School Staff Nurse

NHS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Band 5 School Staff Nurse in Salisbury, working within the Wiltshire-wide School Nursing Team. The role involves delivering the Healthy Child Programme and providing a child-centered service to young people and their families, ensuring high clinical standards and collaboration with various health professionals.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Free tea, coffee, and milk

Discounts and cashback through My Reward Hub

Access to eLearning and professional development

Support for mental and physical wellbeing

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with interest in community services for children and families.
• Skilled in identifying and protecting vulnerable children.
• Experience in public health and collaboration with health services.

Responsibilities

• Support the school nurse community service and develop local health initiatives.
• Assess children's health needs and promote healthy lifestyles.
• Collaborate with key partners to address public health needs.

Skills

Clinical Governance

Child-centered service delivery

Public health advocacy

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 School Staff Nurse working as part of the Wiltshire-wide School Nursing Team.

You will be a Registered Nurse with an interest in providing services to Children, Young People, and their families within the community setting. You'll join an experienced team focused on clinical excellence.

We are delivering our School Nursing Public Health Service to provide the Healthy Child Programme using a holistic approach, ensuring a comprehensive Public Health Service to the school-aged population and their families.

The service embraces electronic record keeping, mobile working, and a Single Point of Access (SPA) for all services delivered to the 0-19 population, providing one record for one child.

Working within the Salisbury Team, you will be part of a team of Staff Nurses and School Health Support Workers, led by Specialist Community Public Health School Nurses, working closely with other SCPHNs, schools, and community services supporting the 0-19 population, such as Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, and Community Paediatricians.

This is a term-time-only position working 22.5 hours per week during school terms.

Main duties of the job

• Understanding the concept of Clinical Governance and being skilled in the identification, assessment, and protection of vulnerable children and families.
• Supporting the school nurse community service as part of the skill-mixed public health team. Contributing to the development of the School Nursing Service in the locality through liaison with and support from the Specialist School Nurse and innovative practices to meet health needs.
• Ensuring a child-centered service is delivered through active engagement with young people in planning and delivering services in the locality.
• Working across organizational boundaries to identify population health needs in line with organizational policies and priorities. Leading delegated work from the Specialist School Nurse, utilizing nursing skills in leadership, prioritization, and assessment.
• Collaborating with key partners to address public health needs as an advocate for children, young people, families, carers, and the school health service.
• Assessing children's health needs to identify deviations from normal development, in line with Safeguarding Children and Young People and the Early Support assessment.
• Promoting healthy lifestyles through opportunistic discussions and health education aligned with the School Health Needs Assessment.

For a full list of responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children’s community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people interested in joining our team. As a Disability Confident Company, we provide facilities, adjustments, and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.

Roles may close earlier than the stated deadline if highly competitive. If you're keen to join, please apply promptly.

To learn more about HCRG Care Group, visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a School Staff Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team across Wiltshire.

You will be valued as a Band 5 School Staff Nurse within HCRG Care Group, with access to rewards and benefits including:

• £29,970 - £36,483 Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub for discounts, cashback, and vouchers
• Access to wages as you earn them for emergencies
• Support for mental and physical wellbeing, including recipes, activity challenges, trauma support, legal, debt, life management, career coaching, and counseling
• Access to eLearning, career pathways, and professional development through The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture encouraging ideas to help deliver our purpose of changing lives through health and care, supported by innovation funding
• Working for an organization committed to high clinical and quality standards, with services rated good or outstanding by the CQC

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure check will be required to check for previous criminal convictions.