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About
Medway Community Healthcare (MCH) is an award winning Community Interest Company (CIC), formed in 2011, and was one of the first social enterprises in the NHS family. We are a £63 million business with around 1,350 staff working across more than 40 community health services and personalised social care services in and around Medway; caring for a population of around 280,000 people.
We have a diverse workforce offering varied and challenging roles in nursing, allied health professions, clinical support, medical and dental, administration and clerical and estates.
We're incredibly proud of what we do, and all our achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services. These qualities are born out of our values:
- Working in partnership
- Delivering quality and value
- Being caring and compassionate
Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you share our values and want be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.
Clinical support worker - school nursing
Closed for applications on: 3-Aug-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 3-Aug-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Snapdragons Centre
- Address
- Cliffe Road
- Town
- Strood
- Postcode
- ME2 3FF
- Major / Minor Region
- Kent
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 1 year (Maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 30 hours per week (09:00-17:00)
Salary
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- School Nursing
Do you want to be part of an award winning and dynamic social enterprise that:
- is renowned for providing high quality care and is ranked ‘Good’ by the CQC;
- is a for-better-profit organisation, reinvesting any surplus back into our health and care services and our local community;
- is friendly, ambitious, welcomes innovation and rewards excellence;
- offers superior benefits; everything you get in the NHS and more;
- and whose achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services?
Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you want be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.
Job overview
- Are you forward thinking; motivated and
adaptable to change? - Are you keen to develop new skills and experience working with multiple professionals?
If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you!
If you want your job to be rewarding, varied and purposeful, come and join our school nursing team where you’ll make a difference to the health
and wellbeing of children and families.
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· To work as a member of the school health team delivering high quality care to children, young people and their families
· To support the implementation of associated screening assessments as identified in the Healthy Child Programme, including documentation.
· To support the planning and delivery of the NCMP (National Child Measurement Programme) to children in both Reception and Year 6, in line with local and national guidance
· To support the planning and delivery of hearing and vision screening to reception aged school children
· To deliver public health and health education sessions within primary schools as required e.g. hand-washing
· To work autonomously without the direct supervision of a professionally qualified clinician
· To provide adhoc screening checks to children and young people referred to the school nursing team delegated by the Clinical Lead or Lead School Nurse
Working for our organisation
So what else?
- This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
- We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
- You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
The small print
- Informal visits can be arranged on request.
- We will always appoint the best person for the job, but applications are particularly welcome from candidates from BAME groups which are underrepresented in our service.
- Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us
We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and our Scottish Widows group personal pension.
So what are you waiting for? We can’t wait to hear from you, and look forward to receiving your application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Communication and relationship skills
- Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with children, young people, families, colleagues and partner agencies
- Ensure effective communication with clients where there may be barriers to acceptance/ understanding e.g. sensitive conversations; where English is not the first language.
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information including informing parents of screening test results, using a behaviour change approach (Making Every Contact Count)
- Ensure all information about children, young people and families is treated confidentially and complies with local and national guidance on data protection, information sharing and governance
- Participate in team and other meetings as required
- Ability to work effectively in a shared office space
2. Knowledge, training and experience
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent recognised qualification in child care/early years or health & social care
- Knowledge of child development
- Experience of working with children, families and other agencies
- Undertake the organisation’s corporate and local induction, and maintain compliance with training requirements relevant to your role
- Actively participate in clinical and safeguarding supervision relevant to role
- Responsible for maintaining up to date evidence based skills, knowledge and competency of role requirements
- Ensure compliance with statutory and mandatory training
- Knowledge and experience of MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
3. Analytical and judgement skills
- Act as a professional and clinical role model to all staff, clients, service users and partner agencies
- Assess, implement and plan services under the guidance of the Senior Clinical Worker/Lead School Nurse and/or Clinical Lead
- Evaluate and adjust plans appropriately to ensure the completion of the work/cohort in liaison with senior clinicians
- To use observation skills and feedback to senior clinicians if concerned
- Adhere to local and national guidance in the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. Escalating concerns identified
4. Planning and organisational skills
- To have excellent time management and organisational skills to facilitate delivery of the screening schedule, ensuring KPI (Key Performance Indicators) are met
- To be able to manage own time, ensuring all allocated tasks are completed in a timely manner, escalating to senior clinician if unable to do so
- To identify and escalate to senior clinician any identified challenges in achieving planned schedule
- Facilitate presentations on health promotion
- Have the ability to adapt and be flexible in responding to changing needs and demands of the service
- To ensure statutory and mandatory training is up to date in line with the organisational policy
- To have the ability to screen questionnaires and identify those requiring additional support
5. Physical skills
- Transport and set up equipment to undertake screening checks as part of the NCMP, vison/hearing screening and health promotion activities
- Use a range of clinical skills including weighing and measuring, hearing and vision screening and facilitating health promotion activities
- Basic IT and keyboard skills, including the use of Word & Excel and the ability to learn and utilise programmes specific to task e.g. RiO; Thomson Screening
- Ability to travel to a range of community settings in a timely manner, including schools, allocated base, clinics
6. Responsibility for patient / client care
· Liaise with partner agencies to provide a seamless experience and quality outcome including completing onward referrals to external agencies such as ophthalmology and audiology.
