Band 5 Staff Nurse in School Nursing Team

HCRG Care Group; Burnley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a compliant Band 5 Staff Nurse to join the East Lancashire School Nursing Team. Responsibilities include delivering health programs and supporting quality functions. The ideal candidate will have NMC registration and a passion for community health. This position offers unique benefits, including NHS pension and professional development opportunities, in a supportive, multi-disciplinary environment. A valid UK driving license and access to a car are required for this role. Apply soon, as the position may close early if popular.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension

Membership of My Reward Hub

Wages access before payday

Wellbeing support

eLearning and career development opportunities

Innovative culture with funding for improvements

Qualifications

• Passion for improving lives of children and families in the community.
• Understanding of health promotion/public health activities is desirable.
• Ability to act independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Access to a car for work purposes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the healthy child programme at four levels.
• Support leadership and quality function.
• Understand principles of trauma-informed care.
• Recognize health needs and identify referral situations.

Skills

Registered nurse with NMC registration

Experience in health promotion / public health

Ability to work independently and within a team

Valid UK driving licence

Job description

Band 5 Staff Nurse in School Nursing Team

As a Band 5 Staff Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our East Lancashire School Nursing Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 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 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 as 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

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Deliver the healthy child programme at four levels as delegated by the Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner (SCPHN)
• Support leadership and delivery of a quality function (such as, service user experience and undertake supervision as per HCRG Care Group guidelines)
• To be trauma aware and understand the principles of a trauma informed approach to care and the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on children, young people and adults
• Ability to recognise health needs for individual clients and situations in relation to the health of children, young people, individuals and families, in complex situations, identifying situations where referral for support from SCPHN is necessary

To succeed in this role, you'll bring a combination of skills, experience and personal qualities that align with our values. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Be a registered nurse with NMC registration and a passion for improving the lives of children and families within the local community.
• Be experienced and have an understanding of health promotion / public health activities is desirable
• Ability to act independently as well as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Have a valid UK driving licence, with access to a car for work purposes.

About us

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, helping to ensure a smooth and seamless patient journey. With a focus on person‑centred care, you'll have the chance to make a real difference in people's lives every day.

So, if you're a registered nurse with a passion for community care and a commitment to providing high‑quality patient‑centred care, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a Fixed‑Term, 12 month contract. The post is based in the East Lancashire School Nursing Team.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

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.