School Health Nurse

NHS; Southampton; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare foundation trust in Southampton is seeking a School Health Nurse to promote children’s health through the Healthy Child Programme. The role requires working with schools and families, conducting health assessments, and offering guidance within a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates are Registered Nurses who are motivated and adaptive to community settings. The position offers a competitive salary and the possibility for professional development. This is a permanent role located at Adelaide Health Centre, with flexible working options available.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience or willingness to work in school nursing.
• Able to travel to various community settings as required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme to children and families.
• Conduct assessments to identify health issues and provide support.
• Promote parental involvement within schools.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Teaching and Assessing experience

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

School Health Nurse

The closing date is 14 December 2025

The Public Health Nursing (School Nursing) Service in Southampton is looking for Nurses to join our team to deliver the healthy child programme to children and their families in the city. We welcome applications from all Registered Nurses, Adult, Child, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, and Registered Midwives.

We are looking for motivated practitioners to support the Public Health Nursing Service in our trust. You will be working with us to promote health and wellbeing in a range of community settings including schools. The Healthy Child Programme (5-16) focuses on school aged children and young people up to the age of 16 years and our service delivers this to those who are in mainstream education and those who are in home education. Ability to travel to and work in different settings is essential.

Ideal, but not essential, experience will be having worked in school nursing services previously and experience in offering a range of health and development reviews, screening tests, immunisations, health promotion guidance and tailored support for children and families, with additional support when they need it.

We are passionate about staff development, and we would be supportive for the right candidate to undertake the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) course in School Nursing which is offered in our trust.

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Main duties of the job

The role of the School Health Nurse is to work within the 0-16 child and families team to help deliver the Healthy Child Programme to children, young people and their families within the city of Southampton. This will involve assessments to identify health issues and provide support to address the needs of the child or young person.

To promote the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care identified within the defined client group and their families. To work in partnership with Schools to encourage parental involvement in the life of the school and its pupils.

To offer support, guidance and line management to multi-disciplinary teams, particularly within Education, and promote the School Nursing / Health Visiting service within the diverse multi-agency field.

To work with Management and Primary Care to contribute to the achievement of Trust targets.

To work to achieve the Service specification requirements and key performance indicators.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Teaching and Assessing experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre

£31,049 to £37,796 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Reference number

348-CFS-9788

Job locations

Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre