Overview
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined‑up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people's own homes and in a range of other locations across the county. We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking 'what matters to you'.
We are passionate about ensuring everyone can contribute to our mission and are continually working to support healthy and happy high‑quality teams in all areas of the Trust. Our application process aims to understand each candidate's knowledge, skills and experience. We discourage over‑reliance on AI‑generated applications as they may lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
Role Details
Hours: part‑time, 22.5 hours per week Term Time Only.
Location: Cheltenham, with work across Gloucestershire to deliver training on a range of clinical interventions across a range of settings, e.g. Gastrostomies and Emergency Epilepsy medication.
Responsibilities
* Ensure safe practice and quality standards of care for children in home, school, and other community settings, including the training and support of health support workers, family link/foster carers, and personal assistants (PAs) providing care to children with a recognised health need.
* Support safe, equitable, and high‑quality healthcare within special schools by providing nursing assessments and supporting clinical decision‑making, which may involve a physical presence within special schools or travel from a GHC base.
* Provide training to the Children's Complex Care Team, Children's Community Nurses, education and nursery staff and family link/foster carers to enable them to meet individual children’s needs.
* Identify initial and ongoing training needs for carers in respect of children’s health care needs, ensuring training is planned, delivered and evaluated.
* Undertake and review annually risk assessments for children.
* Carry out nursing assessments for pupils to determine care requirements suitable for delegation.
* Translate medical advice from specialist health services into practical guidance for school settings.
* Coordinate and liaise effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
* Provide advice and support to education staff during medical emergencies when appropriate and feasible.
* Act as a key point of contact between schools, families, and specialist health services, attending key multi‑agency meetings to represent health needs and ensure joined‑up planning.
* Identify actual or potential clinical risks and take appropriate action.
* Maintain accurate records of delegated tasks by school.
* Identify and escalate safeguarding concerns in line with local and national safeguarding policies, working in partnership with school safeguarding leads.
Qualifications, Training & Experience
The qualification, training and experience requirements for the role are detailed in the Person Specification attached to this posting.
Benefits
* Free car parking at many of our sites.
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi‑professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
* Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities.
* Recognition and long service awards.
* Fast Track physiotherapy.
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the UK VISA and Immigration Rules. Applications are invited early, as the vacancy may be closed prior to the advertised date.
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