Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
School Nurse - Forest of Dean
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Job Description
This role is offered on a fixed term basis for up to 14 months to backfill a maternity leave.
We are looking for a registered nurse or midwife to work with children and families in the School Nursing team in Forest of Dean locality based in Lydney. The post is 30 hours per week year round.
We Offer
- An Induction Programme, training and competency framework to underpin transition into role
- Clinical Supervision, Restorative Supervision and Safeguarding Children Supervision to support professional practice
- Digital appointments to young people and parents offering quick and easy access to health advice and support
- Social media platforms and a texting service in response to requests of young people and families.
- Diverse work in a skill-mixed team developed through robust competency and operating frameworks
This role offers diverse and rewarding opportunities for nurses to make a difference to children and young people’s lives through advice, support and signposting using public health skills of enabling and empowering families and communities to help themselves.
We are looking to fill a fixed term vacancy in Forest locality.
A School Nurse is someone who is;
- dynamic and innovative, who embraces challenge
- wanting to help children, families and young people to make the best choices for their health and wellbeing
- able to support and respond to children young people and families most in need
- wanting to help safeguard children and young people of Gloucestershire at risk of harm
- interested in working in partnership with public sector and voluntary and community sector colleagues to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and their families
- enthusiastic and motivated to develop and deliver plans to improve health outcomes for individuals, families and communities
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About
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
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- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Amy Jones
- Job title: School Nurse Team Leader (Forest)
- Email address: amy.jones3@ghc.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0300 421 8661
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