Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1,000 reviews has an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Band 6 School Nurse to join a well-established team based in Croydon.
Banding/Grade: Band 6
Pay Rate: £30 per hour (assignment rate)
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Summary:
- Work as part of a team delivering the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to the school aged population in Croydon. The practitioner will work in partnership with all Children’s Universal Services team members, service users, professional networks and stake holders to provide Commissioned Services to meet Key Performance Indicators. This is achieved through effective assessment, delegation, case/ work load management, monitoring of care standards, leadership and the performance management of team members. The practitioner will also be expected to take a lead in one of the high impact areas.
Main duties:
- Work in partnership with team members, service users, Croydon Health Service (CHS) staff and all stake holders in promoting the health and well-being of Children, Young People aged 5-19 years, and their families. This will be achieved through effective delegation, workload management, monitoring of care standards, leadership, and the performance management of team members.
- Identify and monitor health needs of a given population using profiling tools and facilitate the implementation of evidence-based health care. The practitioner will work in line with Working Together, 4, 5, 6 School Nursing Model and the Healthy Child Programme and all policies that promote and safeguard children 5-19 years and their families.
- Assess client needs, using the Assessment Framework and Risk Assessment tools as appropriate and plan, implement and evaluate evidenced based care given.
- Work in partnership with the Clinical Service Lead (CSL), Practice Educator and multidisciplinary teams in the development of innovative clinical practice in line with the Healthy Child Programme and the 4, 5, 6 School Nursing Model and specifically within your high impact area.
- Manage a designated workload and skill mix team, in line with CHS policies, guidelines and standards, including the development and performance management of team members.
- Maintain a high professional profile and role model for nursing and health care services within CHS.
Requirements of the School Nurse:
- RGN qualified/NMC registered with valid live pin
- Recent UK nursing experience
- Must have Paediatric/Children/School Nursing experience
Contact:
This School Nurse job is advertised by Ed Stevens; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Registered General Nurses who meet the above requirements.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to Nurses who meet these requirements for this RGN role as we need to meet our clients requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
