Are you looking for a Specialist School Nursing role that offers variety, where you are supported by a team of practitioners, along with a clear development path?

To provide a safe & effective service that meets the  nursing, health and welfare needs of the students within the specialist school settings extending to the family as a secondary role.

Working within Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Services offers a unique environment, with clear visibility of senior management who are easily approachable due to their hands-on approach, which includes our Managing Director.

You will feel listened to and be given the platforms to have your voice and ideas

This role is Term-Time only, working Monday - Friday 9am - 3pm

As a Specialist School Nurse - SEND, you will be part of our multi-disciplinary team in Harlow and will feel valued as a Specialist School Nurse, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

• Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year 
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

This list is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and is not intended to cover every task that may be required of the role: -

• To promote the health & wellbeing of the school child so that they may be enabled to reach their full potential and not be disadvantaged through ill health.
• To ensure that the special needs of the child are recognised and that referral to the appropriate person or service is initiated, action taken and appropriate support is given. 
• Provide a high standard of clinical nursing care for the child in the specialist school.
• Provide training to school staff on specific procedures to meet the medical needs of the child.
• Develop protocols & competency packages for school team.
• Liaise with colleagues in primary care, the Child Development Centre team, Community Children’s Nursing team & children’s specialist teams to ensure a co-ordinated approach to meet the child’s health needs.
• Work in collaboration with statutory & voluntary agencies regarding children in need/vulnerable children, attending meetings/providing reports as needed.
• Regularly review the child’s progress with the Head or class teacher. Advise school staff of the health needs of the students and amend care plans accordingly.
• Ability to assess the complex health & wellbeing needs of the children and write care plans that meet their changing needs.
• Work in partnership with parents & carers in school and other community settings as needed.

You will hold a RSCN/RN (Child) qualification and have significant experience working with children and young people with acute, chronic & complex health needs either in a hospital or community environment.

• You will have with strong communication skills with the ability to display compassion and empathy to the children and their families, whilst being able to build effective relationships in order to deliver the highest level of care.  
• Minimum of two years post registration experience as a nurse at band 5
•  Experience of working with children with additional needs
• Good working knowledge of Child Protection policy & procedures
• Able to communicate effectively
• Clear, concise written & oral communication
• Able to work autonomously & prioritise own work effectively

As this is a community role, a valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes is essential. 

For more information or an informal conversation please contact jennifer.priest@hcrgcaregroup.com

We change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. 

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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