School Staff Nurse

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Polegate; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK seeks an experienced School Nurse to join their team, focusing on promoting public health and delivering care packages to children and families. Responsibilities include conducting health needs assessments and leading quality improvement projects. The ideal candidate should have a passion for improving community health and experience with public health interventions. This role offers flexibility and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in public health care for children and young people.
• Strong communication and assessment skills.
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Promote healthy lifestyles among children and families.
• Deliver public health interventions.
• Lead on quality improvement projects.

Skills

Promoting public health initiatives

Delivering care packages (healthy weight, emotional health)

Health needs assessments

Management of young people's texting service

Safeguarding children and families

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

We are recruiting for an experienced School Nurse to join our professional Team.

Working within the East Sussex School Health Service which supports children and young people from 5–19 years, you will work as part of a team led by our Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHNs) to deliver a range of public health interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families of East Sussex.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom. If you feel you qualify for sponsorship via a discounted salary threshold, please contact us via [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number and how you feel you qualify for a discounted salary threshold.

Your Daily Activities Will Be Varied To Include

• Promoting public health initiatives to support healthy lifestyles for children and young people and their families.
• Delivering packages of care e.g. healthy weight, toileting, behaviour/parenting, emotional health and well‑being.
• Undertaking health needs assessment.
• Providing support in the daily management of young people’s texting service.
• Managing a caseload of children and young people.
• Focusing on high impact areas set out in the healthy child programme.
• Safeguarding of children and families.
• Leading on QI projects.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate, aspirational, responsive and excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with short‑listing or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short‑listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission.

The data we collect helps us ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Steph Cooper, Job title: Operational Manager, Email address: [e-mail]