School Nurse Team Leader

Whittington Maternity Voices Partnership; Greater London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Oyster cards

iPhone

4G laptop

Agile working

Job summary

Whittington Health NHS Trust seeks a Band 7 School Nurse Team Leader to provide clinical and operational leadership to the School Nursing Service in London. The post focuses on safeguarding, development of staff, and delivery of universal health services to children and young people.

The role requires SCPHN in School Nursing, with strong public health and governance experience, and a commitment to improving outcomes for families across designated schools.

Qualifications

• SCPHN qualification in School Nursing is essential.
• RSCN or RN (Child Branch) or equivalent is required.
• Management experience within a health service setting is desirable.
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and public health priorities is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and management to the School Nursing Team.
• Provide clinical and safeguarding oversight, supporting staff in managing complex cases.
• Lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and universal public health services.
• Provide regular supervision, appraisal and professional development for staff.
• Oversee caseload management and KPI achievement, reducing health inequalities.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Safeguarding

Team management

Public health

Communication skills

Education

SCPHN (School Nursing)

RSCN or RN (Child Branch)

Job description

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Tynemouth Road Health Centre Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 Per Annum Including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59

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Band 7 School Nurse Team Leader – Term Time Only

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Specialist Community PublicHealth Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse to join our School Nursing Service as a Band 7 Team Leader.

The successful candidate will provide strong clinical and operational leadership to the School Nursing Team, supporting the delivery of a safe, high-quality and responsive service for our diverse population of school-aged children, young people and their families.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated leader with a strong public health and safeguarding focus, who is committed to developing staff, improving service delivery and promoting positive health and wellbeing outcomes for children and young people.

Main duties of the job

The Band 7 School Nurse Team Leader will provide clinical and operational leadership to the School Nursing Team, ensuring the safe, effective and high-quality delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and universal public health services to school-aged children and young people.

The post holder will be responsible for team management, staff supervision and development, safeguarding and clinical oversight, caseload management and achievement of service KPIs, while promoting evidence-based practice and addressing health inequalities.

They will work collaboratively with schools, partner agencies and other professionals to support vulnerable children and families, drive service improvement and ensure services are responsive to the needs of the local population.

You will be responsible for a defined caseload of secondary and primary schools, overseeing the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19). This will involve working in collaboration with parents/carers, education and other multiagency professionals.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population, and we work hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

As an integrated care organisation, providing both hospital and community services, we offer a range of development opportunities along with attractive benefits to staff at all levels of our organisation. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

We offer flexible working arrangements, Oyster Cards for travel during work time, iPhone, 4G laptop and we also have agile working.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Band 7 School Nurse Team Leader will be part of the Whittington Health School Nursing Service based in Haringey. The post holder will provide clinical and operational leadership to the School Nursing Team, ensuring the safe, effective and high-quality delivery of universal health services to children and young people across designated schools.

Reporting to the Haringey School Nurse Locality Manager, the Team Leader will support the ongoing development of the service and work collaboratively with School Nursing colleagues, schools, partner agencies and key stakeholders to ensure the effective delivery of theHealthy ChildProgramme, safeguarding responsibilities and local public health priorities.

Main responsibilities include:

• Provide day-to-day leadership and management to the School Nursing Team.
• Provide clinical and safeguarding oversight, supporting staff in the management and escalation of complex cases.
• Lead and support the effective delivery of theHealthy ChildProgramme and universal public health services.
• Provide staff with regular management and professional supervision, appraisal and development.
• Oversee caseload management and allocation, ensuring services are safe, responsive and focused on the needs of children, young people and families.
• Monitor and support achievement ofKey Performance Indicators(KPIs), service specifications and public health priorities.
• Promote evidence-based practice, quality improvement and the reduction of health inequalities.
• Work collaboratively with schools, health professionals, local authority services and other partner agencies to improve outcomes for children and young people.
• Support service development, clinical governance, audit and continuous improvement.

Applicants must hold a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification in School Nursing. This is an essential requirement for the position, and applicants who do not hold this qualification will not be shortlisted.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• RSCN or RN (Child Branch) or Equivalent
• Specialist Community Public Health School Nursing (SCPHN) qualification
• Management experience in a health service setting.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing in an effective way with people from a variety of backgrounds and different ages
• Willingness to lead and support management of change.
• High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes.
• Ability to manage other members of staff and delegate work appropriately and safely.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance relating to children.
• Ability to apply research to practice
• Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.
• Ability to set personal and team objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
• Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children.
• Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity
• Management experience in a health service setting

Personal Qualities

• Willingness to lead and support management of change
• Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Other important information –

• You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

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Name Jennifer Roberts Job title Locality Manager Haringey School Nursing Service Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0203 224 4182 Additional information

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Jennifer Roberts Locality Manager Haringey School Nursing

Email: [e-mail] Mobile: [phone] or 0203 224 4182