals: sharing information, supporting colleagues, welcoming feedback, building good relationships and partnerships to improve productivity and effectiveness. Applies an inclusive approach to staff, customers, residents, and the community as a whole to deliver efficient and effective services.
• Flexibility in working hours and environment.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of maintaining accurate, contemporaneous records.
• Experience of producing written reports/statements when required.
• Experience of Multi-Agency working & inter-agency working,
• Evidence of innovative Practice
• Recent School Nursing/Community Experience
• Experience of working with Children and Young People
• Experience of working within a community setting.
• Experience of working with child protection procedures.
• Experience of delivering health promotion/education on a one-to-one basis and within groups

Qualifications
Essential

• Nursing Midwifery Council Registered Nurse (Any branch)
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse- School Nurse
• Evidence of continuous post registration education and training

Desirable

• Practice assessor course
• PSHE course

Knowledge
Essential

• Level 3 safeguarding
• Evidence of research-based practice.
• Demonstrate a professional approach to updating clinical knowledge and practice.
• Awareness of national and local priorities within childrens services
• A sound working knowledge of child development and parenting issues.
• Knowledge of health promotion relating to children and families.
• Understanding of key priorities for childrens services.
• Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme

Desirable

• Experience of supervising students / junior staff members
• Counselling Training
• Family Planning Training

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.

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

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.