Band 5 Special School Nurse

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties

• Designated by the band 6 Special School Nurse to act as the named nurse for one or more Schools within a quadrant grouping providing health surveillance specialist advice and clinical programmes of care.
• To assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
• To carry out prescribed nursing interventions as per the care plan under the direction of the Special School Nurse. Each care plan will identify:-
• Existing clinical needs and how and by whom these will be met.
• Monitoring the child's growth and development in line with the Healthy Child Programme.
• Progress against the plan, expected outcomes and timescales.
• Safeguarding needs.
• The care plan will be made available to sit alongside and complement the child's individual Education Plan (IEP).

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Educated to the following level: • Relevant professional qualification - RSCN or RN Child Branch or RNLD
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of recent community/acute healthcare gained through education or work experience placement or previous employment.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS
• Knowledge of up to date clinical practice
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to cope with change
• Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures

Desirable criteria

• Ability to organise own work
• Ability to use own initiative
• Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda's for health under the guidance of the team lead / ward manager.

Other Job Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice.
• Ability to travel to work and other locations as required.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible and adaptable

UK Home Office Visa Sponsorship requirements

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 6) with the exception of those which appear on this list -