SCPHN School Nurse - North Northants - Thriving in Life Service

The SCPHN (School Nurse) will join the 11-19 Thriving in Life Service, delivered by NHFT in partnership with Service Six and Youth Works. Working across North Northamptonshire, the post holder will manage a caseload, assess need, prioritise referrals and coordinate support for children, young people and families.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, the SCPHN will provide clinical leadership, supervision and guidance, ensuring safe and effective service delivery. The role involves working in schools, clinics, community settings and homes, delivering public health interventions and promoting positive health and wellbeing outcomes.

The post holder will build strong relationships with schools and partner agencies, identify emerging health needs and contribute to service development and health improvement initiatives. A key aspect of the role is ensuring children, young people and families are actively involved in decisions about their care.

The SCPHN will also play an important safeguarding role, supporting vulnerable children and families and working closely with multi-agency partners to ensure appropriate interventions are in place.

You will demonstrate strong leadership, safeguarding, public health and caseload management skills. The role requires effective partnership working, a commitment to person-centred care and a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people.

As a clinical specialist and a leader in the skill mixed team you will triage new referrals, complete and delegate clinical assessments and short term interventions covering a range of wellbeing needs for young people and families based around four thematic areas:

• Reducing Risk Taking Behaviours & Making Healthier Choices
• Sexual Health & Healthy Relationships
• Transition to Adulthood
• Emotional Health & Wellbeing

Interventions may include, but are not limited to:

• Sleep
• Continence
• Eating Disorders
• Self Harm
• Sexual Health and Healthy Relationships

As part of the Thriving in Life Service and in partnership with your skill-mix team, you will develop close working relationships with secondary schools and use the themes emerging from these contacts to inform and influence the school in relation to emerging needs, risks and opportunities for health improvement.

As a key safeguarding professional you will form effective partnerships and relationships with colleagues across the safeguarding MDT.

As a leader in your team you will support the training and development of new staff and students and support the continual development of the Thriving in Life service so that we can achieve our aims of helping children, young people and families to thrive. You will be required to offer both clinical and safeguarding supervision to your team.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

• SCPHN School Nurse
• Additional Qualifications relative to the role
• Had experience working in community setting and schools

Expertise with children young people and families

• Experience working with young people and their familes
• Evidenced passion and motivation for role
• Experience in delivering a wide range of interventions as a School Nurse

Leadership

• Experience of leadership within a SCPHN role
• Any additional leadership training or qualifications

• SCPHN School Nurse
• Additional Qualifications relative to the role
• Had experience working in community setting and schools

Expertise with children young people and families

• Experience working with young people and their familes
• Evidenced passion and motivation for role
• Experience in delivering a wide range of interventions as a School Nurse

Leadership

• Experience of leadership within a SCPHN role
• Any additional leadership training or qualifications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Castle Unit, Isebrook Hospital

Wellingborough

NN8 1LP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Castle Unit, Isebrook Hospital

Wellingborough

NN8 1LP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)