School Staff Nurse | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Greater London is seeking a School Staff Nurse Band 5 to manage a caseload for schools. The successful candidate will provide health assessments, conduct classroom teaching, and work closely with various agencies to ensure the well-being of children. Applicants should have a strong nursing background with multi-agency experience. This role supports the Healthy Child Programme and aims to create positive experiences for families in school settings.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate sufficient post-registration nursing experience in children’s or adult settings.
• Experience in effective multi-agency working is required.

Responsibilities

• Complete health assessments for school children.
• Provide classroom teaching and medical condition management presentations.
• Hold a safeguarding caseload for children.
• Work in partnership with multiple agencies to meet health needs.

Skills

Effective communication

Clinical judgement

Multi-agency working

Safeguarding awareness

Education

Post-registration nursing experience

Job description

Are you a nurse thinking about working in a different way, promoting health and wellness to children and young people with a school setting?

The Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster School health Service are developing their school nursing workforce and are offering School Staff Nurse Band 5 positions that can be a gateway for the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (school nursing) (SCPHN).

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

We are looking for enthusiastic nurses from a variety of backgrounds and experience to join our team.

School Staff Nurses manage a school nursing case load for a group of schools, with the support and supervision of Band 6 SCPHN School Nurses within a large skill mixed team. The team provides a universal and targeted school nursing service to mainstream primary and secondary schools, pupil referral units and special schools across the Bi‑Borough.

Duties

• Completing health assessments
• Providing classroom teaching
• Presenting to school staff about managing medical conditions
• Holding a safeguarding caseload
• Ensuring safe pathways of care for children in school with more complex medical conditions
• Seeking to make the support that families receive as beneficial and positive an experience for them as possible
• Committed to provide best outcomes for children through delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
• Communicate effectively with our partners to work towards the best outcomes for children and their families.

The post holder will work in partnership with professionals from multiple agencies to meet the health needs of a specific population of children and young people within a group of schools, together with their families and the wider community where this is relevant. The post holder will have sufficient post‑registration nursing experience in a children’s/Paediatric or adult setting and can demonstrate experience in effective multi‑agency working.

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Key Responsibilities

Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

• Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalating concerns when necessary
• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
• Being open and transparent about their own practice
• Supervising the work of others
• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Community Staff Nurses in the school nursing services are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Dec 2025