School Nurse - Tewkesbury

NHS; England; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A local health service provider is seeking a School Nurse for a fixed-term role in Tewkesbury. This part-time position involves working with children and families to improve health outcomes and safeguard their well-being. Ideal candidates are registered nurses with experience in public health nursing and working with children. The role offers diverse responsibilities including assessing health needs and leading health programs within schools, with a supportive framework for newly qualified nurses.

Benefits

Induction Programme

Clinical Supervision

Support for professional practice

Multi-professional preceptorship programme

Qualifications

• Knowledge of public health nursing and its application.
• Experience with safeguarding children.
• Previous engagement with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement care programs from the Healthy Child Programme.
• Monitor health in school-aged children, addressing physical and mental health needs.
• Provide leadership to junior team members, embodying nursing values.

Skills

Public health nursing knowledge

Child safeguarding experience

Experience with children and families

Strong time management

Emotional strength and resilience

Education

BSc in Nursing (or equivalent)

Job description

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

School Nurse - Tewkesbury

The closing date is 12 January 2026

We are currently recruiting to backfill maternity leave in the Gloucestershire School Nursing Service.

Part time SCHOOL NURSE fixed term position for 13 months starting on 2nd March 2026, based in Tewkesbury!

30 hours – 4 days per week.

We are looking for a registered nurse or midwife to work with children and families in the School Nursing team in the Tewkesbury locality, 30 hours over 4 days a week.

We offer:

• An Induction Programme, training and competency framework to underpin transition into role
• Clinical Supervision, Restorative Supervision and Safeguarding Children Supervision to support professional practice
• Digital appointments to young people and parents offering quick and easy access to health advice and support
• Social media platforms and a texting service in response to requests of young people and families.
• Diverse work in a skill‑mixed team developed through robust competency and operating frameworks

This role offers diverse and rewarding opportunities for nurses to make a difference to children and young people's lives through advice, support and signposting using public health skills of enabling and empowering families and communities to help themselves.

We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.

Main duties of the job

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED A CAREER IN SCHOOL NURSING??

An ideal opportunity is heading your way. A School Nurse is someone who is;

• dynamic and innovative, who embraces challenge
• wanting to help children, families and young people to make the best choices for their health and wellbeing
• able to support and respond to children young people and families most in need
• wanting to help safeguard children and young people of Gloucestershire at risk of harm
• interested in working in partnership with public sector and voluntary and community sector colleagues to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and their families
• enthusiastic and motivated to develop and deliver plans to improve health outcomes for individuals, families and communities

We strongly encourage all applicants to spend some time either speaking with a school nurse or shadowing to gain a practical insight of the role. Please contact [e-mail] 07778000156 who can arrange this for you.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.

76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.

81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high‑level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top‑quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable for assessing and implementing programmes of care from the Healthy Child Programme, as directed by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. This may also involve other evidence‑based programmes of care in partnership with clients or other agencies to identify and address health needs.
• Progress the level of intervention as may be required according to identified risk factors which potentially could impact on a child's health outcomes.
• Provide leadership and act as a role model to junior members of the team by representing the values and beliefs of the nursing profession in addition to aligning to the GHC Values Framework.
• Assess global health needs of communities, schools, and their children to ensure children are not disadvantaged through ill health or social circumstances.
• Promote and monitor health in school aged children, including identifying physical and mental health needs, disability and problems with development or behaviour.
• Work with schools to provide a healthy environment using data from the Online Pupil Survey, in partnership with the Healthy Schools Programme.

Facilitate the planning and implementation of drop‑in sessions, according to the needs of the young people and the whole school community.

We provide a Multi‑professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

Person Specification

From Job Description

• Demonstrates an understanding of public health nursing in application
• Has some knowledge/experience of safeguarding children
• Has previous experience of working with children and families

Qualifications

• BSc in Nursing (or equivalent) & NMC registration at level 1

Attributes

• Strong time management and organisation skills
• Shows emotional strength and resilience

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum (pro rata)