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

Job summary

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust in Milton Keynes is seeking a Nursing Associate to join the School Nursing Team. The role supports the 5-19 element of the Healthy Child Programme and focuses on preventative health, safeguarding, and high-quality family-centred care in school, home and clinic settings.

As a Nursing Associate, you will work under supervision, deliver care with a view to empowering children and families, and contribute to new service delivery models within Milton Keynes.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, compassionate care to children aged 5-19, promoting health and independence.
• Manage a caseload under the delegation of a School Nurse, delivering planned packages of care.
• Deliver evidence-based programmes with parents/carers/children to improve outcomes.
• Provide care to families in homes, communities and schools.
• Assist in delivery of health needs assessments, continence, obesity/healthy eating, oral health, sleep and school readiness.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamworking

Job description

Nursing Associate - School Nursing

Company: CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 per annum (pro rata if P/T)

Hours: Full-time

Location: Newport Pagnell, MK16 8EA

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 3 Sept 2026

Closing date: 3 Oct 2026

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

We are currently recruiting to the School Nursing Service which has recently implemented a new model of delivery. The new model incorporates the development of new ways of working to meet the needs of our diverse and growing population.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Maintain 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.

Benefits

• 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 programmes and support services via our People Development team

Role requirements for shortlisting

Experience:

Essential

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

Desirable

• Experience of supporting children and their families

Knowledge and Skills:

Essential

• 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

Personal Qualities:

Essential

• Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
• Shows a realistic appreciation of the challenges of working with children and young people/vulnerable adults

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Sep 2026

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