Nursing Associate - School Nursing

CNWL; Newport Pagnell; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Flexible working options

Job summary

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust in Milton Keynes is seeking a Nursing Associate to join the School Nursing Service. The post focuses on delivering the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme across school, home, and clinic settings with safeguarding at the forefront.

You will support families under the supervision of a School Nurse or RN, promoting public health and high-quality, family-centered care across Milton Keynes.

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Associate on the UK NMC register.
• NNEB Diploma in child care and Education.
• Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Year.
• Experience in supporting children and their families.
• Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, compassionate care to children aged 5-19.
• Manage caseload under delegation of the School Nurse.
• Deliver programmes for parents and children in homes, community locations and schools.
• Maintain clinical records in line with policy and safeguarding requirements.
• Support safeguarding and public health initiatives at the community level.

Skills

Communication skills

Safeguarding

Teamwork

Public health

Education

Registered Nursing Associate (NMC)

NNEB Diploma in child care and Education

Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Year

Job description

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We care for you as much as you care for others.

There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Main area Nursing Associate School Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (All year round) Job ref 333-D-MK-CM-1235-A

Site Shipley Court Town Newport Pagnell Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum (pro rata if P/T) Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for an enthusiastic Nursing Associate to join our School Nursing Team within Milton Keynes.

This relatively new post, that will support the current School Nursing Team to deliver the 5-19 element of the Healthy Child Programme. You will have an interest in preventative health with a passion for delivering safe, high-quality care to children and young people within the school, home and clinic setting.

Safeguarding children is at forefront of all the work carried out by the team and as a Nursing Associate you will support families as part of the Early Intervention Strategy.

The Role of the Nursing Associate is to assist and support the School Nurses (SN’s) and Registered Nurses (RN’s) in ensuring optimal care is delivered across Milton Keynes. The post holder will be responsible for delivering high quality, family centred compassionate care under the direction of a School Nurse or Registered Nurse, with a focus on promoting public health and safeguarding. You will be an accountable professional and have the ability to work without constant direct supervision; within the parameters of practice by undertaking a range of duties appropriate to the level of responsibility and knowledge and skills acquired

Main duties of the job

• To work within the Nursing Associate parameters of practice to deliver high- quality, compassionate care to children aged 5-19 years, with a focus on promoting health and independence.
• To work under the delegation of the School Nurse, managing a caseload, delivering planned packages of care.
• Assist in the delivery of high-quality evidence-based programmes either with individual or groups of parents/carers/children, to improve outcomes for children and young people.
• Deliver care to families in their homes, community locations and Schools.
• Assist in the planning and delivery of programmes and activities such as; health needs assessments, continence, obesity/healthy eating, oral health, sleep and school readiness.
• Support parents and young people with enuresis information, face to face, virtually and in a group setting.
• Work in partnership with parents/carers, families and multi-disciplinary colleagues to maximise service delivery and to maintain effective relationships and communication.
• Maintain clinical records in line with record keeping policy.
• M aintain effective working relationships within the team and with other professionals.
• Communicate professionally, demonstrating active listening and the ability to ask sensitive and appropriate questions with excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Have an awareness of local safeguarding procedures and appropriately respond to any identified concerns.

Working for our organisation

Come and join our School Nursing Service!

Are you a Nursing Associate who is highly motivated with excellent team working and communication skills? If so then we would love you to come and join us!

We are currently recruiting to School Nursing Service which has recently implemented a new model of delivery. Our new model incorporates the development of new ways of working to meet the needs of our diverse and growing population. Please contact us for a discussion about our plans and what we can offer each other. We would also like to hear from you if you are Nursing Associate who is due to qualify soon. We actively encourage any applicants to come and meet the management team and 0-19 colleagues.

We can offer you :

• A friendly, welcoming, nurturing and encouraging work environment that will support you in your practice and development
• Local induction and an allocated mentor
• Preceptorship for newly qualified staff
• Strong leadership and management support
• Regular clinical, management, and safeguarding supervision.
• A clinical training programme to support your practice, tailored to your individual needs
• A strong focus on staff wellbeing and access to excellent staff engagement programs and support services via our People Development team.
• For additional things that CNWL can also offer please see the information attached to the advert.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attachment in vacancy for full Nursing Associate Job Description and Personal Specification.

Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation; including how the role may contribute to service development

Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Experience of supporting children and their families

Aware of the Healthy Child Programme and the involvement of the 0-19 Team in its delivery

Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues

Seeks and uses professional support appropriately

Shows a realistic appreciation of the challenges of working with children and young people/vulnerable adults

Education, Qualifications and Training

• Registered Nursing Associate on the United Kingdom NMC register
• NNEB Diploma in child care and Education awarded by CACHE or equivalent
• Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Year

Experience

• Understand the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation; including how the role may contribute to service developmen
• Understand and act in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and elevate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
• Understand requirements for NMC professional revalidation.
• Understand the importance of following procedures, polices and treatment or care plans.
• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.
• Experience of supporting children and their families
• Community experience
• Able to undertake autonomous and independent working
• A sound knowledge of issues around confidentiality
• Children’s safeguarding experience

Knowledge and Skills

• Aware of the Healthy Child Programme and the involvement of the 0-19 Team in its delivery
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload
• Ability to communicate effectively, written, verbal, or non-verbal communication, with parents/carers and young people
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
• Ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults
• Appreciates the significance of safeguarding and interprets this accurately for all individual children and young people/vulnerable adults whatever their life circumstances.
• Knowledge of equality and diversity issues, social exclusion and multi-cultural issues Is up-to-date with legislation and current events
• Experience of using Systmone

Personal Qualities

• Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
• Understands the principle of confidentiality
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
• Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
• Has a balanced understanding of self and others
• Has a realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development
• Shows a realistic appreciation of the challenges of working with children and young people/vulnerable adults
• Can demonstrate flexibility of approach

Other

• Car user with use of a car and full UK Valid Driving Licence
• Ability to travel across the Milton Keynes sometimes at short notice and carry necessary equipment.
• Flexible working to meet the needs of the service, this may be on occasions outside normal office hours

Emotional and Mental Effort

• Aware of the range of emotions in self and others
• Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
• Shows respect for others’ feelings, views and circumstances
• In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down.
• Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI can be used as a support tool, not a replacement for the applicant’s own work.Applications must remain personal, accurate, and reflective of the candidate’s real experience.AI-generated content must not misrepresent skills, qualifications, or experience.Over reliance on AI-generated content is discouraged and may diminish the applicant's chances of success.

We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct. Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

• Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system
• Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
• If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Kim Massingham, Job title School Nurse Team Lead, Email address [e-mail], Telephone number 07543508280

Helen Hough - School Nurse Practice Educator, Mobile [phone], E:Mail: [e-mail]