Skip to main content

This job has expired

School Nurse

Employer
Careerline
Location
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Salary
£24500.00 - £32500.00 per annum
Closing date
6 Jan 2018

View more

Sector
Nursing Children
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

SCHOOL NURSE - Nr BASINGSTOKE
Competitive salary and benefits

Our client is both a registered children's home and school for 28 children who have the most severe and complex learning difficulties and usually autism. Many children also have additional problems such as epilepsy, self-injurious behaviour, aggression and restrictive behaviour. The school is registered for pupils from the ages of 8-19. The children live at the school 52 weeks a year so the school is a home which provides education, leisure, play and outings.

You will be working with the Health Team on a day-to-day basis and you will be jointly responsible for the provision of all health care needs of the children. You will be required to liaise with other health professionals, along with multidisciplinary team members within the school.

Duties include:
*Supervising visits with health professionals and assisting our children to hospital appointments and surgeries in the community.
*Observing, assessing and monitoring the children's health, development and emotional wellbeing, initiating action when necessary.
*Contacting parents concerning the health needs of their children.
*Supporting the Health Team with staff training in the dispensing of medication, epilepsy and associated risk assessments.
*Offering advice and treatment for minor injuries.
*Ordering medication from the GP and validating through internal systems once collected from the pharmacy.
*Contributing to children's reviews with a health report and attending reviews as required.

The successful candidate must be qualified to RN Level 1 with an active registration and be able to demonstrate evidence of post registration continuing professional development. You must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills particularity the ability to relate to children, young adults, parents and colleagues. You must be highly motivated, enthusiastic, experienced and flexible.

You will be employed to work at the school full time between Monday - Friday as part of the Care Management team.

Company

You may know of Careerline through seeing our advertising online and in all the industry journals.  Sometime in the past two decades, you may have retained us as your recruitment partner – likely on more than one occasion.  Over the years you may have secured one or numerous job opportunities through us and whether as a candidate or client, you may have sought guidance or advice from one of our expert consultants.

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert