Job Introduction
Are you a qualified SCPHN School Nurse looking for an opportunity to lead, influence and make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families?
We are looking for a Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse to join our Children's Service, where you will play a key role in delivering high quality public health services to school-aged children. Working across schools, homes, clinics and community settings, you will lead on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, manage a defined caseload and work closely with education, health and social care partners to improve outcomes for children and families.
This is a rewarding role that combines clinical expertise, leadership and public health practice. You will support children with a range of health, emotional and safeguarding needs, contribute to multi-agency working, provide specialist advice to schools and professionals, and help shape innovative, evidence-based services that reduce health inequalities and promote wellbeing.
Package Description
As a Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse, you will be part of our valued Children's Service team, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £39,959 - £48,117 (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases, cashback opportunities and a wide range of voucher offers
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help manage unexpected expenses and avoid unnecessary borrowing costs
- Comprehensive wellbeing support, including physical and mental health resources, counselling, legal support and lifestyle guidance
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and professional development through our award-winning Learning Enterprise
- An open and inclusive culture where innovation is encouraged and supported through dedicated funding
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to delivering high quality care and achieving excellent outcomes for the communities we serve
Main Responsibilities
Delivering Public Health Services
You will lead and coordinate the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme for a defined population of school-aged children and young people. Using your public health knowledge and clinical expertise, you will identify health needs, provide early intervention and deliver evidence-based support to improve health and wellbeing outcomes.
Managing Caseloads and Supporting Children
You will manage a caseload of children, young people and families, undertaking health assessments, identifying risks and coordinating appropriate interventions. This will include providing targeted support to vulnerable children, undertaking health reviews, delivering school health services and making referrals where additional support is required.
Leadership and Team Support
As a senior member of the team, you will provide day-to-day operational support and leadership to School Staff Nurses and support staff. You will contribute to workload planning, delegation, supervision, appraisals and professional development, ensuring services are delivered safely and effectively.
Partnership and Safeguarding
Working collaboratively with schools, health professionals, social care teams and partner agencies, you will help safeguard children and reduce risk. You will contribute to child protection processes, attend relevant safeguarding meetings and ensure that children and families receive coordinated, joined-up support.
Service Development and Quality Improvement
You will support the development of innovative, evidence-based practice and ensure care is delivered in line with current national guidance, including NICE recommendations. You will contribute to service improvement initiatives and help maintain high standards of clinical governance across the service.
Person Specification
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification in School Nursing, or significant demonstrable School Nursing experience
- Experience of working with children, young people and families
- Experience of effective multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
- Evidence of leadership and professional development
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage workload, prioritise effectively and delegate appropriately
- Child protection and safeguarding awareness
- Knowledge of children's services and public health policy
- Understanding of child and adolescent development
- Knowledge and application of clinical governance principles
- Experience delivering evidence-based practice
- Computer literate with experience using electronic patient record systems such as SystmOne
Desirable
- Clinical Supervision Training
- Postgraduate study in a relevant field
- Leadership training
- Experience of line management
- Knowledge of family planning and sexual health services
- Group facilitation skills
- Understanding of the Healthy Schools agenda
- Presentation and training delivery skills
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.
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