Special School Nurse
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Job overview
Following a service restructure of the Community Children's Nursing service and an expansion of the nursing provision in special schools we have exciting opportunities for enthusiastic experienced nurses to join our team.
The Oxfordshire Community Children's Nursing team provide vital support to children from birth to 18 years with complex nursing needs across the county. The children on our caseload have a variety of chronic and acute conditions and require nursing support such as; enteral feeding, long term ventilation and symptom management. The support we provide includes; empowering families to care for their child's health needs at home, providing respite sessions, delivering acute and palliative care outside of the hospital environment, and supporting children at school.
This post if for 25 hours per week term-time only, to be worked over a minimum of 4 days.
Applicants must be Registered Children’s Nurses who hold a valid driving licence and have access to a car.
We are happy to answer any questions that you may have, please do contact us.
Main duties of the job
The role involves training school staff to maintain competencies to deliver health care tasks for pupils at the school, caseload management for identified pupils, assessment and support for pupils who have severe / complex / palliative health needs and or challenging behaviour in order to safely access education.
In addition to responsibilities in school you will also work closely with the locality team who are collectively responsible for all items of core service delivery including CCN (corporate and complex caseload), Palliative & End of life care, Acute treatments, Respite, and Training. We all work together to deliver the highest standards of care for Oxfordshire families.
Working for our organisation
We are dedicated to developing our staff to achieve their potential. The successful candidate will be supported to develop professionally with a comprehensive induction programme, mentor support and training opportunities.
The CCN team are part of OHFT Community Children’s Service and received an ‘Outstanding’ CQC in 2015.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note:
- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Children’s Nurse
- Able to work independently
Desirable criteria
- Health Education or Health Promotion experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Recent relevant experience in children’s nursing.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in working in the community setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience in a range of settings
- Experience of planning and delivering individualised care
Desirable criteria
- Experience supporting children with and EHCP or SEN
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.