Job summary
- Main area
- Children & Young People
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: 30 hours a week TTO
- Hours
- Term time hours - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 277-6816087-CYP
- Employer
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Goldie Leigh Bostall House
- Town
- Welling
- Salary
- £31,081 - £33,665 pro rata pa inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Nursery Nurse for Greenwich & Bexley Special Schools
Band 4
Job overview
The Community Children’s Nursing Service is part of a network of services for children in Greenwich and Bexley providing high quality specialist child centred care. The Nursery Nurse will work as part of this team but will be based within the special schools setting. This role will have a main focus of managing the continence needs of the children within the special schools of Greenwich and Bexley. The post holder must possess good communication skills and be able to work as part of the wider Community Children’s Nursing Service.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 4 Nursery nurse to work within the Greenwich and Bexley Special schools nursing team.
The post holder will be an individual that has experience working with children with complex healthcare and additional needs. You will also demonstrate commitment to continued development and innovation within the team.
We work as an integrated child & young people’s nursing service and you will be required to work closely with our local and tertiary hospitals, our children’s community nursing team and continuing care team.
The post holder will be actively involved in participating with the development and implementation of practice within the special schools nursing team ensuring that evidenced based practice is being delivered. You will work closely with the special school nurses and the children’s community nurses to carry out the care plans for the children that are within the special schools.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide & promote health care for students with Special Needs and Complex Healthcare Needs.
Work as part of Special School Nurse Team
- Support the children and young people with their continence needs.
- Involved in delivery of clinical care in accordance with healthcare plans.
- Supporting the school nurse with medicines management within the Special schools.
- Assisting with health assessments.
- Supporting the school nurse to manage clinical emergencies.
- To support the special school nurse with the training and competence of education staff.
- To be familiar with IT systems such as Microsoft word and to be able to use the RIO database.
- To have experience supporting children with special educational needs.
- To maintain accurate clinical records and to update RIO records in a timely manner.
- To recognise the child at risk discussing in the first instance with the line manager and complying with the Trust and London Child Protection procedures.
- To carry out checks in line with team standard operating practice to ensure safe ways of working.
- To maintain continence care plans.
- To put toilet training programs in place and to work with the education staff and families to ensure they are followed.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Level 3 NVQ or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- 2 years experience working with children and young people
Experience
Essential criteria
- Worked with children with disabilities in the community
Desirable criteria
- Worked as part of a team
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience working with complex health needs
- Knowledge of toilet training and supporting children with continence issues
Desirable criteria
- Good IT and organisational skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Heather Gray
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082943122
- Additional information
Heather Gray, Team Lead, 02082943122, [email protected]
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