School Staff Nurse | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; England; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in England is seeking a dedicated School Staff Nurse to manage a caseload of primary schools. This role encompasses working with families to deliver health programs and provide support for children's wellbeing. Applicants should be Registered Nurses with strong communication and organisational skills. This position offers flexible working hours and opportunities for professional development. Closing date for applications is November 30, 2025.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Accredited Living Wage Employer

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification essential.
• Ability to manage own caseload effectively.
• Experience in delivering health services to children preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Healthy Child Programme team to deliver public health services.
• Create links with families and communities to support children's wellbeing.
• Promote health and wellness through advocacy and intervention.
• Make appropriate referrals to ensure access to needed services.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Time management skills

Confident IT skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

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.

As a school staff nurse, you will be managing a caseload of primary schools providing agreed elements of the Healthy Child Programme. You will deliver interventions to support children and families with specific health concerns as well as making referrals to other services. You will also support children and families with additional vulnerabilities such as with safeguarding concerns.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost‑effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Responsibilities

• a) 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.
• b) Establish effective links with children, families, communities, statutory and voluntary agencies.
• c) 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.
• d) Make referrals as appropriate enabling access to relevant professionals supporting children and young people to reach their health and developmental potential.

For more information please see job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Sunday 30 Nov 2025