School Nurse

Job Title: School Nurse

Location: Wakefield

Salary: Between £23,483 per annum (£28,801 FTE) to £27,398 per annum (£33,603 FTE)

Job Type: Permanent, Full time

The Role:

• First Aid: Provide First Aid care to all members of QEGS school communities and provide support and advice to
• Public Health: coordinate health protection and promotion programs that improve health and promote the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of
• Pupils: Assess health needs of individual pupils, and investigate, plan care, provide support (including pastoral support), and refer to external agencies as
• Safeguarding: Act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) for safeguarding and child protection.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

1. Professional and Managerial

The post-holder is expected to:

• Act in compliance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of professional conduct and be conversant with the scope of professional practice and other NMC advisory papers.
• Use evidence-based practice to develop and maintain a high quality of nursing care to the pupils, including attending courses / undertaking professional study as required.
• Ensure that a code of confidentiality is developed and adhered to.

2. Nursing

• The post-holder is expected to:
• Provide a high standard of service within NMC guidelines and good practice guidelines to pupils, members of staff and any visitors while on site.
• Provide confidential health advice to pupils, parents and the school community, managing an open door policy.
• Provide first contact care, including acute assessment, diagnosis, treatment and referral as appropriate.
• Administer medications according to the medicine policy.
• Ensure children with additional newly presenting health needs receive appropriate NHS referral.

3. Pastoral Care and Health Education

• The post-holder is expected to:
• Promote Health Education throughout the school population.
• Promote and coordinate the delivery of health-focussed PSHE lessons, as required, and support teaching staff in their preparation of PSHE lessons.
• Ensure the provision of and access to a range of publicity materials relating to student health.
• Have an awareness of and promote as necessary any current health promotion initiatives

4. Administration

• The post-holder is expected to:
• Maintain individual pupil medical health records accurately, confidentially and safely.
• Maintain daily treatment records electronically.

5. Communication

The post-holder is expected to:

• Manage internal communication with pupils, parents, SMT, teaching staff, school office staff and all other departments as necessary.
• Manage external communication with members of primary health care teams and social services as necessary.

6. Health & Safety

The post-holder is expected to:

• Be a member of QEGS health and safety committee.
• Help to fulfil health and safety policy requirements.
• Provide health information to staff as required for educational trips and visits.
• Provide adequate First Aid equipment in accordance with trip risk assessments and specific pupil needs.

7. General

• The post-holder is expected to:
• Attend the annual Open Morning (normally 1stSaturday morning in October); this is included as part of the salary.
• Attend relevant staff meetings or other meetings as required.
• Be aware of and understand the role that all staff have in relation to the safeguarding of pupils and comply with policies and procedures relating to Safeguarding and Child Protection, reporting all concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead.

The Candidate:

• Knowledge/qualifications: professional nursing qualification – a registered children’s nurse (RN8 or RNC) with relevant post registration experience or registered adult nurse (RN1), and ideally a registered specialist community public health school nurse (RSN) qualification.
• Ongoing revalidation every 3 years to maintain their registration with the NMC.
• Knowledge and experience of providing first aid and the care of children with chronic illnesses.
• Excellent communication, both oral and written, and interpersonal skills with the pupils, staff and parents.
• Able to demonstrate the highest levels of confidentiality and handle such information sensitively.
• Able to demonstrate excellent listening skills and understand others’ needs and perspectives.
• To be committed to continuous self-development, with a willingness to attend appropriate ongoing training/updating.
• Able to prioritise work, cope with competing deadlines/demands and use initiative in a variety of situations.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of child protection and health and safety issues.
• To have empathy with the ethos and values of the School and WGSF.

Benefits:

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Lead Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse, School Nurse, Children’s Nurse, Nurse Coordinator, Primary Care Nurse, Nursing Coordinator, Paediatrics Nurse, First Level Nurse and Urgent Care Nurse may also be considered for this role.