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    School Nurse - Gloucester, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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    1 x Fixed Term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 10 months

    Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment

    Are you looking for a secondment into School Nursing? - WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

    Want to try the role of a school nurse for a fixed term? THIS POSITION IS IDEAL FOR YOU

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    We are looking for a registered nurse or midwife to work with children and families in the School Nursing team based in Gloucester. The post is part time, 30hrs per week and fixed term until 31st March 2025.

    We offer:

  • An Induction Programme, training and competency framework to underpin transition into role
  • Clinical Supervision, Restorative Supervision and Safeguarding Children Supervision to support professional practice
  • Digital appointments to young people and parents offering quick and easy access to health advice and support
  • Social media platforms and a texting service in response to requests of young people and families.
  • Diverse work in a skill-mixed team developed through robust competency and operating frameworks
  • This role offers diverse and rewarding opportunities for nurses to make a difference to children and young people's lives through advice, support and signposting using public health skills of enabling and empowering families and communities to help themselves.

    We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.

    Main duties of the job

    HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED A CAREER IN SCHOOL NURSING??

    An ideal opportunity is heading your way. We are looking to fill a fixed term vacancy in Gloucester city. You may like to consider a secondment from your existing role - talk to your line manager and give us a call to find out more.

    A School Nurse is someone who is;

  • dynamic and innovative, who embraces challenge
  • wanting to help children, families and young people to make the best choices for their health and wellbeing
  • able to support and respond to children young people and families most in need
  • wanting to help safeguard children and young people of Gloucestershire at risk of harm
  • interested in working in partnership with public sector and voluntary and community sector colleagues to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and their families
  • enthusiastic and motivated to develop and deliver plans to improve health outcomes for individuals, families and communities
  • We strongly encourage all applicants to spend some time either speaking with a school nurse or shadowing to gain a practical insight of the role. Please contact who can arrange this for you.

    About us

    We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

    The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

  • believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
  • would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
  • agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
  • would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
  • Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

  • Responsible and accountable for assessing and implementing programmes of care from the Healthy Child Programme, as directed by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. This may also involve other evidenced based programmes of care in partnership with clients or other agencies to identify and address health needs.
  • Progress the level of intervention as may be required according to identified risk factors which potentially could impact on a childs health outcomes.
  • Provide leadership and act as a role model to junior members of the team by representing the values and beliefs of the nursing profession in addition to aligning to the GHC Values Framework.
  • Assess global health needs of communities, schools, and their children to ensure children are not disadvantaged through ill health or social circumstances.
  • Promote and monitor health in school aged children, including identifying physical and mental health needs, disability and problems with development or behaviour.
  • Work with schools to provide a healthy environment using data from the Online Pupil Survey, in partnership with the Healthy Schools Programme.
  • Facilitate the planning and implementation of drop-in sessions, according to the needs of the young people and the whole school community.

    We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

    Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

    Person Specification

    From Job Description

    Essential

  • Demonstrates an understanding of public health nursing in application
  • Has some knowledge/experience of safeguarding children
  • Desirable

  • Has previous experience of working with children and families
  • Attributes

    Essential

  • Strong time management and organisation skills
  • Shows emotional strength and resilience

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