The student school nurse will learn how to lead in the provision of a family centred, evidence based public health service that promotes and improves health and addresses inequalities to a defined caseload, population or community. This will be achieved through shadowing experienced staff and participating in the delivery of public health nursing model at a community and universal reach, progressing to learning about the targeted response and specialist response level. The student will work in line with the Local Authorities corporate objectives and will be expected to make a positive contribution to the provision of public health services. The student school nurse is expected to work in line with the Southend City Council values and behaviours delivering excellent care with compassion.
This is underpinned by policies, guidance and operating procedures developed from evidence-based research as well as opportunities to update knowledge through our education forums and skills & drills sessions. A full Job description and Person Specification is attached. The student school nurse will learn about becoming the key health professional within schools, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high quality services to school aged children and families, using research based evidence to inform practice within agreed professional standards. The student school nurse will have opportunities to work in partnership with Social Care and other statutory agencies in assessing and providing quality care to children within a selective caseload whilst supported by experienced colleagues within the school nursing team.
Your key responsibilities will be to undertake health needs assessment to identify individual needs, maintaining a selective caseload for individual targeted care plans. You will learn about the delivery of health led training programmes including school staff training of anaphylaxis etc. You will support health led drop-in clinics at senior schools. You will support the delivery of community based/ school based drop ins for parents of primary aged pupils.
You will support duty cover for the school nursing team including ChatHealth texting service for both children and young people and parents/carers. To be able to work in an innovative approach utilising ICT and technology to engage young people, for example supporting the delivery of ChatHealth and school nursing communications through Social Media. For further information please see attached job description.