School Nurse

NHS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 46,000; Part time

Job summary

A national charity is seeking a driven School Nurse to join the Health Quality & Inclusion team in a hybrid role. Candidates should have extensive community nursing experience and be registered with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC). The position entails delivering innovative health services for children and contributing to public health initiatives. This exciting role requires creativity, leadership skills, and a solution-focused approach to improve health outcomes across the UK.

Qualifications

• Significant community experience with children and families in complex circumstances.
• Proven track record of leading change for better health outcomes.
• Deep understanding of school nursing and safeguarding policies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver public health services for children and young people.
• Develop partnerships for school-age health services.
• Lead service changes and support holistic health interventions.

Skills

Community health experience

Leadership skills

Evidence-based practice

Solution-focused mindset

Education

Registered Nurse with NMC registration

Leadership or management qualification

Job description

Job summary

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.

Details

Date posted: 11 December 2025

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £44,635 to £45,423 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part‑time

Reference number: B0033‑25‑0004

Job locations

Lynton House

7‑12 Tavistock Square

London

WC1H 9LT

Job description

The role will have a national reach (UK 5‑19, 25 SEND), working alongside a Healthy Child Programme Manager and reporting directly to the Strategic Lead for Health Visiting and School Nursing. It will contribute to the future development of public health offers from across the charity, supporting areas such as Barnardo's Virtual Family Space, Barnardo's Education Community and our Mental Health team.

You will work as part of an integrated HQI team that consists of expert specialist health professionals to support the Consultant in Public Health and Strategic Programme Delivery Leads with their development and delivery of a variety of programmes of work to implement our strategy. Barnardo's is an integrated children’s health and social care charity, with the aim to increase the reach of health, social and wellbeing services and reduce health inequalities for children and young people (CYP). The School Nurse within the HQI team requires overall understanding and recent extensive 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, while working alongside key stakeholders.

With a focus on school nursing, adolescence and care leavers, the range and scope of services will include both face‑to‑face and digital delivery methods, both in place and under development. The post holder will support the ongoing provision of high‑quality specialist school nursing interventions for children, young people, and their families/carers. The position will support and develop new and existing partnerships that deliver public health content for school‑age children services. Leading on the design, delivery and modernisation of service change across care groups, specialisms and health‑related settings (such as family hubs). There is an expectation that the registered professional will be knowledgeable and have a comprehensive understanding of local and national health‑related policies, ensuring that they remain fully abreast of these. This role will also be required to provide selected help and expertise to children’s service colleagues 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.

Person specification – 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer’s website

https://www.barnardos.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)