Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled and motivated individual to work in the Specialist School Nursing Team.
This is a term time role and the successful candidate will be required to work across all 5 sites if needed, on a 4 day/week roster. Hours of work are 0830-1600.
Responsibilities
* The SSNT work in 5 specialist provision schools across Calderdale and Kirklees, managing and supporting a caseload of children with medical and nursing needs.
* Work as part of the Specialist School Nursing Team as a clinical support worker, providing compassionate care to pupils, service users, carers and families.
* Provide care and support to pupils during the school day to support their medical and nursing needs in school, through direct and indirect care within clearly defined limits and attainment of agreed competence.
* Be able to work without constant direct supervision using initiative within the level of competence for the post.
Qualifications & Experience
* We are looking for candidates who have previous experience working with children and families with complex medical and nursing conditions.
* The children we care for can have long term medical conditions and will require nursing support during the school day to maintain their health and wellbeing.
* Experience working with children and young people with learning disability is required.
About CHFT
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Culture & Team
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. We are looking for an inclusive, collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
#J-18808-Ljbffr