Job summary
- Main area
- School Health Service
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 349-LCO-6253735*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wythenshawe offices
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
School Nurse Specialist Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
This School Nurse post is a great opportunity for personal & professional development. You will develop excellent leadership skills in the role as you will be providing clinical leadership support and professional direction to Band 5 Community Staff Nurses and Band 4 Associate Nurses as they work to achieve competency in a range of skills. As a service we are offering a range of development opportunities at Band 7 as we explore different ways of working, as part of a review of the service, so there are great opportunities for career development.
Main duties of the job
- To provide clinical leadership support and professional direction.
- Be proactive in the identification of service development in consultation with Team Leads and Heads of Service and participate in developing, monitoring, and evaluating quality standards within the service.
- To support the teams in the assessment, allocation, and response to requests for advice and support.
- Maintain professional standards of record keeping and storage in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) guidelines, Data Protection Act and MFT policies and procedures.
- Recognises the importance of accurate and timely record keeping and can maintain confidential records and information.
- Keeps an accurate and up to date diary on EMIS and follows Trust policy regarding confidential information.
- To liaise with teaching staff as appropriate to ensure an effective communication system.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Education and Professioanl Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level Registered Nurse (degree level) (NMC register)
- Evidence of post registration education and training HE level 6
- Practice Assessor/Supervisor competent
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification (SN)
Desirable criteria
- Contraception and Reproduction Health qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of professional development
- Demonstrable and considerable experience working within the safeguarding children arena
- Demonstrable or relevant experience in delivering health promotion and health education programmes
- School nursing experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of utilising evidenced based practice and appraising standards, providing clinical direction and support for staff
- Demonstrates leadership skills and understanding of professional responsibilities within the team
- Able to establish and maintain key relationships with colleagues and other disciplines both internally and externally
- Effective communication skills both written and verbal
- Demonstrate the ability to facilitate and support implementation of service development within a team
- Demonstrate the ability to facilitate and support implementation of service development within a team
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of health and social care policy relating to children’s services to include safeguarding
- Detailed knowledge of national and local strategies relating to the school nursing service
- Detailed knowledge of Public Health initiative for children and young people.
other requirements
Essential criteria
- IT skills- the ability to use Microsoft packages
- Ability to access information using internet and IT skills knowledge
- Willing to travel city wide for work purposes
- Flexible and adaptable to changing needs in the service.
- Respects the values, culture and beliefs held by others
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Phoenix
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07483963969
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