Band 6 School Nurse

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare trust is seeking an SCPHN qualified School Nurse to join its innovative School Nursing team. The role involves assessing health needs of children and families, providing clinical leadership, and ensuring effective healthcare delivery in the community. Candidates should be passionate about working with vulnerable populations and possess strong teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Evidence of post-registration development and training.
• Committed to addressing health inequalities and social exclusion.

Responsibilities

• Assess health needs of individual children and school population.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team to address health needs.
• Work with vulnerable children and families.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Interpersonal skills

Team working

Education

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – School Nursing qualification

Job description

• This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
  
  

Previous applicants who have applied for the post are encouraged to consider whether they would like to reapply following feedback post interview. If you were not shortlisted for this vacancy previously, we would advise that you review your application and the Person Specification before resubmitting a further application.

Are you are interested in working along side children and families in the community?

Are you interested in working with young people and supporting them with their health needs?

Are you interested in working with vulnerable families?

Do you want to develop your leadership, management skills and role model for junior staff?

We are looking to recruit an SCPHN qualified School Nurse to join our enthusiastic and innovative School Nursing team. This post will be based at Hobmoor Road Health Centre, 192 Hobmoor Road, B10 9JH

We are looking for a qualified school nurse with strong skills in clinical leadership and in depth knowledge of public health. You should also be committed to team working and possess excellent interpersonal skills and be able to lead a multidisciplinary team of school health staff who will work with children, young people and families to identify relevant health needs and ensure these are addressed in line with the agreed service pathways.

The post holder will work within their allocated district to assess the health needs of individual children and the school population as a whole. They will also support other districts within their team where need arises. They will proactively address factors affecting health to ensure that children and young people achieve the best possible outcomes and will work with vulnerable children and families to reduce the risks of social exclusion and health inequalities.

The Successful Candidates Must Have

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – School Nursing qualification or working towards qualifying soon (offer of post will be conditional to successful completion of course)
• Evidence of post registration development and training
  
  

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Frances Smith Job title: Team Leader - School Health Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07515 070235