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:

• Band 6 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change 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 lifes 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 youre 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, youll work as part of our Essex Child & Family Wellbeing Service, which is built on collaboration with the community, for the community.

Youll 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.

Youll 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 everyones contributions are valued.Whether youre mentoring students or collaborating with other professionals, youll feel supported to grow and thrive in a role that truly makes a difference.

Main Responsibilities

• 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 youll 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
Were excited to welcome dedicated nurses who are passionate about making a difference.

To thrive in this role, youll 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 youre a seasoned professional or new to this area of nursing, well 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.Were 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 doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As youd 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 youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well 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.

Qualifications
Essential

• 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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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.