School Nurse

Barnardo’s; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's charity in the UK is seeking an experienced School Nurse to work in a national hybrid role, supporting public health initiatives for children and families. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in community nursing, a strong understanding of safeguarding policies, and a passion for making a difference. This role involves leading service changes and promoting equality in health delivery. A commitment to professional development and NMC registration are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant community experience with children and families.
• Expert knowledge of school nursing and safeguarding policies.
• Commitment to continued professional development (CPD).

Responsibilities

• Deliver integrated child and family health services.
• Support and develop new partnerships for public health.
• Lead on modernisation of service change across care groups.

Skills

Community nursing experience

Evidence-based practice

Leadership skills

School nursing knowledge

Education

Registered with the NMC RN & SCPHN

Leadership or management qualification

Job description

The role of the School Nurse in Barnardo's Health quality & Inclusion team, is a national hybrid position working across the organisation.

Are you a Specialist Community Public Health (SCPHN) School Nurse driven by a desire to make a difference to the lives of children, young people, and families? We are looking for an experienced Nursing Midwifery Council registered professional, to help us achieve our purpose at Barnardo's:Changing Childhoods, Changing Lives.

Barnardo's has a new 3-year strategy, which identifies the need to support those children and young people who are at greatest risk of poor health. Barnardo's national Health Quality and Inclusion Team are integral to ensuring the success of this strategy.

This is an extremely exciting time to join Barnardo's and the Health, Quality and Inclusion team. We are an ambitious and dynamic team, that include both clinical and non-clinical experts, enabling Barnardo's to become a leading integrated Health and Social Care Charity.

Barnardo's is here because too many children and young people across the UK are missing out on a good childhood, and on the opportunity to thrive into adults. We are looking for a dynamic and creative School Nurse with a solution focused approach to help drive and identify opportunity and improvements in our current and future public health 0-19 services across the country.

Main duties of the job

Registered with the NMC RN & SCPHN School Nurse (SN)

Significant community experience of working as a SCPHN (SN) with children and families with complex needs experiencing deep inequalities and leading and managing their care

Evidence of utilising evidence-based practice and appraising standards, providing clinical direction for staff

Experience of using initiative and leading change to achieve better outcomes for children

Ability to be creative with a solution focused mindset

Ability to facilitate others to develop service provision

Flexible and able to respond to changing priorities

About us

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Job responsibilities

The role will have a national reach (UK 5-19, 25 SEND), working alongside a Healthy Child ProgrammeManager and reporting directly to the Strategic Lead for Health Visiting and School Nursing. The rolewill contribute to the future development of public health offers from across the charity, supportingareas such as Barnardos Virtual Family Space, Barnardos Education Community and our MentalHealth team.

You will work as part of an integrated HQI team that consists of expert specialist health professionalsto support the Consultant in Public Health and Strategic Programme Delivery Leads with theirdevelopment and delivery of a variety of programmes of work to implement our strategy.Barnardos is an integrated childrens health and social care charity, with the aim to increase the reachof health, social and wellbeing services and reduce health inequalities for children and young people(CYP). The role of the School Nurse within the HQI team requires overall understanding and recentextensive clinical experience in delivering the 5-19 (25 SEND) element of the Healthy Child Programme.The practitioner should be skilled at delivering integrated child and family health services for CYP, whileworking alongside key stakeholders.With a focus on school nursing, adolescence and care leavers, the range and scope of services willinclude both face-to-face and digital delivery methods, both in place and under development. The postholder will support the ongoing provision of high-quality specialist school nursing interventions forchildren, young people, and their families/carers.The position will support and develop new and existing partnerships that deliver public health contentfor school age children services. Leading on the design, delivery and modernisation of service changeacross care groups, specialisms, and health related settings (such as family hubs). There is anexpectation that the registered professional will be knowledgeable and have a comprehensiveunderstanding of local and national health-related policies, ensuring that they remain fully abreast ofthese. This role will also be required to provide selected help and expertise to childrens servicecolleagues as a specialism expert.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant community experience of working as a SCPHN (SN) with children and families with
• complex needs experiencing deep inequalities and leading and managing their care.
• Evidence of utilising evidence-based practice and appraising standards, providing clinical
• direction for staff.
• Expert knowledge of school nursing and safeguarding policy and procedures and assessment
• and analysis of vulnerable children and families.
• Experience of using initiative and leading change to achieve better outcomes for children.

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC RN & SCPHN School Nurse (SN).
• Understanding of public health and health promotion for CYP.
• Understanding of current local and national government health policies and the implications
• on health provision for CYP.
• Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD).
• Leadership or management qualification or equivalent recent experience in a leadership
• position.

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.