Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Special School Nurse
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Would you like an opportunity to join a community based nursing team?
This post will be working across the city-wide special school nursing service implementing and delivering specialist nursing care in a special school environment. The successful candidate will be required to carry out assessments; provide both planned and responsive clinical care and ensure that local safeguarding policies are adhered to.
They will be identified as a role model for the Band 5 Special School Nurses and Enteral Feeding Assistants and will also support education staff and offer advice and support to parents and pupils.
We would welcome applications from enthusiastic committed children’s nurses with proven clinical experience who have excellent communication skills and are able to manage their time effectively.
An understanding of the needs of children and young people with disability and/or additional health problems is essential.
This post is for: 2 x Band 6 Special School Nurse (one is for 35 hours and the other is 28 hours per week)
The Special School Nurse will work as part of a team to provide, protect and improve the health and wellbeing of children with a range of health needs in achieving their full health and educational potential.
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The post holder will be responsible for a caseload and will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and have continuing responsibility for both direct nursing care and training to health and educational staff on the management of nursing issues. The post holder will work in partnership with the Doctor and Therapy Team in assessing, reviewing and meeting the needs of children and young people.
The core offer from the Special School Nursing Service consists of:
- assessment and review
- hands on clinical care
- key worker and signposting including transition
- training and supervision
- a general role in optimising long term health and lifestyles
Responsible for -
- To have management responsibility of junior team members (e.g. Band 3 and Band 5) supported by Band 7 and be activity engaged in supervision of student nurse placements.
- Supporting the Team Leader with their management responsibility of the Band 5 nurses, Health Care Assistants, Admin and Clerical staff in their immediate locality.
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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Thangila Miah
- Job title: Office Manager
- Email address: thangila.miah1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07743192870
For any queries, email contact is preferred, as telephone availability may vary.
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