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Special School Nurse
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
220-WHT-4177
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Highbury Grange Health Centre
Town
Islington
Salary
£58,133 - £65,261 0
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/09/2026 23:59

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Special School Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 7

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Job overview

The post holder will be the lead for safeguarding in the Islington School Nursing team; working independently to manage a designated caseload of children and young people attending the Alternative Provisions (AP) in Islington and the Elected Home Educated (EHE) caseload.
The post holder will be expected to complete initial health assessments for all children and young people registered with the respective services; deliver one-one and/or group sessions on a range of health promotion topics, particularly relating to lifestyle choices; deliver the core Healthy Child Programme (0-19),in line with mainstream school nursing.
The post holder will carry individual cases of children needing direct support and monitoring including safeguarding concerns. The post holder will work closely with children, young people, parents/carers and staff within the AP/EHE teams in planning interventions and supporting referral on to other agencies where necessary.

Main duties of the job

1.To be the named school nurse for the Alterative Provisions in Islington and Elective Home Educated Caseload.

2.To work in collaboration with key staff and partners working within the Islington APS and EHE teams.

3.To provide initial health assessments to all young people entering the services with an annual review as appropriate.
4.To act as the lead professional ensuring entry into early intervention, or referral onto specialist services such as sexual health, substance misuse, speech and language therapy, smoking cessation and CAMHS.
5.To take the lead for Safeguarding within the SN team, being responsible for maintaining up to date knowledge in this field and passing information to the whole service and supporting the team with safeguarding caseload management.
6.In this clinical area to develop, implement and maintain standards and protocols, complete audits and complete the annual service report.

Working for our organisation

We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients.
Our mission
Helping local people live longer, healthier lives.
Our vision
Provide safe, personal, co-ordinated care for the community we serve.
Our goals
We have developed six key strategic goals to make sure we continue to support people to live longer, healthier lives.
To secure the best possible health and wellbeing for all our community
To integrate and coordinate care in person-centred teams
To deliver consistent, high quality, safe services
To support our patients and users in being active partners in their care
To be recognised as a leader in the fields of medical and multi-professional education, and population-based clinical research
To innovate and continuously improve the quality of our services to deliver the best outcomes for our local population
Confidentiality
Whittington Mission, Vision and Goals

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 The postholder will be the lead for safeguarding in the Islington School nursing team.

they will manage a designated w workload of children and young people attending the Alternative Provisions in Islington and the Elected Home Educated caseload.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • School nurse: Professional Qualification. 3rd part of the NMC register
  • Educated to MSc. PG Level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Nurse Prescriber
  • Immunisation module Training
  • Health Promotion

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • High levels of clinical skills with the ability to identify, respond and evaluate health needs
  • Evidence of applciation of high levels of skills relating to emotional and physical well being of an adolescent
  • Understanding of safeguarding process and child protection procedures to make decisions for the children
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of ability to work across agencies to support a whole systems approach
  • Excellent communications skills both IT and written
  • Evidence of identification of assessing the children and families experiencing the different school environment

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and Experience of how to structure and deliver a training programme at all staff levels
  • Knowlegde of current legislation and national guidance relating to all aspects of the Healthy Child Programme
  • Knowledge and expedience in applying audit and quality improvement to support change
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in working in a pupil referral unit
  • Experience of working with children and young people educated at home

Qualites

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work as part of an integrated team across professional boundaries
  • Commitment to development of excellent services which focus on improved outcomes
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of issues relating to equality and diversity on the health care

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerDisability confident committed

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Comfort Aba Asmah
Job title
07917267489
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07917267489
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