Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Camden School Nursing service to recruit highly motivated and innovative practitioners to join the School Nursing Service to deliver the Healthy Child Programme. If you are interested in the role and are keen to show you are the right person for the job we want to hear from you, so please apply online now! Please only apply if you are a Registered Nurse with a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) registration. The successful applicant will have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings. As an integral member of the Camden School Nursing service, you will be responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme in collaboration with the wider school health team. We offer excellent professional development opportunities along with formal one to one supervision and annual appraisal. We are advertising for a post in our Camden School Nursing Service. Part time hours; term time only contract requests will also be considered.Responsibilities
To work in partnership with educational staff, health care professionals and other agencies to provide advice and support to children and young people, their parents and carers as required.Undertake appropriate training / updates related to public health issues in order to contribute towards meeting local and national Department of Health targets such as immunisations, teenage pregnancy and sexual health, smoking cessation and obesity.To carry out training sessions to other professionals on relevant health or medical issues and where appropriate, assist children and young people to manage their own health conditions independently.To undertake agreed health assessments on children and young people and ensure referrals, treatments and reviews are carried out as recommended and in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.To develop high quality packages of care for children and young people with medical needs, in partnership with other health professionals, education, parents and carers and other agencies as necessary.To be responsible for identifying children and young people requiring medical follow-up planning.Qualifications
Registered Nurse with Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) registration.Employment details
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