Band 6 Team Leader Continuing Care Schools

Job overview

Band 6 Team Leader- 35 hours per week Term Time Only.

This role will involve providing professional and clinical leadership to the special school nursing staff, ensuring that they are engaged with and adhering to local policies, guidelines and expectations. This is in addition to acting as a first line manager to members of the special school nursing team and engage with them to deliver a high standard of care.

The Continuing Care Schools Team is made up of the Team Leader position alongside two registered nurses and a team of Band 3 Children's Support Workers.

The Continuing Care Schools Team is an integral part of our wider Children's Complex Care Service which also includes the Long Term Ventilation, Continuing Care and Swanbourne Gardens Respite Service. As a team we strive to provide the children we support with high standards of care.

Main duties of the job

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic specialist nursing care in conjunction with the child / young person / family and carers.

Ensure that nursing care is safe, effective, and caring and is consistent with clinical guidelines.

To act as a source of specialist advice for children, young people, and families in relation to their condition.

Provide specific specialist education and training programmes and use information packages for children, young people, families, and lay carers, facilitating the development of self-care skills and knowledge.

To work with the multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement plans of care to enable children / young people to be cared for in the community.

To follow Safeguarding Children policies and guidelines and participate in monitoring and interventions to meet the needs of children and young people.

To conduct health assessments and develop child specific health plans ensuring that children with special medical/nursing/health needs have their needs met within the school setting to reach their full potential in school. This will include delivery of clinical procedures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Providing professional and clinical leadership to special school nursing staff, ensuring that they are engaged with and adhering to local policies, guidelines and expectations.

Act as a first line manager to members of the special school nursing team and engage with them to deliver a high standard of care.

Be an expert and knowledgeable practitioner within the service ensuring the provision of high-quality evidenced nursing care for the child with a disability and their family.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic specialist nursing care in conjunction with the child / young person / family and carers.

Ensure that nursing care is safe, effective, and caring and is consistent with clinical guidelines.

To act as a source of specialist advice for children, young people, and families in relation to their condition.

Provide specific specialist education and training programmes and use information packages for children, young people, families, and lay carers, facilitating the development of self-care skills and knowledge.

To work with the multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement plans of care to enable children / young people to be cared for in the community.

To follow Safeguarding Children policies and guidelines and participate in monitoring and interventions to meet the needs of children and young people.

To attend Case Conferences and Team Around the Child and any other relevant Safeguarding Children meetings as required, to be lead professional as appropriate.

To ensure there is a comprehensive health report for school reviews, case conferences, and team around the child meetings.

To conduct health assessments and develop child specific health plans ensuring that children with special medical/nursing/health needs have their needs met within the school setting to reach their full potential in school. This will include delivery of clinical procedures.

To adhere to and support the implementation of the Medicines in Schools Policy with particular reference to medication schedules for children with high medication need including the administration of rescue medication via rectal, buccal, and nasal routes following the protocol in order to meet the child's health needs.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.