School Health Nurse

The Children's service provides support to children, young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependent on assessed need.

The service offers every child/family a program of screening, developmental reviews and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices as defined by The Healthy Child Program 0 - 19 years (DH, 2023).

The Community Staff Nurse will work predominantly as part of the School Nursing team to promote and improve health and well-being of school aged children and young people to reduce health inequalities.

The post holder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Program 5-19 - up to age 25 for SEN children/young people within the team using evidence based practice and the Framework for Assessment (DH 2002).

The post holder will work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families.

The post holder may have responsibility for allocated schools as the named health professional, and will work as part of the SCPHN team with delegated responsibility for the assessment of care needs, implementation and evaluation of program of care for children, young people and families.

The post holder will have an awareness of the immunisations programme for the neighbourhood school population and be available as part of the wider teams to support in the delivery of the school aged programme and in response to disease outbreaks.

Managerial

Be the lead person for communication for a number of schools /education establishments under the guidance of the Named SCPHN and be responsible for the development of co-operative working arrangements within the school and the extended services that support healthyoutcomes for children.

Contribute to the provision of a high quality school health service.

Work collaboratively within the team and with primary and community care colleagues to deliver local and national health objectives.

Work with the SCPHN to undertake workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, taking into account competence levels.

Identify needs and prioritize own work appropriately to manage the delivery of the service.

Support the SCPHN and team leaders to develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to children and young people.

Support the SCPHN to develop multi-agency partnerships and joint working to facilitate public health objectives in line with the Merseycare objectives.

Work within a public health competency framework to address public health priorities and health inequalities.

Participate in the mentorship and assessment of a range of students and in the preceptorship and support of new colleagues.

In conjunction with the SCPHN provide day- to- day supervision and support for the support staff and students within the team.

Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, School Health Service and Merseycare policies for new team members and students.

Establish and maintain a good working relationship with primary and community care colleagues and other service providers, e.g., education, working collaboratively to provide a

Comprehensive service to children and young people.

Agree and contribute to setting team objectives and delivering agreed outcomes.

Complete statistical returns as required by Merseycare including entering data onto computerised systems within the required timeframes.

Provide workload and caseload information as requested by the team leader/Caseload Holder.

Attend and actively participate in team, locality and other relevant meetings.

Support the caseload holders in the implementation of practice development, improvement and service modernisation initiatives.

Leadership

Act, contribute to and where appropriate to take lead role in a multi-agency / multi-disciplinary arena when developing packages of care to improve health and social well-being.

Act as a positive role model to provide leadership and mentorship to other support staff and students within the team.

Support and be involved in the development of protocols, policies and professional development as required within the organisation.

Clinical

Practice autonomously as registered nurses and demonstrate evidence based decision making.

Provide clinical support and knowledge to school health support workers and other support staff.

Act as an advocate and champion for clients on the caseload.

Undertake holistic assessments of children, young people and families in line with the Healthy Child Program and national guidelines, to identify need and referring directly to appropriate primary and secondary care, social care when indicated.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

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