Job Description

The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nurse will work as part of the 0-19 team delivering a high quality, pro-active service for children, young people and their families. The aim of the service is to achieve equity of health outcomes for the local population through the provision of evidence based and needs led service. The post holder will contribute to the identification and assessment of child and family health needs and the delivery of a universal core service, targeted interventions and public health interventions to children and their families within a defined locality.



Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible



Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary



Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services



Being open and transparent about their own practice



Supervising the work of others



Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made



Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement



Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records



Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.



Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all School Nurses (Specialist Community Public Health Nurses) to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their families and carers and also other staff members.



We expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better



We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people's differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic



We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs



We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work



As a specialist practitioner we expect you to role model these values and contribute to ensuring that they are embedded in the practice of the team.



Clinical Leadership



To act as a role model for nursing colleagues and the wider skill mix team. To participate in school nursing team activity through the duty system. To participate in skill mix staff appraisal and performance development planning process, identifying training needs of team members, in conjunction with the team leader. To help identify learning opportunities for team members To participate in the professional supervision of skill mix team members, ensuring standards are maintained and poor performance is addressed appropriately. * To act as a role model and motivate team colleagues to deliver a responsive service