Special School Nurse Uk Visa Sponsorship

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

We have an opening for a trained children’s or learning disability nurse to join our special schools nursing team in Solihull. This position is for 18.75 hours per week during term time only. Agenda for Change. Payscale is used, and term-time only compensation is annualised. This is an excellent opportunity for personal and professional development, as well as to broaden your knowledge and skills in working with children who have complex physical and learning requirements. You will work as part of a team to assess the health needs of school-aged children and young people with special health needs and learning disabilities, promote healthy lifestyles through effective health education programs, and contribute to the larger public health agenda in collaboration with key agencies and professionals. You will learn how to do expert nursing assessments, plan treatment, and implement interventions to improve the health and well-being of children, adolescents, and families with complex medical needs. We work as important members of the Multi-disciplinary Team, with responsibility for a specific caseload of children and young people, addressing their physical, emotional, and safeguarding needs.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are a Band 5 staff nurse currently working for the trust and looking to move to another location, please refer to http://uhbpolicies/documents/internal-lateral-transfer-of-post-holders.htm to access our transfer procedure.

Main responsibilities, tasks, and abilities required

Our ideal applicant will be able to manage themselves and their daily tasks in order to provide effective and efficient care. We serve primary and secondary school-aged children and young people by assessing the school community’s health needs and meeting those needs through multi-agency collaboration, health promotion activities, staff training, liaison with parents/caregivers, and referrals to appropriate agencies. Our staff develops care plans in collaboration with families and members of the larger multidisciplinary team for medical disorders and emergency treatment. They promote public health principles in schools and the community through successful collaboration, policy formulation, and curriculum planning. Staff are expected to: participate in and support the provision of ‘drop in’ sessions for children and parents within schools; always follow Trust and NMC confidentiality guidelines; contribute to education review meetings; contribute to Education and Health Care Plans; and promote inclusion for children with learning disabilities and complex needs. We encourage nursing students in all parts of the community, and all personnel should be ready to provide confident, competent, and compassionate support to these students. If you are seeking for career satisfaction and a strong team spirit, please apply. You must be able to drive/have access to your own vehicle on a daily basis for community visits and school transportation.

About us.

We are acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading NHS Foundation Trusts. Our aim is to Build Healthier Lives, and we understand that we will require exceptional employees to achieve this.

Our dedication to our employees is to offer the ideal environment for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and well-being of our employees, including a commitment to provide flexible working arrangements when possible;
We provide our employees with a wide range of training and development options to help them achieve their personal and professional goals.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our employees are treated fairly and feel like they belong by providing a friendly and inclusive atmosphere. This is about equal opportunity; eradicating all barriers, including prejudice, and ensuring that each individual member of staff reaches their full potential, achieves their goals, and thrives in their jobs. This isn’t just words. We’re taking action. Our dedication to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation, where every voice is heard, and is pushed by our varied and active staff networks, as well as the Fairness Taskforce, which is managed by our CEO. We foster a culture that encourages employees to oppose discriminatory behaviour and allows people to contribute their “full self” to a kinder, more connected, and bolder place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a smoke-free hospital.

Job Description

*Please Note: For a complete job description for this position, please check the attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current registration with the NMC: RSCN/RN Child Branch, Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities.
• Prepared to complete required training, such as public health, sexual health, and counselling skills.
• Evidence of professional development and relevant research.

Desirable

• Qualifications for teachers and assessors.
• Evidence of professional progress in areas such as sexual health, health promotion, public health, and mental health.
• Relevant experience working with children and families with complicated health needs.

Experience

Essential

• Experience working with children and adolescents in health or education settings.
• Experience working with many agencies.
• Awareness of safety issues.
• Awareness of national concerns and initiatives that affect children and young people.
• Evidence of continuous professional improvement.
• Understanding of secrecy and accountability.

Desirable

• Experience dealing with children and young people with special needs.
• Experience working with children and youth in a community context.
• Experience in providing health education programs.
• Understanding of the School Nurse position and the broader public health goal.

Additional Criteria:

Essential

• Innovative, eager, and resourceful.
• Professional appearance.
• The ability to modify behaviour in response to changing conditions.
• Positive and energetic attitude.
• caring and personable.
• Ability to speak well and motivate others.
• Flexible, dependable, and punctual.
• Willingness to work a variety of shift patterns to meet service requirements.
• Ability to drive and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Desirable

• Able to use IT abilities to capture happenings on a daily basis. Using these techniques to create learning books/PECs for children and young people.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This position is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, which requires a Disclosure application to be submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service (previously known as CRB) to check for any past criminal conviction.

Certificate of Sponsorship

applicants from job seekers who require existing skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are encouraged and will be reviewed alongside all other applicants. For further information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration page.

From April 6, 2017, skilled worker applicants requesting for entrance clearance into the UK were required to show a criminal record certificate from each country where they had lived continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the previous ten years. This requirement also applies to adult dependents (those over the age of 18). Guidance can be found here. Criminal background checks for international candidates.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. For further information, please visit the NHS Careers page.