Specialist Practitioner School Nurse
Salary – £40,614 – £44,814 unconsolidated maximum £46,857
Reporting to the School Nurse Team Leader, we have a great opportunity for a Specialist Practitioner School Nurse to deliver the strategic vision for children’s services in the Borough, promoting interagency working between Health and Local Authority services to achieve the best outcomes for school age children and families in Sutton.
Experience
- Delivery of health promotion activities
- Working with children and families in a range of settings
- Experience of working with young people with emotional and mental health needs
- Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas
Skills
- Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
- Willingness to support management of change, development and working practice
- High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes.
- Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance
- Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas
- Ability to set personal objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
- Ability to work as part of a team and other agencies
We are also interested in candidates that don’t have all the relevant qualifications and are willing to undertake the additional field of practice in School Nursing
For further information and to apply: Specialist Practitioner School Nurse job with LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON | 8445066 (theguardian.com)