· Actively promote equality and value diversity
· Adhere to local and national guidance/legislation for safeguarding children and adults
· Comply with confidentiality requirements
· Maintaining the privacy and dignity of the child at all times e.g. the completion of measurements should be done sensitively with due regard to cultural and religious requirements (e.g. not removing headwear; parental/carer’s wishes) and in a private setting
· Ensure effective and sensitive communication with children and families
· Maintain clinical competency and continuous professional development
· Access clinical supervision as per organisational policy
7. Responsibility for policy and service development implementation
· Maintain a professional manner and act as a role model, adhering to organisational policies and protocols
· Ensure that organisational policies and procedures are adhered to
· Actively promote and embed new processes within team, following direction from Lead School Nurse and/or Clinical Lead
· Review day to day process and identify potential improvements to service delivery in discussion with Lead School Nurse
· Support the Lead School Nurse and or Clinical Lead with the creation and embedding of new processes/sops
· Participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities to improve standards and outcomes
· Contribute to the achievement of organisation and service objectives
8. Responsibilities for financial and physical resource
- Ensure that equipment is transported, stored and used safely and correctly
- Comply with the organisational standing orders and standing financial instructions
9. Responsibilities for human resources (HR)
- Adhere to all organisational policy and procedures
- Participate in own appraisal and clinical supervision
- To provide support and advice to other colleagues within the team
- To support the team in providing placements for students and other colleagues
10. Responsibilities for information resources
· Responsibility for timely accurate record keeping and safeguarding client confidentiality by adhering to Caldicott Principles
· Ensure records are kept up to date and safeguard patient confidentiality by being aware of professional, legal and ethical responsibilities
· Record and submit accurate, timely data and information to inform Public Health England, service planning, management and evaluation
· Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)
· Actively participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities to maintain quality of service and support service developments
11. Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)
· Actively participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities to maintain quality of service and support service developments
12. Freedom to act
· Work as a member of the School Health Team, under the guidance of the Senior Clinical Support Worker/Lead School Nurse and/or Clinical Lead
· Plan and organise workload and that of the screening team using initiative, escalating to line manager as required guided by defined policies and procedures
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 1 week of the closing date; no discourtesy is intended in not contacting you if your application is rejected.
When completing your application, please include the email addresses and contact telephone numbers for your referees; your referees should be your line managers / course tutors for the last 3 years.
MCH is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to a compassionate and inclusive workplace and values diversity of all people. We prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment of any kind and wish to provide our employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. At the heart of our values, we seek to treat people fairly and with dignity and respect and provide a workplace where people feel they belong.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join MCH. We are positive about disability and we guarantee interviews to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria as specified in the job description. We are committed to offering support and making reasonable adjustments to allow full participation in the interview and selection process and through their employee journey.
We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 2 or 3
Experience
Essential criteria
- Communication with a wide range of professionals
- Working independently and as part of a team
- Flexibility and adaptability to change
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a school or healthcare setting
Special knowledge/expertise
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of confidentiality, consent and relevant data protection legislation/guidance
- Experience of using Microsoft packages including excel, outlook
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of issues facing children and families
Practical Skills
Essential criteria
- Fundamental IT skills
- Ability to work using own initiative and without supervision
- Ability to travel between venues
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Rio (Electronic patient record)
Organisational Values
Essential criteria
- Values
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona McKenna
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Public Health Nursing - Schools
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07985315367
- Additional information
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