Job Description

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Band 7

Main area

Nurse

Grade

Band 7

Contract

Permanent: pro rata per annum inc hcas

Hours

Term time hours - 35 hours per week (pro rata per annum inc hcas)

Job ref

343-7367840-UB-RB-Y

Site

Sherwood Park School

Town

Wallington

Salary

pro rata per annum inc hcas

Closing

06/08/2025 23:59

Interview date

13/08/2025

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.




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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Special School Nursing Service for a Band 7 Team Leader to manage the nursing team at Sherwood Park School.

To provide leadership and line management to a team of Special Needs School Nurses and Health Care Assistants based within Sherwood Park School educational setting.



The Team Leader will be the main point of contact for the nursing team based within the special school and will take responsibility for the actions of the team, this could include, but is not limited to, leading in any emergency situations and safeguarding incidents.



The Team Leader will also be responsible for leading the children's continence service. This will include carrying out assessments, giving advice around children's continence needs and issuing products to those children who meet the criteria ensuring children's needs are met whilst keeping within a specified budget.


The post holder will work collaboratively with other professionals involved in the care of children including Children's Therapists, Educational Staff, School Nursing and Social Services to support and empower children, young people and their families, improve health and give every child the opportunity to develop their full potential.


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Main duties of the job

Please refer to Job description


Acts as direct line manager for a team of School Nurses and Health Care Assistants based within Sherwood Park School. Acts as the lead clinician for the Children's Continence Service for children registered with a London Borough of Sutton GP. Develops, promotes and implements integrated working (internal and external) whenever this would improve service delivery options or outcomes for individual children, young people and their families. Ensures that all staff within the team work to Sutton Health and Care and Epsom and St Helier Hospitals policies, procedures, standard operating procedures and guidelines within the service area and actively contributes to the proposal of policy or service changes as appropriate. Works closely and collaboratively with the Head of Children's Services, Service Managers and other Team Leaders across Children's Services. Ensures that the agreed service specification is implemented. Ensures that service reports are completed in a timely manner and ensures that key performance indicators for specified services (Sherwood Park School Nursing and Children's Continence Service) are met.

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Working for our organisation

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).


After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.


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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job description attached


Acts as direct line manager for a team of School Nurses and Health Care Assistants based within Sherwood Park School. Acts as the lead clinician for the Children's Continence Service for children registered with a London Borough of Sutton GP. Develops, promotes and implements integrated working (internal and external) whenever this would improve service delivery options or outcomes for individual children, young people and their families. Ensures that all staff within the team work to Sutton Health and Care and Epsom and St Helier Hospitals policies, procedures, standard operating procedures and guidelines within the service area and actively contributes to the proposal of policy or service changes as appropriate. Works closely and collaboratively with the Head of Children's Services, Service Managers and other Team Leaders across Children's Services. Ensures that the agreed service specification is implemented. Ensures that service reports are completed in a timely manner and ensures that key performance indicators for specified services (Sherwood Park School Nursing and Children's Continence Service) are met. Delegates appropriately to ensure consistent co-ordinated care. Acts as a specialist practitioner and is a resource to other staff both within the department and wider organisation. Leads by examples and maintains a high level of professional conduct at all times. Is aware of issues relating to information governance and data security. ###

Person specification

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registered nurse

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Essential criteria

nurse #####

Desirable criteria

mentorship ####

experience working with children with complex needs

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Essential criteria

experience working with children with complex need ####

leadership experience

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Essential criteria

leadership experience

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.



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Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our

Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.


This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.