registered nurse Lancashire
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for anexperienced immuniserto join the School Health Immunisation Team based in Wigan.This position is a fixed term contract for 12 months, working 18 hours per week (Monday to Friday between 0800-1700).
Our school aged Immunisation team deliver Immunisation sessions in all schools across Wigan. Immunisations are also administered in clinic settings, community settings and during home visits. The Immunisation team are dedicated and passionate about public health and protection, you will work closely with school nurses, schools and settings, parents and carers, young people and allied health professionals to offer a universal and equitable service to the resident population and young people attending Wigan schools. Do you want to be part of dedicated team who achieve excellent outcomes? Please get in touch if you would like further information.
Existing NHS/WWL staff are encouraged to apply for this post as a secondment. The substantive line manager's approval must be secured prior to interview and written approval must be provided during pre-employment checks.
Successful candidates will be expected to make multiple visits across the community daily whilst transporting the required clinical equipment.
This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received. Previous applicants or those without the relevant immunisation experience or active professional registration will not be considered.
You will be supporting the team in arranging immunisation programmes and liaising with schools to implement the immunisation programme.
The role encompasses working within schools and communities, supporting parents/carers and promoting positive mental wellbeing in young people.
We are currently working in partnership with commissioners to develop School Nursing and Health Visiting services into integrated Start Well Team delivering services across a 0-19 Universal agenda. As a member of the School Nursing service you would have the opportunity to influence the future design of this role and the wider delivery to children and young people in Wigan.
Based in the Community division so you will need to be able to travel to Ashton, Wigan and Leigh.
An Enhanced DBS with Children’s and Adults' Barred List checks will be obtained during pre-employment checks.
This post involves contact with patients face to face within a community setting. Therefore it cannot be ruled out that the postholder may come in to contact with people who have COVID-19, although the Trust provides PPE and takes all reasonable steps to minimise risk.
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information available by contacting [email protected] where you can also ask about how to access vaccinations. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
Duties and Responsibilities
- To support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 using evidence based practice to actively promote the health of children and young people.
- To be a named / link nurse for designated schools whilst holding a caseload which incorporates the 4 levels of intervention (Community, Universal, Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus).
- To deliver and engage in health promotion programmes and public health initiatives to prevent ill health, early identification of abnormalities and work with individuals, Schools and communities to reduce health inequalities as identified within individual School Health Plans.
- To conduct health needs assessments in a planned programme of care within a variety of settings. Offer appropriate interventions, delivering agreed programmes of care and evaluating the outcomes for the child young person and family.
- Plan and implement school entry assessments delegating duties as appropriate.
- Plan and implement health assessment at transition from primary to secondary school delegating duties as appropriate.
- Undertake comprehensive health assessments for identified children and young people, in line with the Healthy Child Programme 4-19 years of age.
- Establish clear and effective communication links with children and young people, parents/carers, education staff, and a range of other professionals from both voluntary and statutory organisations.
- Communicate outcomes of assessment and future care planning to the named School Nurse.
- Where necessary carry out home visits to children and families advising on all aspects of health as appropriate.
- Participate in health needs assessment of the local community, contributing to the planning, implementation and evaluation of strategies to address unmet health needs.
- To identify and assess children 5-19 with complex health needs, offering an enhanced integrated service within the multi-agency arena.
- To assess the needs of children and families following attendance at A&E, discharge from hospital working within trust guidelines.
- To identify, assess, report and work independently with oversight from the School Nurse to safeguard and protect the health and wellbeing of children and young people working within safeguarding policies and guidelines. To attend Child Protection case conferences and other meetings as appropriate.
- Listen appropriately and take into account any sensitive issues and communicate these to appropriate persons/agencies ensuring that children are protected and that disclosures are acted upon appropriately.
- Feedback the views and needs of children/young people, families and schools to the School Nurse as necessary, to enable appropriate interventions to be implemented.
- Ensure efficient and effective use of resources.
- Lead the planning, organisation and delivery of nurse led immunisation programmes in schools and other venues following patient group directions, actively promoting the National and Local Immunisation Programmes.
- To work in collaboration with other agencies to deliver services to children, young people and their families
- Maintain active status on NMC register acting in accordance with the professional code and guiding documents in adherence with Revalidation Framework.
- Maintain contemporaneous, factual records in accordance with Trust guidelines and policies.
- Be aware of current working practices in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
- Use their own professional judgement to identify solutions to a range of day-to-day problems, seeking advice where appropriate from the SCPHN
- Manage their time effectively to ensure prioritisation of workload in order to achieve agreed deadlines.
- Be responsible for own professional updating and keep abreast of current research based practice.
- Develop a working knowledge and experience of IT systems
- Observing the complaints and disciplinary procedures in accordance with the Trust policy.
- Contribute to clinical audit, research and clinical governance as part of the School Nursing Team.
- Participate in and complete the agreed induction programme for newly appointed staff
- Manage time with the team leader and team to ensure service is covered.
- Report sickness absence and return relevant forms to line manager.
- Maintain portfolio of professional development.
- Act to maintain an appropriate learning environment to meet the educational and developmental needs of student nurses and other learners as required
- Support other School Nurse Team member’s within the team, including the induction of new staff members. Ensure effective learning experience and opportunities to achieve learning outcomes for skill mix team.
- Develop and contribute to the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work. Provide advice where services are developing.
- The post holder will be able to recognise their own level of professional competence and identify sources of support as required.
- Provide mentorship, preceptorship and clinical supervision to staff as appropriate.
- Support the development of the team by teaching and assessing junior members of the team.
- Undertake mandatory and statutory training that support the post holder’s role.
- Undertake training specific to the post.
- Participate in individual performance reviews (PDR) and clinical supervision.
- Communicate effectively with individuals, families and professionals in planning and delivering care.
- Utilise a range of communication methods with colleagues and managers to include electronic communication.
- Maintain effective working relationships, work effectively and support team members.
- Participate in formal and informal ways of communication both within the team and the wider primary care setting where appropriate.
- Work in partnership with school staff, health colleagues and other agencies e.g. Education and Social Services.
- Maintain contemporaneous and accurate Community NHS Trust records observing the Data Protection Act 1994, maintaining confidentiality, in accordance with NMC and Trust guidelines
Employees of the Trust must comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation.
The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
The postholder must comply with Trust policies that protect the information assets of the organisation from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use and must pay due regard to the requirements of the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice.
The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in Trust records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.
Training
The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role.
The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Work Circumstances & on-call
Shift patterns are Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm, with occasional evenings. Flexible working patterns may be agreed with line manager.
