We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the role of Staff Nurse - Specialist School Nursing within a full time role, located at Cedar House, within our St. Michael's Community Hospital site within the Specialist School Nursing team. The weekly hours for this role will be agreed at interview.

The postholder will undertake clinical duties as required and be able to facilitate training and education for parents and school staff. They will be based in either 1 or 2 special schools and will provide support to CYP with medical or health needs. They will manage the health care support worker (HCSW) and support them with developing skills and assisitning the B5 in caseload management.

Please note:
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual, with an interest in special school nursing. The post holder will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team. He/she will provide child/family centered care with minimum supervision to facilitate the prevention of admission or reduction in hospitalisation or loss of education days. The post holder will work as part of the SSN Nursing Team with support from the SSN manager and band 6 Nursing Team. Will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation of evidence-based care to children and work in a collaborative manner with other agencies to ensure a seamless service for the children.

The post holder will work in line with Trust policies, protocols, objectives, and local guidelines, whilst also being aware of the importance of their role in supporting members of the team, always adhering to the Trust values, and practicing in line with NMC regulations. He/ she will act as an effective clinical support for students.

They will be responsible for the assessment of everyday healthcare needs, the development and implementation of health care plans or intervention programmes, ensuring that health care oplans are updated as necessary and suitable for use by education staff.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.