SCPHN – School Nurse Vulnerable Teams

To use public health knowledge and expertise to provide high quality, safe evidenced based care and interventions to the children, young people and their families

To provide clinical leadership support and professional direction within the skilled mixed team ensuring that high standards and safe levels of care are provided to children and young people

Work with partner agencies to identify and respond to the public health and wellbeing needs of children and young people within locality areas and borough wide to determine the priorities for action e.g. work with in Early Help localities, GP PCNs. Take into account local and national priorities

To lead on delivery of HCP 5-19 and high impact areas within the Inclusion Pathway. Developing, planning, delivering and evaluating programmes of work, working collaboratively with other health professionals and partner agencies, including the voluntary sector. This includes attendance at partnership meetings and dissemination of information to service.

Work as an autonomous practitioner within a multi-agency arena, applying your knowledge and expertise in health and wellbeing to enable children & young people to reach their full potential (physically emotionally and socially). This includes contributing to e.g. child protection procedures, early help support and looked after children

Within the scope of professional practice and using appropriate frameworks, take lead responsibility to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate the health needs of specific groups of children e.g., looked after children, children with medical needs, children in need of safeguarding or early help. In partnership with the child, young person and parents/carers agree care plans to improve health and wellbeing

To develop, implement and evaluate Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education pupils sessions for education settings.

To develop, implement and evaluate health education and promotion sessions for parents and carers to support them to promote their childs health & wellbeing

To develop, implement and evaluate training packages for education staff and staff in partner agencies to support children and young peoples health & wellbeing e.g. medical needs training, mental health training, RSE training.

Effectively manage a caseload and where appropriate, delegate care to non-registrants and maintain professional accountability for supervising that care

Promote team working at all times and act up, as directed in the absence of the clinical team leader. Provide line management duties for junior members of staff within your locality team e.g. 1-1s, PDR, caseload supervision.

Provide care in a range of variety of settings to include schools, clients home, clinics, community venues or other settings

To develop, implement, monitor and evaluate quality standards e.g. SOPs with School Nursing Practice and wider HCP, utilising the clinical governance framework to support the provision of a high quality, safe care. This includes contribution to reports for service monitoring e.g. commissioner reporting.

Provide pre, post registration student nurses and staff requiring induction, mentorship and preceptorship with relevant and suitable experiences within children, young people and families public health service, to include teaching and assessment throughout their placement.

To ensure personal and development requirements are achieved by

• Participate in annual PDRs and 1-1s
• Continue to update knowledge and skills through lifelong learning approach
• Attend mandatory training
• Work with Trust policies and procedures.

Share knowledge, expertise, systems and good practice