HGH22062 School Nursing Services 7/Trainee School Nurse

NHS Scotland; Inverness; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland invites applications for the post of School Nurse within Highland Health & Social Care, Inverness. The role focuses on delivering universal public health programmes for children and young people aged 5–19, in schools and local communities, and coordinating school immunisation activities.

You will work with education colleagues as Named Person, contributing to Child Plan assessments using the national practice model, and provide leadership in health assessment and care planning

Responsibilities

• Leading, delivering and evaluating universal public health programmes for school-aged children and young people (5 - 19 years) within school and community settings including the planning coordination of the school age immunisation programme.
• Supporting education colleagues in their role as the Named Person in contributing to the development of the Child Plan through comprehensive assessment using the national practice model.
• Providing leadership within health assessment and care planning.

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Location – Inverness

Highland Health & Social Care

Post Title – School Nursing Services 7/Trainee School Nurse

Full-time – 36 hours per week

Salary Scale

Qualified School Nurse - £52,845 - £61,466 p.a.

Trainees - Up to 12 months prior to completion of training (75% of the top rate at Band 7) = £46,099 p.a.

More than two but less than three years prior to completion of training (65% of the top rate at Band 7) = £39,952 p.a.

More than three years from completion of training (60% of the top rate at Band 7) = £36,879 p.a.

Permanent

(Please Note NHS application forms will not be accepted, see below to apply)

Leading, delivering and evaluating universal public health programmes for school-aged children and young people (5 - 19 years) within school and community settings including the planning coordination of the school age immunisation programme.

Supporting education colleagues in their role as the Named Person in contributing to the development of the Child Plan through comprehensive assessment using the national practice model.

Providing leadership within health assessment and care planning.

If you would like to discuss this post further, please contact Sharon McDonald, Tel: [phone] or Email: [e-mail]