Job Introduction
Package Description
As a Band 6 School Nurse, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Salary from £38,682 to £46,580 with NHS Pension
- AFC Pension and terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Job Introduction
At HCRG Care Group, we know that School Nurses play a vital role in helping children and families achieve their full potential. As a SCPHN School Nurse, you’ll work as part of our Essex Child & Family Wellbeing Service, which is built on collaboration with the community, for the community.
You’ll take on a leadership role in your Healthy Family Team, helping to shape the delivery of public health services to children, young people, and their families.
You’ll be a trusted partner for schools, healthcare providers, and multi-agency teams, using your expertise to guide and support others while directly influencing the lives of the families you serve.
Our team is known for its warm, inclusive culture where everyone’s contributions are valued. Whether you’re mentoring students or collaborating with other professionals, you’ll feel supported to grow and thrive in a role that truly makes a difference.
Main Responsibilities
As a SCPHN School Nurse, you’ll take on a rewarding role that’s both varied and impactful. You’ll be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing preventative and supportive health care to children, young people, and their families in schools, homes, and community venues.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Delivering the Healthy Child Programme across all four levels.
- Managing and supervising School Staff Nurses and Support Staff, helping them prioritize and organize their caseloads.
- Mentoring students and new team members, fostering their development as they grow into their roles.
- Working closely with headteachers, healthcare providers, and multi-agency teams to ensure seamless support for school-age children.
- Confidently supporting vulnerable children and families, collaborating with safeguarding teams to reduce risk and prevent harm.
We know this work is as challenging as it is fulfilling, so you’ll have access to robust support from our Healthy Family Team Leaders and a wider multi-disciplinary network.
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
The Ideal Candidate
We’re excited to welcome dedicated nurses who are passionate about making a difference.
To thrive in this role, you’ll need:
- A Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification and current NMC registration.
- Experience working with children, young people, and families.
- A solid understanding of child and adolescent development, safeguarding, and clinical governance.
- A valid driving license and access to a car for work.
We value fresh perspectives, so whether you’re a seasoned professional or new to this area of nursing, we’ll support you in achieving your career goals.
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
