School Nurse

Whittington Maternity Voices Partnership; Edgware; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

Travel allowance

Equipment provided

Job summary

Whittington Health NHS Trust in Edgware seeks a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nursing) to lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme across local schools. You will work with families, schools and multi‑agency partners to improve health outcomes for children and young people.

The post requires a SCPHN qualification in School Nursing and experience in community/public health, with agile working options and access to organisational resources as part of the NHS

Qualifications

• Specialist Community Public Health Qualification in School Nursing is essential.
• Strong communication and IT skills are required.
• Experience in school/community health settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19) across schools in the borough.
• Manage a defined caseload of primary and secondary schools.
• Collaborate with parents, education staff and multi‑agency colleagues to improve child health outcomes.

Skills

Communication skills

IT literacy

Written & oral comms

Education

RGN/RSNC

School Nursing qualification (NMC)

Tools

None

Job description

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Edgware Community Hospital Town Edgware Salary £45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum (pro rata) Including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

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We are looking to recruit a dynamic qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) with strong public health focus who are fully committed to delivering and improving the health and well‑being of our diverse school aged children.

The service has gone through a redesign and under the Whittington, as a service we are committed to prevention and early intervention working in partnership with Schools to identify and meet the health needs of children and young people through the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, from universal to universal partnership plus.

Main duties of the job

As a highly motivated and dynamic school nurse, you will play a leading role in shaping our services as we are committed in meeting the health needs of children and young people through the delivery of the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme. The school nurse will deliver high quality evidence based skilled nursing care within the schools of Barnet. We have redesigned our school nursing service in line with the 6 High Impact Areas and require a school nurse who is passionate about achieving outcomes for children, young people and families.

You will be responsible for a defined caseload of secondary and primary schools allocated via the team lead, overseeing the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19). This will involve working in collaboration with parents/carers, education and other multi‑agency professionals.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

We consider agile working arrangements, easi pay refund for travel during work time, iPhone and 4G laptop.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work corporately across the borough
• Lead on the delivery of Healthy Child Programme.
• Plan, implement and evaluate interventions in response to changing health needs.
• Work in partnership with our key stakeholders.
• Provide confidential support and advice to young people in different venues
• Support families during the safeguarding process
• Facilitate the delivery of health promotion and health education activities in school and community settings

Applicants must hold a Specialist Community Public Health Qualification in School Nursing. This is a definite requirement for the position and applicants who apply without the qualification will not be shortlisted.

Person specification

Education/ Qulifications

• RGN/RSNC
• School Nursing professional qualification, with entry onto the 3rd part of the NMC Register
• Good time keeping
• Ability to carry equipment to different locations
• Ability to travel around the borough on a mode of transport

Skills and ability

• Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
• Ability to prioritise and effectively manage own workload
• Ability to support management of change, development and working practice
• Ability to set personal objective, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
• Ability to delegate work appropriately and safely
• Ability to work as part of a team and other agencies
• Evidence of CPD
• Application of research/evidence base to good practice

Knowledge and experience

• Experience working with vulnerable children and families in the community
• High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programs
• Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance 5-19
• Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.s
• Able to demonstrate an awareness and understanding of current issues and recent development in school health.
• Be able to deliver health promotion in different settings
• Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity
• Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

• Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
• Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

• Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
• If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunatelythis means you have not been successfullyshortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
• Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
• Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

• You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre‑employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

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.