Registered Nursing Associate - Specialist School Nursing

We are seeking to appoint dynamic and enthusiastic candidates to the role of Registered Nursing Associate within a term-time only role, located at Cedar House, within our St. Michael's Community Hospital site within the Specialist School Nursing team. The weekly hours for this role will be agreed at interview, and a term-time only agreement will be drafted for approval by the appointed candidate.

The post holder will develop robust induction packs for pre-registration nursing students and new starters with a clear plan for meeting set objectives and ensure this is delivered by each team locally. They will ensure that placements and support are for nursing learners are of a high standard in line with the NMC requirements.

Please note:

The successful candidates will work 37.50 per week for 39x weeks. For payment, 32.40 hours will be paid per week for 52x weeks as per Trust Term-Time only calculations.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Main duties of the job

The Registered Nursing Associate is a member of the Special school Nursing (SSN) Team and is responsible for assisting in the effective delivery of individualised care to children in line with their established plan of care, within special schools in Enfield.

The postholder will undertake clinical duties as directed by a Registered Nurse/manager to provide care to children and young people. They will be based in either 1 or 2 special schools and will provide support to CYP with medical or health needs. The post holder will assist in the delivery of health care and training for education staff.

The post is based in the Special school's Nursing team (SSNT) Which covers several special schools in the borough of Enfield, currently the special schools have a total of 17 sites and special schools support CYP with a range of needs from several physical disabilities to mental health and communication concerns.

The function of the team will be to provide care to children with nursing needs in the schools, but also to coordinate care plans and teach education staff/parents or carers in manging the health care needs of their child or young person.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• NNEB Level 1/CACHE Level 3
• NVQ Certificate Level 3 in Childcare Health or equivalent gained through training and experience.

Skills & Aptitudes

Essential

• Training and education experience.
• Influencing skills
• Knowledge and skills in safeguarding.
• Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities.
• Knowledge of current NHS policy and their implication for services.
• Ability to follow instruction and work independently.
• Ambition in expectations of self and colleagues in delivering high-quality care.
• Ability to well as part of a team.
• Motivated and the ability to motivate others.
• Ability to work effectively with children who are severely ill, disabled, or who have complex needs.
• Understands the need for confidentially.

Desirable

• IT Skills - Use of electronic patient records.
• Knowledge of Children's Safeguarding.

Experience

Essential

• oPrior clinical experience in a Paediatric Healthcare setting.
• oCompleted a full range of clinical competencies to level 4 of competency framework.
• oExperience of supervising, training, and developing support workers.

oAbility to work in a team.

oOrdering stock and stock rotation.

Desirable

• oExperience of working in special schools or an educational facility.
• oExperience of teaching skills to others.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Enthusiastic and motivated.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Professional approach to work.
• Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
• Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
• Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.

About the employer

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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