SCPHN School Nurse

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Bi Borough Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster School Health service for a motivated SCPHN School Nurse. The role involves delivering the Healthy Child Programme, working closely with educational and health professionals. You will play a vital role in supporting children's health, providing innovative solutions, and ensuring their well-being. Full and part-time hours available; applicants must be Registered Nurses with SCPHN registration.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with SCPHN registration required.
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• Experience working with children and families in diverse communities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Healthy Child Programme in partnership with educational staff.
• Undertake health assessments on children and young people.
• Provide training sessions on relevant health issues.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Team working

Education

RGN / RSCN

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse)

Mentorship Preparation or equivalent

School Nurse Certificate

Public Health Nursing (Children & Families)

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

SCPHN School Nurse

The closing date is 08 June 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Bi Borough Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster (KCW) School Health service to recruit highly motivated and innovative practitioners to join the School Nursing Service to deliver the Healthy Child Programme.

If you are interested in the role and are keen to show you are the right person for the job we want to hear from you, so please apply online now!

Please only apply if you are a Registered Nurse with a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) registration.

The successful applicant will 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

Main duties of the job

As an integral member of the Bi Borough KCW School Health service, you will be responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme in collaboration with the wider school health team. We also have Clinical Nurse Specialists for Emotional Health & Mental Health Well-being, a Relationship and Sexual Education Team Lead and RSHE specialist workers as part of our School Health service. We offer excellent professional development opportunities along with formal one to one supervision and annual appraisal.

About us

We are advertising for a post in our Westminster School Nursing Service, based in Soho London. Full and part time hours considered; year round and term time only opportunities available. Please state in your application your preferred working pattern.

Job responsibilities

1. To work in partnership with educational staff, health care professionals and other agencies to provide advice and support to children & young people, their parents and carers as required.2. Undertake appropriate training / updates related to public health issues in order to contribute towards meeting local and national Department of Health targets such as immunisations, teenage pregnancy & sexual health, smoking cessation and obesity.3. To carry out training sessions to other professionals on relevant health or medical issues and where appropriate, assist children and young people to manage their own health conditions independently.4. To undertake agreed health assessments on children & young people and ensure referrals, treatments and reviews are carried out as recommended and in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.5. To develop high quality packages of care for children & young people with medical needs, in partnership with other health professionals, education, parents & carers & other agencies as necessary.6. To be responsible for identifying children & young people requiring medical follow-up planning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RGN / RSCN
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) (or working towards)
• Evidence of Continual Professional development
• Mentorship Preparation or equivalent.
• Public Health Nursing (Children & Families) Sexual Health (or equivalent)
• School Nurse Certificate
• Sexual Health (or equivalent)

Experience

• Experience of working with children in a professional capacity
• Working with families who have experienced trauma
• Working with diverse communities
• Evidence to support experience of audit activity

Knowledge

• Understanding of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance.
• Knowledge of children with special health and educational needs
• Understanding of the public health role of the school nurse
• Understanding of Equality & Valuing Diversity
• Knowledge of key documents and drivers informing school nursing practice

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to communicate in an effective way with people from a variety of backgrounds and different ages. Ability to demonstrate an understanding of team working
• Ability to demonstrate essential leadership skills
• Ability to reflect on clinical practice and to understand own limitations when dealing with emotive issues
• Ability to act as a mentor / preceptor to students and newly recruited colleagues

Abilities

• Aware of own limitations and seek support from wider Team when dealing with highly emotive circumstances.
• Ability to manage difficult situations and conflict resolution

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.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£44,806 to £53,134 a yearper annum HCAS inclusive [pro rata if PT]