SCPHN School Nurse Band 6

NHS; Burnley; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health provider in Burnley is seeking a compassionate Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse. The role offers the chance to positively impact children's lives, manage health assessments, and improve community health services. Ideal candidates are newly qualified or experienced nurses with a valid driving licence. The position includes competitive salary, benefits, and ample professional development opportunities.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Access to discounts via My Reward Hub

Online mental and physical wellbeing support

Continuing professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Has or is due to qualify with a SCPHN School Nurse qualification.
• Desire to ensure children in Lancashire have the best possible start in life.
• Ability to suggest innovative improvements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme.
• Develop individualized care plans for each child.
• Participate in partnership working with other agencies.

Skills

SCPHN School Nurse qualification

Passion for positive change in children’s lives

Valid UK driving licence

Education

SCPHN qualification

Job description

JoinHCRG Care Groupand make a positive impact in your community as aBand 6 SCPHN School Nurse.

We're seeking talented, compassionate individuals to join our team in East Lancashire on a full time basis.As a School Nurse, you'll have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and young people by promoting health, wellbeing, and providing essential care.With support and development opportunities, this is an exciting chance to grow your career while making a difference.

Working within Lancashire Child and Family Wellbeing Services offers a unique environment, with clear visibility of senior management who are easily approachable due to their hands‑on approach, which includes our Managing Director. You will feel listened to and be given the platforms to have your voice and ideas heard.

Main duties of the job

As a SCPHN School Nurse, you will be responsible for:

• The delivery of the Healthy Child Programme including assessment of health needs, development, implementation, and evaluation of packages of care
• Using the Family Health Needs Assessment tool to plan and evidence care
• Devise and implement individualized care plans for each child based on a needs assessment, while actively involving the child/parent/carer/family in the planning and implementation of any proposed programme of care and support
• Participate in effective partnership working with other agencies and taking a lead professional role where appropriate.
• Use evidence‑based practice to develop and maintain a high quality and cost‑effective standard for Specialist Public Health Nurse/School Nursing practice.

You will also develop your leadership skills by undertaking mentorship responsibilities to both pre‑registration and SCPHN students whilst on placement within the service and provide preceptorship to support new staff members. Support will be on hand by our Practice Education team to do this, along with being provided with regular safeguarding supervision.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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 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.

Weres committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

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

Job responsibilities

We are looking for someone who:

• Has or is due to qualify witha SCPHN School Nurse qualification and a desire to ensure children in Lancashire have the best possible start in life.
• Has a passion to drive positive change to children and families and use the platform HCRG Care Group offer to suggest innovative improvements as and when you see fit.
• Has a valid UK driving licence, with access to a car for work purposes to enable you to cover and operate across the central Lancashire area.Although we can make certain accommodations if you do not yet have a driving licence or are unable to hold one.

Package Description

As a SCPHN School Nurse Band 6 you will be part of our valued team in our Lancashire Health Visiting and School Nursing Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

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.