School Staff Nurse

NHS; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Brighton seeks a School Staff Nurse to deliver health services to children and families across the area. This role involves excellent communication skills and offers full-time or part-time options. Ideal candidates will have an active NMC registration, strong organizational skills, and a commitment to child health. The position is permanent with a salary range of £31,049 to £37,796.

Benefits

Friendly and supportive team

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with active NMC registration.
• Willingness to undertake Safeguarding training.
• Experience working with children.
• Punctual and reliable.

Responsibilities

• Provide a public health program for children.
• Establish effective links with families and communities.
• Promote children's health and wellbeing.
• Make referrals to support children's health.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Confident IT skills

Literacy and numeracy skills

Ability to reflect and learn

Education

Active NMC registration

Willingness to obtain Safeguarding Children Level 6

Job description

Job Summary

Brighton and Hove Healthy Child Programme (5-19) have a vacancy for a band 5 School Staff Nurse to work term time only, across the Brighton & Hove area. Full time and part time hours will be considered between 22.5 - 37.5 hours per week and this can be negotiated.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse to work in our small and friendly service. We are committed to providing a high quality, accessible health service to children, young people and families, in partnership with other agencies and service providers.

You will need excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to use different communication methods. You will work as part of the team but will also need to use your time management skills to deliver care to your own caseload. Confident IT skills are also important for the role. In return, the post offers a friendly and supportive team with excellent learning and development opportunities and a stimulating working environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) team to provide a child‑centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible public health programme to children, their families and communities.
• Establish effective links with children, families, communities, statutory and voluntary agencies.
• Promote the physical and emotional wellbeing of children and young people, in order to establish good health for them now and in the future through early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment, social inclusion and the reduction of health inequalities.
• Make referrals as appropriate enabling access to relevant professionals supporting children and young people to reach their health and developmental potential.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Active registration as a qualified Nurse on part 1 of the NMC register, or an NMC registered midwife
• To hold or be willing to obtain Safeguarding Children Level 6 module

Desirable Qualifications

• Evidence of academic study

Skills and Knowledge

• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Proficient IT skills with the ability to learn and use new digital systems and ways of working.
• Ability to draw information from a range of sources in order to make a contribution to service development.
• Ability to reflect and learn from situations.
• Ability to apply research to practice.
• Commitment to lifelong learning and development.
• Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision and professional codes of conduct.
• Knowledge of safeguarding children procedures.

Other Requirements

• Car driver with current driving licence and access to a car for work, unless under the Equality Act.

Experience

• Experience working with children.
• Experience of working within a community setting.
• Experience of teaching and presenting.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Employer Details

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Brighton General Hospital

Brighton

BN2 3EW

Employer's website: https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Details

Date posted: 21 November 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata term time only

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time, Term time hours

Reference number: 150-KB2237-CC

Job locations: Brighton General Hospital, Brighton, BN2 3EW