Student School Nurse - Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Health Town Haringey or Islington Salary £28,407 - £34,581 High cost area depending on area Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/2024 23:59

Student School Nurse (SCPHN) NHS AfC: Band 5

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Job overview Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Student SN Student School Nurse

Are you a Nurse of Midwife who would like a career in public health ?

If so Whittington is the place to start.

We are recruiting for the Sept 24 or Jan 24 intake for School Nurse students.

The course is full time for one year and will commence in September 2024 and comprises of 50% academic and 50% clinical placement in accordance with the University and Trust regulations. It is fully funded and salaried. You will be sponsored by Whittington Health and secure a place at either King's College London University , City University for September 24 and HERTS or Greenwich for Jan 25 to complete PG level (7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a School Nurse. Course requirement for entry applicants will need to show evidence of study at level 7.

You will have a 12 month fixed term contract. On qualification as a Health Visitor (band 6) we request and encourage that you continue your employment with us for at least one year (subject to terms and conditions).

This post is subject to standard recruitment processes. Successful candidates must be available to commence the course in September 2024 or Jan 25 on the start date.

Main duties of the job

Whittington Health are offering an exciting opportunity to qualified nurses and midwives with NMC registration to become part of our progressive, innovative and integrated School Nurse Service in either Islington or Haringey.

The school Nurse plays a pivotal role in supporting young people within schools using key principles in public health nursing. We have had to innovate quickly to deliver our services and support to communities and this adaptation and innovation continues from a student to a practitioner.

We are part of a wider integrated multi disciplinary service for children in the Boroughs with a focus on public health delivering the healthy child programme to diverse communities. So, if you are interested in early intervention and prevention, tackling health inequalities, doing things differently to support families and children we would love to hear from you

Working for our organisation

Working for your organisation ('About Us')
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The course is full time for one year and will commence in September 2024 and comprises of 50% academic and 50% clinical placement in accordance with the University and Trust regulations. It is fully funded and salaried (Agenda for Change band 5). You will be sponsored by Whittington Health and secure a place at either King's College London University , HERTS university, Greenwich University or City University to complete their PG Dip (level 7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a School Nurse.

*Please indicate on your application form the University you wish to attend.

Interviews will take place April or early May 24

Person specification Education & Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration for nursing or midwifery
• Nursing / Midwifery Degree/ Post Grad Diploma/ DipHE qualification equivalent to 120 credits at level 6 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework for England) or evidence of previous education and learning to this level.
• Evidence of level 7 training/learning within last 5 years.
• Qualification 2:2 or above

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of the Public Health role of contemporary health visiting/school nursing & working in community settings
• • 1 year + post registration experience
• Knowledge of local and national policies which influence the provision of health visiting /school nursing
• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
• Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
• Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
• Experience of managing staff within a team

Skills and Abilities

• Evidence of academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level
• Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice
• Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
• Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment
• Have a flexible approach to team and autonomous working, acknowledging own limitations

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

• Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
• Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

• Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
• If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunatelythis means you have not been successfullyshortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
• Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
• Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you areeligible under theUKVI points based system .
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.