Job Summary
Join Our Team as a Bank Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse. As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:

• Flexible Shift Booking Self-book bank shifts and request time off up to six weeks in advance for a better work-life balance.
• Wagestream Access Track and access earned wages anytime, avoiding high-interest loans or overdrafts.
• Professional Growth Gain experience across various services, access free training, and join our Strive for Better professional network.
• 24/7 Well-being Support Free counselling, legal advice, financial guidance, and career coaching.
• Innovative Culture Share ideas, apply for national funding, and contribute to service improvements.
• Recognition & Engagement Nominate colleagues for awards and participate in executive Q&A sessions.
• Commitment to Excellence Be part of a team with "Good" or "Outstanding" CQC-rated services.

Job Introduction
Are you searching for a role that offers variety, growth, and support? As a SCPHN School Nurse, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering the Healthy Child Programme.

Supported by the clinical team lead, the SCPHN School Nurse will carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of health needs, including the development, implementation and evaluation/audit of evidence-based interventions.

The SCPHN School Nurse will take responsibility for ensuring the quality and standard of care and delivery of an effective school nursing service to improve outcomes for the local school aged population. The SCPHN School Nurse will participate in delivering a universal core service, and provide targeted interventions, to address health inequalities, where necessary referring to specialist services. This role will also include safeguarding responsibilities, supporting the delivery of the school immunisations programme, mentorship of students, line management of a skill mixed 0-19 team and staff appraisals.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead and support a skillmixed team to deliver safe, equitable services within the 519 Healthy Child Programme.
• Prioritise highrisk cases, delegate effectively, and promote development through supervision and appraisal.
• Build positive relationships with schools, families, and multidisciplinary partners, working with wider agencies to ensure integrated support for children and young people.
• Provide assessments, targeted interventions, immunisations, and specialist clinics. Identify unmet needs, make referrals, and deliver care in line with safeguarding procedures.
• Plan and deliver health promotion in PSHE, groups, and onetoone sessions, support dropin clinics, and contribute to service initiatives.
• Respond promptly to safeguarding concerns, attend protection meetings, and maintain clear, compliant documentation.
• Communicate effectively with varied audiences and maintain accurate, confidential records and reports.
• Manage your own workload and support team priorities, contributing to service planning, audits, and continuous improvement.
• Support protocol development, lead audits, provide commissioning data, and promote evidencebased practice.
• Maintain equipment, report replacement needs, and support infection control and immunisation uptake.
• Work within NMC standards, maintain CPD, and support junior staff development under the guidance of the Clinical Team Lead.

Ideal Candidate
Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN1) with SCPHN - School Nurse qualification and current NMC Part 3 registration
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and transferable clinical skills
• Knowledge of NHS and CYP public health priorities
• Experience in leadership, multi-disciplinary teamwork, and service improvement (e.g. audits, research, change management)
• Strong organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to prioritise, delegate, and manage complex situations
• Competent in IT and digital record-keeping
• Resilient, adaptable, and professional with high personal integrity

Desirable

• Registered Nurse - Child Branch
• Mentorship or supervision qualifications (e.g. Child Protection Supervisor, Clinical Supervision Facilitator)
• Additional training: PSHE delivery, sexual health, immunisation (incl. 2-day foundation)
• Recent experience working directly with CYP and families
• Completion of safeguarding modules

Other requirements: Full UK Driving Licence and access to a car insured for business use.

Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.

For further information please contact Lisa on 07867373045

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.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN1) with SCPHN - School Nurse qualification and current NMC Part 3 registration

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 (opens in a new window).

HCRG Care Group is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes 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.