School Nurse

Uppingham School; Oakham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Westfield Healthcare

Staff meal provision

Free staff lunches

School fee discount for staff children

Discounts at local services

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Occupational Health Services

Free annual flu jabs

Disability Confident

Mindful

Local nursery discounts

Staff performance tickets

Local coffee shop discounts

Job summary

Uppingham School is seeking an additional School Nurse to support the Health Centre, delivering clinical care to pupils and staff. The role covers triage, health education, immunisation and safeguarding, within a boarding school setting.

You will be a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and a genuine enthusiasm for working with young people. The team delivers holistic, relationship-centred care and values continuity for pupils.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience working with young people is preferred.
• Holistic, relationship-centred care in a school setting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day clinical support within the Health Centre.
• Deliver high-quality care in line with NMC standards.
• Contribute to health promotion across the school community.

Skills

Registered Nurse

NMC registration

Adolescent health

Boarding school nursing

Education

Nursing qualification

Tools

Health Centre systems

Job description

Location : Uppingham, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 9QE

Salary : £30,589.91 per annum (actual)

Hours : 36 hours per week, 33 weeks per year

Contract : Permanent

Closing date : Midnight, Thursday 24th September 2026

About This Role

We are pleased to be further strengthening our School Health Centre by introducing a new nursing structure, creating new opportunities to support both staff and pupils more effectively. As part of this development, we are now recruiting for an additional School Nurse. This role will provide vital day-to-day clinical support within the Health Centre, enabling our nursing team to focus on delivering high-quality care, early intervention and strategic health promotion. Together, these changes will improve capacity, enhance continuity of care, and ensure our service remains responsive, proactive and centred on the needs of our school community.

The Role

At Uppingham, being a School Nurse, no two days look the same. You might begin the morning with a triage clinic, spend the afternoon delivering a health education session in a boarding house, and end the day supporting a pupil with a long-term condition through a difficult patch. You will work across the full breadth of adolescent health, from minor injuries and illness to mental wellbeing, safeguarding, immunisation and everything in between. Crucially, you will do it for the same young people, term after term. You will know them by name, understand their histories, and build the kind of trusted relationships that make genuinely good nursing possible.

As part of a dedicated and supportive Health Centre team, you will deliver high quality, compassionate care in line with NMC standards, contribute to health promotion across the school community, and play an active role in the pastoral life of a school that puts the wellbeing of its pupils at the very heart of everything it does.

Please note that this role is for 36 hours per week, 33 weeks per year, and operates on a four-week rolling rota. The shift pattern includes a combination of early, late, long day and night shifts.

About You

You will be a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and a genuine enthusiasm for working with young people. You bring clinical confidence, sound professional judgement and a warm, approachable manner. You are calm under pressure, organised in your practice, and committed to the kind of holistic, relationship-centred care that makes a boarding school nursing role so distinctive. Experience in a school or community setting is welcome, though not essential.

What We Offer

• Free Westfield Healthcare
• Free membership of dual-use Sports Centre (£25 annual joining fee)
• Free staff lunches in term-time
• School fee discount for children of Uppingham staff (pro-rated for part-time staff)
• Retail, gym, supermarket, cinema and restaurant discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Occupational Health Services
• Free annual flu jabs
• Recognised as a "Disability Confident" employer
• Recognised as a "Mindful" employer
• Favourable rates and terms with local nursery
• Complimentary staff ticket to selected School performances
• Discount at local coffee shop for Uppingham staff

Safeguarding

Uppingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Uppingham School ensures that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. Successful candidates must be willing to undergo full screening in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE), including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Issues relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils will be explored at interview.

Experience

You may have experience in the following:

• School Nurse
• Registered Nurse
• RGN
• RN Child
• Practice Nurse
• Community Nurse
• Paediatric Nurse
• Adolescent Health Nurse
• Boarding School Nurse
• Health Centre Nurse
• Nurse Practitioner
• Occupational Health Nurse
• etc.