Specialist School Staff Nurse - Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom - Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Description

You will be a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse (SN) within the integrated 0 to 19 Torbay Partnership.

They will provide the expertise, knowledge and resources to deliver the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to families living within Torbay.

Working with the 0 to 19 Torbay workforce to ensure pathways are followed in supporting children, young people, families and carers, workingautonomously and collaboratively to deliver a family centred public health service, taking responsibility for a defined population in partnership with the wider multi-disciplinary and inter-agency teams.

The role includes the identification, monitoring and support to vulnerable children, including those whose welfare and safety may be at risk working within child protection procedures and in collaboration with other agencies.

The post holder will be flexible when providing care to meet the needs of clients
Promote and lead on providing a strength asset-based approach to services delivered
To value differences and individuality, showing respect to all when working with children, young people and their families and carers
Diversity aware where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties of comprehension, and use adjustments and adaptations to communicate
Use knowledge of local area and services to benefit the client and their family
To take a proactive role in quality and service improvement
Follow trust policies and pathways and use discretion in interpreting them according to the setting and circumstances.
The post holder will work closely with the 0 to 19 Torbay teams in providing joined up care to clients
The post holder will work closely with TSDFT Children's Safeguarding team

We are providing care to children, young people, and their families differently in Torbay.

Our 0 to 19 Torbay service includes colleagues from Action For Children and The Children's Society and we provide a trauma informed, restorative approach to all of our families, with early help and intervention being central to all that we do.

We are an innovative service, and encourage staff to actively participate in the development of our team. We are involved with national research projects and strive to make an impact on the public health agenda.

In return you will be offered a welcoming team, supported with compassionate leadership, have regular supervision, including coaching and PNA sessions, and opportunities for self and career development.

To work towards and aspire to meet the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) agreed annually with the commissioners of the SCPHN school nursing service in Torbay

To be able to communicate with and relate well to a wide variety of individuals and groups, including children, young people and their families, using high level interpersonal and communication skills to provide and receive complex and often highly sensitive information, e.g.

domestic abuse, child protection, children with additional needs

~ The Post holder will use advanced listening, probing and facilitative skills to assess health needs

To initiate, plan and co-ordinate clients care in consultation and collaboration with other professionals and agencies involved in providing services to children and their families
To coordinate child health promotion surveillance programmes, recognising deviations from normal and refer appropriately
To participate in health plans for children under the SEND agenda and complete Health Plans for children with significant health issues in school

In collaboration with the members of the multi-agency team, to work with families where children are at risk of significant harm or are in need, assessing, planning and delivering care.

This includes participation in Child Protection Plans agreed at multi-disciplinary case conferences. To offer evidence-based advice and refer to the Named Nurse, Safeguarding Children, and other agencies where appropriate, in line with Safeguarding Children Policies and Procedures, including court reports
To profile the health needs of an identified population, allocating resources effectively and evaluating the outcomes of interventions implemented
To be visible in the school so children and young people know how to contact the school nursing service and have an understanding of the service offer

To work collaboratively with partner agencies and other services to re-assure, support and influence young people with sensitive and controversial issues that require excellent interpersonal skills, concise decision making and clinical judgment i.e.

unplanned pregnancies, emergency contraception and complex sexual health needs
To provide leadership by facilitating the professional development of staff and students through mentoring, preceptorship, supervision and teaching
To maintain and develop own professional expertise by arranging and attending meetings, study days and in-service training, including mandatory training as agreed with the manager and professional lead

Planning and organisation

Support the collection and collation of data for the quarterly report on Key Performance Indicators to commissioners
Complete and update risk assessments when required
The post holder will work according to standards, policies and procedures set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Health Trust (TSDFT) and the local Safeguarding Children Board
The post holder will be an active participant within the community in delivering the national and local public health agenda

Use impactful analysis, applying experience and modifying to suit the situation

Apply critical analysis to synthesis of complex information during the consultation to provide accurate advice and health information to clients in order to empower and enable them to act upon advice given
Maintain an up to date awareness of current policies and use acquired skills in Public Health Nursing, safeguarding children, social care and other aspects of general health
Accurately document consultation notes within the electronic Health record, following NMC guidelines and 0 to 19 Torbay standards, in a timely fashion

Responsibility for patients and client care

Participate in reviewing incidence and complaints

Policy and service responsibility

Contribute to the development of pathways in delivering care
Participate in reviewing incidence and complaints
To complete comprehensive Family Health Needs Assessments (FHNA) in order to plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, including analysis, interpretation and comparison of options available to meet identified need
To offer advice and support to parents in respect of the immunisation programme
In partnership with the UK Health Protection Team and Public Health Team, to respond to local outbreaks of communicable diseases
To adhere to standard operational policies and pathways for the 0 to 19 Torbay service and to monitor standards as required ensuring the highest quality of care
To participate in working groups leading areas of service development, protocol and clinical policy development
To contribute to quality assurance by complying with NICE guidelines
Where appropriate, to engage in research and development in relation to public health nursing and the improvement of health and wellbeing, guided and assisted by the Trust Research and Development team
To assess, plan, implement and audit provision of local and national health promotion campaigns

Work with the management team within the Partnership to deliver training to staff ensuring agreed standards of work are adhered to
Support teams in providing 48 hour safeguarding requests/welfare summary when requested by management
Provide training opportunities for staff
Participate as required in the investigation of incidents and complaints

Ability to use and maintain IT data bases and have a basic understanding of spreadsheets being able to save data safely
Mobile working when required to do so
Contribute towards the quarterly collection of data for the 0 to 19 Torbay Key Performance Indicators
To prepare and write referral letters and reports for a wide range of professions and agencies, in accordance with TSDFT information governance policy
Promote mobile working and use of other IT to improve efficiency in the team

Child Protection experience

Full driving licence
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
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