SCPHN School Nurse

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Harrow School Nursing service to recruit highly motivated and innovative practitioners to join the School Nursing Service to deliver the Healthy Child Programme.

If you are interested in the role and are keen to show you are the right person for the job we want to hear from you, so please apply online now!

Please only apply if you are a Registered Nurse with a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) registration.

We are advertising for a post in our Harrow School Nursing Service. Full Time and Part time hours considered.

As an integral member of the Harrow School Nursing service, you will be responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme in collaboration with the wider school health team. We offer excellent professional development opportunities along with formal one-to-one supervision and annual appraisal.

• To work in partnership with educational staff, health care professionals and other agencies to provide advice and support to children & young people, their parents and carers as required.
• To carry out training sessions to other professionals on relevant health or medical issues and where appropriate, assist children and young people to manage their own health conditions independently.
• To undertake agreed health assessments on children & young people and ensure referrals, treatments and reviews are carried out as recommended and in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
• To support in the development of individualised health care plans in partnership with other health professionals, education, parents & carers & other agencies as necessary.
• To be responsible for identifying children & young people requiring medical follow-up planning.

• RGN [NMC Registered] / RSCN Child Branch
• Specialist Practitioner Community Public Health Nurse (School Nursing or Children’s Community Nursing)

• Evidence of Continual Professional development
• Mentorship Preparation or equivalent
• Public Health Nursing (Children & Families)
• Sexual health (or equivalent)
• School Nurse Certificate

• Experience of working with children in a professional capacity
• Working with families who have experienced trauma
• Proven post nursing registration experience
• Working with diverse communities
• Evidence to support experience of audit activity

• Understanding of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance.
• Knowledge of children with long term medical needs
• Understanding of the public health role of the school nurse
• Understanding of Equality & Valuing Diversity
• Knowledge of key documents and drivers informing school nursing practice

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Good computer literacy skills
• Ability to communicate in an effective way with people from a variety of backgrounds and different ages. Ability to demonstrate an understanding of team working

• Ability to demonstrate essential leadership skills
• Ability to reflect on clinical practice and to understand own limitations when dealing with emotive issues
• Ability to act as a mentor / preceptor to students and newly recruited colleagues

• Aware of own limitations and seek support from wider Team when dealing with highly emotive circumstances.
• Ability to manage difficult situations and conflict resolution