School Nurse

JOB TITLE: Part Time School Nurse (22 hours per week)

Term time: 33 weeks per annum (includes INSET Days) plus 1 week in the School Holiday period.

LOCATION: Wellbeing Centre, Giggleswick School, North Yorkshire

RESPONSIBLE TO: Deputy Head/ Wellbeing Centre Coordinator

HOURS OF WORK: The Wellbeing Centre is open up to 6 days per week during term time. It is open for 22 Saturdays in the academic year and typically open for no more than two consecutive Saturdays (except the final half of the Summer Term). A School Nurse is on duty during the following hours:

Monday - Friday

The wellbeing centre is opening hours are Monday to Friday, 08:00-16:00 (with 1-hour unpaid lunch)

Saturday (when open)

08:00-18:00 (with 1-hour unpaid lunch break)

These hours are split equally between two part time nurses on an agreed rota system.

SALARY: Competitive salary, dependent upon experience 0.4FTE from

Grade B.2 Point 16 £15.33ph equating to £12789.28 to

Grade C.1 point 18 £16.38ph equating to £13657.12

Plus, pension and generous school fee remission.

CLOSING DATE: Friday 28 June 2024, 12:00pm

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Summary of the role

Giggleswick is seeking to appoint a School Nurse to join its small, friendly nursing team in the school's Wellbeing Centre. The Wellbeing Centre is a professional and busy department which from September 2024 will comprise a Wellbeing Coordinator & Healthcare Assistant, and 2 x part-time nurse (this role), managing the health and welfare of day and boarding pupils. They will work shifts, including weekends, in term time.

The Wellbeing Centre consists of bedrooms, treatment rooms, a counselling room and revamped outdoor space. It is also a hub for our School Counsellor and wellbeing support offered to pupils by our nursing and other pastoral staff. It is well resourced, and professional training and development is offered to all our staff along with a competitive remuneration and benefits package.

The nursing team are responsible for the assessment and treatment of minor illness and injuries to the pupils and, in an emergency, staff. They are supported by the Wellbeing Coordinator and boarders are registered at the local GP Surgery, Townhead, in Settle. Nurses are expected to deliver care within the boundaries of the role, focusing on supporting the patients to be healthy, the monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities, and supporting the delivery of policies. The School Nurse will be confident in clinical assessment and the management of common illness and injury. They will be given the opportunity to spend time progressing their clinical skills on a regular basis and opportunities to attend a variety of courses throughout the year with funding for these available, if appropriate.

A commitment to the values and expectations of this boarding community and to the welfare of the pupils is a vital component of the job.

Job Description

Main Duties

• Assess, plan, and implement management plans appropriate to the health needs of those attending the Wellbeing Centre.
• Implement and evaluate individual care plans for students with complex or long-term conditions.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist pupils and School staff in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Promote health education strategies that encourage students to live healthily and apply principles of self-care.
• Deliver sessions on health promotion where appropriate.
• Implement and participate in immunisation programmes for the students using the School IMMS team and guidance from the School Doctor.
• Provide support to the House Matrons, Housemasters/mistresses, as appropriate. This may involve visiting sick pupils in houses or giving appropriate advice on treatment.
• Provide first-aid support at School sports events when required including being pitch-side for sports fixtures.
• Take an active role in audit and research to further improve the provision of healthcare at Giggleswick School.
• Help schedule and support all appointments between the school counsellor, physiotherapist and the pupils.
• To provide nursing care including both clinical and mental health support and treatment.
• Maintain pupil clinical records on NHS and the school’s MIS.

Medical and Pastoral Care

• Demonstrate a sensitive communication style, ensuring that patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• Liaise fully with colleagues at the beginning and end of each shift to ensure a full handover takes place.
• Liaise with the Wellbeing Coordinator and School Doctors on pupil issues as required.
• Recognise the need for the use of different types of communication methods to ensure that the person can fully understand what is being said.
• Anticipate barriers of communication and take action to overcome them.
• Maintain effective communication with colleagues, House Matrons and Housemasters/mistresses.
• Communicate effectively with parents when required.
• Act as an advocate when representing the pupils’ viewpoints to other health care professionals or staff members.

Professional

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Provide accurate records and complete records of patient consultations and drug administration consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
• Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
• Deliver care according to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and evidence-based care.
• Evaluate the patients’ response to healthcare provision and the effectiveness of care.
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons for whom they are responsible; understand and apply national and the School’s Safeguarding Policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children; and discuss urgently any concerns with the Wellbeing Coordinator when required and the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Support the Wellbeing Centre Coordinator to ensure medical records are kept accurately and safely, electronically, using iSAMS.
• Ensure all personal data is processed in line with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Risk Management

• Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, and guidelines.
• Ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of all medication is undertaken.
• Document controlled drugs according to legal requirement.
• Undertake mandatory and statutory training.
• Apply infection-control measures in the Wellbeing Centre according to local and national guidelines.