School Nurse; AfC equivalent Band 5

£37,035- £39,513 inclusive of higher cost living allowance - LBN PO1, AfC Band 5 equivalent

Term time (pro-rata) roles are available.

The School Nurse will be professionally responsible and accountable for the assessment of health needs, planning and evaluation of the school health service delivery, for both individuals and groups within a defined school age population.

The job involves working in partnership with schools, parents/carers and other agencies to achieve the best health outcomes for children and young people. The School Nurse works within the School Health Service, to deliver the Healthy Child Programme.

Our offer

• Genuine management support: Low supervisor/supervisee ratios.
• Money matters: Subsidised leisure passes. Generous local government annual leave allowance. Pension scheme. Continued access to the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) for health professionals who satisfy the NHS Pension scheme criteria. NHS continuous service recognised.
• Learning & Development: Support to take up advanced clinical training and wider workforce development package to enhance your skills. Clear competency and career progression framework. Access to smart technology.

The role will include:

Identifying, supporting, planning, delivering and evaluating health promotion activities in line with the school curriculum andlocally agreed priorities.

Devising appropriate individualised health careplans for the school aged child through continuous development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

Contribution to the assessment and review ofspecial education and medical needs.

Working collaboratively in partnership with children, young people, parents / carers and other agencies, e.g. education,social services, other healthcare workers and the voluntary sector to meet theneeds of children and young people.

For further information about the role please refer to the job description

Newham is an incredibly diverse borough with a very young population and is experiencing considerable regeneration as part of the Olympic legacy. There are over 86,000 children andyoung people in Newham and we want each of them to have the same life chancesas young people in other parts of London.

This post is directly employed by the London Borough of Newham, who was the first London borough to offer a fully integrated 0-19 health and social care service afterwe assumed direct responsibility for providing School Nursing services, Health Visiting and Family Nurse Partnership in 2017. Therefore our CYPS directorate will be delivering the 0-19 Healthy Child programme through the Childrens Health Service.

Newham 0-19 health service have a continual commitment, working towards improving the lives of Children and Young People in the Borough. Pleasesee below links for various health education films the service has produced with the support, and showcasing our Super Star Service users.

The Children's Health 0-19 service had their CQC inspection in 2021 and rated Goodin all areas.

The post holder will be professionally responsible and accountable for the assessment of health needs, planning and evaluation of the school health service delivery, for both individuals and groups within a defined school age population. He/ she will work in partnership with schools, parents/carers and other agencies to achieve the best health outcomes for children and young people.

As the key health worker, the associate school nurse will promote the health and wellbeing of the school-aged child so as to enable each child to reach his/her full potential in line with Newhams inclusive education policy. This will help to minimise effects of social, cultural and racial inequality.

The post holder will be required to develop a specialist role in areas of school health.

Responsibilities:

• Provide a service to a caseload of primary/secondary school children as the named school nurse in appropriate settings such as school, clinic, home, youth clubs, special educational units and other educational establishments.
• Identify and work in partnership to provide a service to vulnerable and socially excluded children who may or may not be attending…