Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication and relationship skills  
  
•    Demonstrate highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with clients, colleagues and teams. 
•    Have the ability to encourage children/young people and their families to implement strategies to improve their health.  
•    Ability to relate to, communicate with and engage with children and young people, families, internal staff and external partner agencies.
•    Ensure effective communication with clients where there may be barriers to acceptance/ understanding e.g. child protection, domestic violence bereavement and where English is not the first language.  
•    To empower children and young people to actively participate in all areas of service delivery and ensure they are listened to.  
•    Ensure effective communication with all members of multi-disciplinary team and multi- agency partners, in particular children’s centres, early years’ providers, social services and GP practices.  
•    Ensure all information about patients is treated confidentially and comply with policies on data protection, information sharing and governance. 
•    Participate in team and other meetings as required. 
 

Knowledge, training and experience  
  
•    First level registered nurse – RN, RGN, RMN, RCN 
•    Experience of working with children and young people with continence needs
•    Ability to relate to, communicate with and engage with children and young people. 
•    Knowledge of child development 
•    Knowledge of the relevant NICE guidance, local and national guidance
•    Ability to be flexible and adaptive to the changing needs of the service and clients.  
•    Evidence of continuing professional development.  
•    Mentorship qualification  
•    To ensure statutory and mandatory training is kept up to date.  

Analytical and judgement skills  
  
•    Ability to complete appropriate initial assessments, analyse information gathered including analysis of toileting charts, fluid charts, poo diaries etc
•    Collect and analyse client and service feedback
•    Work with the team to assess, implement and plan services 
•    Evaluate individual and community health care programmes in collaboration with the School nurses

Planning and organisational skills  
  
•    Plan and lead the delivery of designated public health and health promotion activities. 
•    Plan individual and community health care programmes. 
•    Manage own allocated caseload. 
•    Manage diary to include delivery of healthy bladder and bowel sessions and follow ups
•    Ensure statutory and mandatory training is up to date in line with organisational policy.  
 

Physical skills  
  
•    IT skills – Ability to use Microsoft Office apps and electronic patient records. 
•    Ability to travel to diverse sites in a timely manner.  
  
 6.      Responsibility for client care  
  
•    To work in collaboration with the School Nurse in planning, implementing and evaluating individual and Community Health Care Programmes.  
•    To lead the delivery of designated public health and health promotion activities.  
•    To assess, implement and plan services with individual families, as appropriate to skills and experience.  
•    To act as an infection control link/ resource to the team   
•    Safeguard the client group by adhering to child and adult protection guidelines and procedures.  
•    Ensure effective communication with clients and colleagues  
•    To ensure the provision of a high-quality service that is led by client need and is evidence based.  
•    Access supervision as per organisational policy.  
 

Responsibility for policy and service development implementation  
  
 To support the School Health team in service and practice development initiatives to improve standards and outcomes.           
    
 Responsibilities for financial and physical resources  
  
•    Comply with the organisations Standing Orders and Standing Financial instructions  
•    Responsible for the safe and careful use of equipment in Schools,  clinics and during home visits

    
 Responsibilities for human resources (HR)  
  
•    Participate in mentorship and education of qualified and unqualified staff gaining community experience. 
•    To provide support and advice to other colleagues within the team.  
  
Responsibilities for information resources  
  
•    Responsibility for timely accurate record keeping and safeguarding client confidentiality by adhering to Caldicott Principles.  
•    Record and submit accurate and timely data as required to inform service planning, management and evaluation.