Community Staff Nurse

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Woolwich; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Woolwich is seeking a qualified Community Staff Nurse to join the Young Greenwich School Nursing team. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering community health services and supporting young people's health and education. Applicants should be registered nurses with excellent communication skills, knowledge of safeguarding, and a driving license. The role offers a salary range of £35,763 to £43,466 per year with a full-time, permanent contract.

Qualifications

• Must possess a current driving license with access to a car for work.
• Experience in delivering child health programmes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver aspects of the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme.
• Promote health among children and young people in Greenwich.
• Support personal, social, and educational aspirations of young people.

Skills

Communication skills

Team-working

Safeguarding knowledge

IT skills

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 08 December 2025

Previous applicants need not apply

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Staff Nurse to join our dynamic Young Greenwich School Nursing team.

Young Greenwich is a new integrated programme commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The programme is led by Oxleas and delivered with partners Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) who together with METRO form the Young Greenwich Partnership.

Young Greenwich will deliver seamlessly in and out of schools, youth hubs and other community venues with strong pathways for pupils in schools into community-based activities and support and vice versa.

The successful candidate will need to be highly motivated and enthusiastic delivering the healthy child programme and model of community health across schools in Greenwich. We are looking for a Staff Nurse that possess excellent communication skills and have a forward thinking approach to new ways of working within our partnership in youth hubs including developing the parenting support with our Health Advisors.

You must be a registered nurse, with a working knowledge of safeguarding, team-working and excellent IT skills. In addition, applicants must have a current driving license with access to a car for work.

Main duties of the job

Overview of the Post

• To deliver aspects of the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme.
• To improve and promote the health of all children and young people in Greenwich.
• To support children and young people to realise their potential in health, education / training (where applicable), and their contribution to the wider community.

Overview of the Young Greenwich service

Young Greenwich is a new integrated programme commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The key purpose of the programme is to enable young people to develop holistically, working with them to facilitate their personal, social, and educational aspirations with an aim to develop their voice and reach their full potential.

The programme is led by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (Oxleas) and delivered with partners Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) who together with METRO form the Young Greenwich Partnership.

Young Greenwich will deliver seamlessly in and out of schools, youth hubs and other community venues with strong pathways for pupils in schools into community-based activities and support and vice versa.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

24 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£35,763 to £43,466 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-7542513-CYP-A

Job locations

Woolwich Hub
Woolwich
SE18 4HE

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Woolwich Hub
Woolwich
SE18 4HE

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact

Young Greenwich Team Manager
Celine Cook
[e-mail]
07917552781