Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Management and Leadership responsibilities

• To work according to the Trust Values, 6C ‘s’ and Trust Nursing Strategy to ensure high quality, responsive patient focussed care is delivered to all children and families

• Comply with the Trusts policies, guidelines and procedures

• Assist with the investigation of complaints

• Participate in and attend staff meetings / forums

• Actively contribute in working parties and service development opportunities

• Participate in Personal Development Plans and Individual Performance Reviews

• Undertake training necessary to ensure own development and updating

• Attend mandatory training sessions as required by Oxleas

Clinical

• To deliver the key touch points contacts, within required timescales, according to service model to meet KPI’s.

• To assess the health needs with individual children 

• Undertake, design and evaluate any health promotion sessions individually and in groups within the clinic setting and record on RIO

• To collate relevant information by liaising with all agencies for school aged children in mainstream and special units and to refer children with on-going health needs to relevant professionals

• To complete care plans/Rio forms and outcome contacts to monitor and review children with special and additional needs in mainstream school  to support reporting for KPI’s

• To liaise with schools, parents and other agencies, regarding health issues, to ensure that children are able to progress to their full potential

• Under the guidance of the Child Protection policies and procedures and with support from the school nurse, act as a health resource for the school aged child at child protection case conferences and core group 

• Where children do not respond to local treatment plans, refer these children on to the appropriate professional, having consulted the parent/carer. Complete RIO forms/templates to facilitate reporting of service KPI’s

• To arrange and participate in relevant programmes promoting the role of the nurse to children, parents and wider school community

• To advise pupils, parents, teachers and staff about matters relating to health

• To work within limits of confidentiality

• Collect and interpret information in order to decide on safe and appropriate actions

• Participate in promoting the service locally and nationally

Plan and organise own work 

• Plan and organise own work by assessing and targeting needs 

• Undertake health promotion sessions for parents and schools 

• Support national and local health promotion campaigns 

• Participate in clinical and child protection supervision according to Trust protocols 

• To maintain a diary which accurately reflects daily work and mileage

Research

• To initiate and undertake audits, and interpret and report on their findings

• Contribute to service development ensuring that all care is evidence based, and implementing agreed changes.

Communication and Record Keeping 

• To establish and maintain good relationships with children, young people and parents/carers to listen to and respond to their needs and act as an advocate where appropriate

• To be the named professional liaising between schools and other agencies involved with the health of the school aged child delegating to colleagues appropriate tasks

• Maintain legible, accurate and contemporaneous records, which are dated and signed according to Trust policy

• To follow Trust and service mobile working guidelines, completing and utilising RIO diary and record keeping functions

• To complete the RIO diary and outcome contacts, for advance planning of work, communication with colleagues, confirmation of contacts, completed and to support reporting to KPI’s

• To follow and comply with lone worker “Start and end of day” procedures to ensure own and colleagues safety.

• To complete RIO forms/templates and care plans, as required to provide a comprehensive record of health assessments and care delivered, and to facilitate reporting of service KPI’s

• Present complex issues in a professional manner e.g. Court Statements

• To identify and facilitate resources required to ensure equitable service to a diverse population e.g. sign interpreters

• Deal with telephone messages, accurately record and respond appropriately

• Promote Oxleas 0-19 services to User groups and interested independent organisations e.g. Presentations using available resources

• To use negotiation skills in group management: e.g. children with health needs, classroom settings.

• To provide written reports and referrals to appropriate agencies

• To interpret the needs of clients in a multi-agency context, where issues of consent and confidentiality cause conflict

• Use a variety of communication skills, where English is not the first language or where understanding is limited

• To communicate effectively with colleagues within Oxleas, and partner agencies, to ensure timely, effective and coordinated care for families