Job summary
Are you a SCPHN School Nurse who is highly motivated with excellent team working and communication skills? If so then we would love you to come and join us!

We are currently expanding our School Nursing Service as part of our model of delivery and are recruiting to School Nurse posts. Our model uses 2 streams and incorporates the development of ways of working to meet the needs of our diverse and growing population. We would also like to hear from you if you are SCPHN School Nurse Student due to qualify. We actively encourage any applicants to come and meet the management team and 0-19 colleagues.

This is a year-round post working a minimum 30 hours per week between 9am-5pm.

Previous applicants within the last 3 months need Not apply.

Main duties of the job
The role promotes the health, wellbeing and development of children and young people through universal, targeted and specialist interventions, ensuring services are accessible, confidential, inclusive and centred on the voice of the child. The post holder assesses population, community, family and individual health needs, identifying risks, protective factors and health inequalities. The role includes undertaking holistic assessments, developing and evaluating evidence-based plans of care, providing health promotion and early intervention, supporting priorities such as emotional wellbeing, healthy lifestyles, resilience, relationships, risk reduction and preparation for adulthood. The School Nurse contributes to safeguarding through risk assessment, professional curiosity, information sharing, multi-agency working and escalation of concerns, ensuring the lived experience and voice of children and young people are represented. The post holder provides clinical leadership within the skill-mix team, maintaining accountability for assessment, delegation, decision-making and quality of care. Responsibilities include maintaining accurate records, using digital systems, contributing to clinical governance, audit, service evaluation and quality improvement, and supporting student learning. The role requires effective partnership working to improve outcomes, promote equitable access and ensure children and young people receive coordinated, high-quality care and support.

About us
We can offer you:

• A friendly, welcoming, nurturing and encouraging work environment that will support you in your practice and development
• Local induction and an allocated mentor
• Preceptorship for newly qualified staff
• Strong leadership and management support
• Regular clinical, management, and safeguarding supervision.
• A clinical training programme to support your practice, tailored to your individual needs
• Opportunities for leadership and career development
• A strong focus on staff wellbeing and access to excellent staff engagement programs and support services via our People Development team

CNWL Trust can offer:

• Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust Benefits
• Buy & Sell Annual Leave
• An attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits for dependants; ill health retirement benefits; and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay)
• Employee Assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
• Staying Well at Work service for tailored employment related support to staff with severe and long-term mental health problems

Job responsibilities
See attached main job description and person specifications for full details of job and responsibilities.

Education & Qualifications
Essential

• Registered nurse or midwife with current NMC registration
• Current NMC registration as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse)

Desirable

• Qualification or recognised preparation for practice supervision and/or assessment
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with families and children/ young people to improve health outcomes through the delivery of the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme.
• Evidence of caseload management and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Experience of multi-agency working.
• Ability to manage complex and distressing situations / cases

Desirable

• Experience of supervising or developing staff and learners.

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Knowledge of safeguarding children, local and national policy, including information sharing, consent, confidentiality and professional accountability.
• Confident in managing change and demonstrate excellent leadership skills
• Knowledge of safeguarding children, local and national policy, including information sharing, consent, confidentiality and professional accountability.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt to a variety of situations
• Competent in use of IT and associated programmes eg. Microsoft Teams, Systmone, Microsoft Office
• Excellent record keeping skills/maintaining accurate electronic clinical records.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Demonstrates professional curiosity, respectful challenge, reflective practice and sound professional boundaries
• Builds credible, inclusive and trusting relationships with children, young people, families, colleagues and partner agencies.
• Able to work autonomously, prioritise competing demands and remain effective in unpredictable or emotionally challenging situations
• Committed to rights-based, culturally responsive and anti-discriminatory practice.
• Positive attitude, with a solution focused outlook
• Innovative and enthusiastic with a commitment to self-development and to share experience with others to influence practice

Other
Essential

• Must be able to work all year around, across a range of settings according to service requirements.
• Able to work flexibly to meet service need, including occasional work outside normal hours.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).