Lead School Nurse Specialist - 0-19 Public Health

The Methodist Church in Britain; Swindon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust seeks a specialist practitioner to lead the Healthy Child Programme for ages 5–19 within the 0-19 public health team. You will provide expert clinical guidance, supervise students and practitioners, and work with schools and partners to meet safeguarding and health improvement goals.

The role requires a school nursing specialist registration and involves line management, mentoring, and delivering person-centred care with focus on safety and

Qualifications

• Specialist school nursing qualification and registration.
• Experience as a specialist in public health nursing.
• Recent experience in a comparable role.
• Experience of managing change and leading teams.
• Proven ability to develop specialist care programmes.
• Experience of clinical supervision and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the Healthy Child Programme for children aged 5 to 19 and their families.
• Collaborate with pan-Dorset 0-19 teams on ChatHealth, safeguarding and support requests.
• Promote health and wellbeing of the 5 to 19 population and families.
• Provide specialist clinical guidance on patient care and service users.
• Devise specialist care programmes for the 0-19 team and colleagues.
• Plan, implement and review health improvement programmes across settings.
• Work with partners to meet standards and statutory requirements.
• Provide line management and supervision to the 0-19 team and supervise students/practitioners.
• Deliver person-centred care prioritising safety, privacy and dignity.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Workload planning

Trust strategy knowledge

Effective communication

Barrier understanding

Education

School nursing qualification

Job description

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust seeks a specialist practitioner to lead the Healthy Child Programme for ages 5–19 within the 0-19 public health team. You will provide expert clinical guidance, supervise students and practitioners, and work with schools and partners to meet safeguarding and health improvement goals.

The role requires a school nursing specialist registration and involves line management, mentoring, and delivering person-centred care with focus on safety and