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Job summary

Main area
Paediatrics
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Term time hours
35 hours per week
Job ref
251-FCSS5853-A
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hollywater School
Town
Bordon
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Associate Practitioner/Nursing Associate

Band 4

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

Job overview

A new and exciting opportunity has become available for a Nursing Associate/Associate Practitioner to join our well-established Special School Nursing Service.

We are looking for an outstanding practitioner with experience of working in a school environment or healthcare role with children and young people. Your role will involve assisting and supporting the qualified nurse to provide health support in one of the six special schools that HHFT provides nursing support to. This is an opportunity to work closely with our truly integrated community service and you will work closely with our Community Children’s Nursing Team, colleagues at Firvale- our respite service, as well as our existing special schools and the wider child health multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will have responsibility for assisting the qualified school nurse in ensuring plans of care are reviewed and maintained, and work with children and families to help achieve maximum independence in health and wellbeing. You will work closely with teachers and classroom assistants in meeting care needs. This busy role requires you to be flexible in a constantly changing environment and to respond to emergency needs as they arise.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In order to be able to deliver the care required to children and young people with a range of health care needs, we will ensure you receive appropriate training with annual  skills updates, and have the opportunity to undertake formal training should you wish. The skills required will include nutritional management via gastrostomy, epilepsy care, medicines management, excellence in communication with children with learning disability and a sound understanding of the safeguarding agenda. You will be able to teach others in practice and be an advocate for the child.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

If you are innovative, creative and keen to develop your knowledge and new ways of working then consider this opportunity.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Foundation degree in Health and Social care including medicines management.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience of Health/Health and Social Care role with children and young people.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Clinical skills appropriate to the relevant speciality

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Justin Wright
Job title
Child Health Lead for Integrated Community Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01256 313693
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