Registered Nursing Associate - Specialist School Nursing | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking to appoint dynamic and enthusiastic candidates to the role of Registered Nursing Associate within a term-time only role, located at Cedar House, within our St. Michael's Community Hospital site within the Specialist School Nursing team. The weekly hours for this role will be agreed at interview, and a term-time only agreement will be drafted for approval by the appointed candidate.

The post holder will develop robust induction packs for pre-registration nursing students and new starters with a clear plan for meeting set objectives and ensure this is delivered by each team locally. They will ensure that placements and support for nursing learners are of a high standard in line with the NMC requirements.

Please note: The successful candidates will work 37.50 per week for 39 weeks. For payment, 32.40 hours will be paid per week for 52 weeks as per Trust Term-Time only calculations. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

The Registered Nursing Associate is a member of the Special School Nursing (SSN) Team and is responsible for assisting in the effective delivery of individualised care to children in line with their established plan of care, within special schools in Enfield. The postholder will undertake clinical duties as directed by a Registered Nurse/manager to provide care to children and young people. They will be based in either 1 or 2 special schools and will provide support to children and young people with medical or health needs. The post holder will assist in the delivery of health care and training for education staff.

The post is based in the Special School’s Nursing team (SSNT) which covers several special schools in the borough of Enfield, currently the special schools have a total of 17 sites and support children and young people with a range of needs from several physical disabilities to mental health and communication concerns. The function of the team will be to provide care to children with nursing needs in the schools, but also to coordinate care plans and teach education staff/parents or carers in managing the health care needs of their child or young person.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICSs, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.