School Nurse Associate

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Grays; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High Cost Area Supplement

Travel to multiple sites

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a School Nursing Associate to join the Healthy Families 0-19 service in Thurrock. You will lead public health promotion activities in school and community settings, supporting the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families.

You will need Nursery Nurse or Nurse Associate qualifications or relevant experience, and a current driving licence to travel between health centres and schools across Thurrock.

Qualifications

• Must hold Nursery Nurse or Nurse Associate qualification, or have relevant school health experience.
• Must have a valid driving licence and be willing to travel to health centres and schools.
• Experience in public health promotion for children is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Complete referrals triaged by a registered nurse.
• Complete statistical returns and referrals to agencies.
• Design and update health education resources, including social media.
• Support screening for reception and year 6 where required.
• Coordinate weight management programme delivery.
• Promote uptake of the healthy child programme for home-schooled/NEET/EOTAS.
• Maintain health questionnaires and data collection.
• Assist in meeting KPI targets in the service specification.
• Must be a driver to travel to centres and schools across Thurrock.

Skills

Nursery Nurse qualification

Nurse Associate qualification

Driving licence

Job description

Job overview

This new and innovative role for the School Nursing Associate will be a key player within Thurrock Healthy Families 5-19 service in delivering a range of public health promotion activities and approaches within a school and community setting, delivered in a way that will have a positive impact upon the physical, emotional, sexual, social health and wellbeing of children, young people and families. the appointed applicant must be hold the Nursery Nurse or Nurse Associate qualification or have experience working within this environment

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for completing referrals that have been triaged by a registered nurse.

To complete statistical and other returns as requested e.g. referrals to internal and external agencies

To take a proactive role in health education and promotion including designing/sourcing and updating of resources including for social media platforms.

To have an awareness of any risk management issues and report onwards as appropriate

To work with the school health team to complete all aspects of screening for reception and year 6 and other year groups if required.

To support the lead and coordinate the development and delivery of the weight management programmes.

To be responsible for the uptake/delivery of the healthy child programme for children who are home schooled, NEET and EOTAS

To update/complete all health questionnaires, to triage, follow-up, complete any outcomes, retaining any data/statistics required.

Promotional emails for health questionnaires to be updated on social media and sent to all schools

To proactively assist in meeting the contractual requirements of the service specification and meeting the public health outcomes (KPI’s) outlined in the contract.

Must be car driver. the successful applicant will be driving to and from the Health Centres and schools across Thurrock

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information

Working for Us

Joining Healthy families 0-19 service Team NELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people. NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement – Fringe (Basildon, Thurrock, Brentwood, Harlow and Dartford only)

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,346 to a maximum of £2,270 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

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Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.

We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.