School Nurse

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Gloucestershire is seeking a part-time School Nurse to work for 13 months in Tewkesbury. Responsibilities include assessing children's health needs, promoting health in schools, and working with families. The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse or midwife with experience in public health and a passion for supporting children's well-being. This position offers a flexible schedule with multiple benefits including training opportunities and NHS pension.

Benefits

Free car parking

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or midwife qualifications required.
• Experience with children and families is advantageous.
• Knowledge of public health and safeguarding is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement programmes from the Healthy Child Programme.
• Promote health in school-aged children and monitor their needs.
• Facilitate planning for health drop-in sessions.

Skills

Experience working with children and families

Knowledge of public health

Safeguarding children

Education

Registered nurse or midwife

Job description

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined‑up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people's own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking "what matters to you".

We're passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high‑quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Position Summary

Part‑time School Nurse fixed‑term position for 13 months starting on 2nd March 2026, based in Tewkesbury. 30 hours – 4 days per week. We are looking for a registered nurse or midwife to work with children and families in the School Nursing team in the Tewkesbury locality, 30 hours over 4 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable for assessing and implementing programmes of care from the Healthy Child Programme, as directed by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. This may also involve other evidence‑based programmes of care in partnership with clients or other agencies to identify and address health needs.
• Progress the level of intervention as may be required according to identified risk factors which potentially could impact on a child's health outcomes.
• Provide leadership and act as a role model to junior members of the team by representing the values and beliefs of the nursing profession in addition to aligning to the GHC Values Framework.
• Assess global health needs of communities, schools, and their children to ensure children are not disadvantaged through ill health or social circumstances.
• Promote and monitor health in school‑aged children, including identifying physical and mental health needs, disability and problems with development or behaviour.
• Work with schools to provide a healthy environment using data from the Online Pupil Survey, in partnership with the Healthy Schools Programme.
• Facilitate the planning and implementation of drop‑in sessions, according to the needs of the young people and the whole school community.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or midwife.
• Experience working with children and families (newly qualified nurses welcomed).
• Knowledge of public health, healthy child programmes and safeguarding children.

Benefits & Support

• An induction programme, training and competency framework to underpin transition into the role.
• Clinical supervision, restorative supervision and safeguarding children supervision to support professional practice.
• Digital appointments to young people and parents offering quick and easy access to health advice and support.
• Social media platforms and a texting service in response to requests of young people and families.
• Diverse work in a skill‑mixed team developed through robust competency and operating frameworks.
• Multi‑professional preceptorship programme aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England.
• Opportunity to enroll in and complete the Level 7 (Masters) 15‑credit validated module "Preceptorship for Healthcare" (AP7026).

Desired Attributes

• Dynamic and innovative, who embraces challenge.
• Wants to help children, families and young people to make the best choices for their health and wellbeing.
• Able to support and respond to children, young people and families most in need.
• Wants to help safeguard children and young people of Gloucestershire at risk of harm.
• Interested in working in partnership with public sector and voluntary and community sector colleagues to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and their families.
• Enthusiastic and motivated to develop and deliver plans to improve health outcomes for individuals, families and communities.

Additional Benefits

• Free car parking at many of our sites.
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
• Flexible, family‑friendly and agile working opportunities.
• Recognition and long‑service awards.
• Fast‑track physiotherapy.
• Our Wellbeing line.
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.