Special Needs School Nurse (Term Time Only)
The Community Children's Nursing Team is part of an Integrated Service for Disabled Children operating within a wider service system encompassing Acute and Community Services. The team provides care for children between the ages of 0-19 years who are in need of nursing care at home or in an education setting. An opportunity has arisen to appoint a term time only, Band 5 Special School nurse. The post holder will be predominantly based at Beatrice Tate Special Needs school for pupils aged 11-19, but may need to rotate across the other 2 sites when necessary.
Main duties of the job
The aim of the role is to help deliver nursing care, support, training and advice to meet the needs of the children/young people and their parents/carers within Stephen Hawking and Beatrice Tate special needs schools.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
* RSCN / RN Child with current registration
* Good knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities and how this affects practice, staff and service users
* Good knowledge of key health-related issues affecting children
* Good knowledge and understanding of the needs of people from different cultural backgrounds
* Good understanding of the role of multidisciplinary team work with children with complex needs.
* Educated to degree level or working towards it
* Specialist Community Public Health Qualification.
Experience
* Previous experience of working with children with complex needs.
* Previous experience of working within an educational setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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