Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse)

Cambridgeshire Community Services Nhs Trust; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a passionate School Nurse to join their 0-19 Healthy Child Programme team. This role involves promoting good health and preventing ill health among young people and families. Successful candidates will work within an integrated team and play a vital role in supporting communities. The ideal applicant will have a nursing qualification and be enthusiastic about making a difference in children's lives. The organization values staff wellbeing and development.

Benefits

Competitive lease car scheme

Comprehensive induction package

Continuous staff development

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, resilient candidates excited to embrace change.
• Experience as a School Nurse is welcomed.
• Ability to work within an integrated team.

Responsibilities

• Promote good health and prevent ill health in young people.
• Identify unmet health needs and implement care plans.
• Collaborate with partner agencies for best outcomes.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Resilient

Child health knowledge

Communication skills

Teamwork

Agile working

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

School Nurse - Cambridgeshire North or South Locality

Are you enthusiastic, resilient, excited to embrace change and passionate about providing an excellent service to families in our localities? If so, Cambridgeshire Community Services 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (School Nursing) would welcome you to join our team.

Applications will be welcomed from experienced and School Nurses due to qualify.

We have vacancies within our North and South Locality School Nursing teams. Successful candidates will be located within either location depending on available positions.

To ensure the accessibility and quality of our services, we offer a SPA service for all families with children aged 5-19 years residing in these areas.

Why not click on the link to the Job Description and find out more about the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 31 October 2025.

CCS Are Able To Offer

• A dedicated child and family focused service delivery that makes Every Contact Count
• The opportunity to work within an integrated 0-19 HCP skill mix team
• A robust 1-yr preceptorship for all newly qualified staff or those who are wishing to return to practice
• A comprehensive induction package
• A holistic approach to offering support and guidance via management, safeguarding and restorative supervision
• Continuous staff development identified via our supervision and appraisal system to support and develop leadership skills
• Working for an NHS organisation with Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• An opportunity to build great relationships with our partner agencies, ensuring the best outcomes for children & families
• A competitively priced lease car scheme
• The opportunity to embrace agile working, supported by IT connectivity
• To work as part of a team leading the 0–19 Healthy Child Programme. The role of the School Nurse is to promote good health and prevent ill health in young people, families and communities. School Nurses do this through raising awareness of and identifying unmet health needs, and initiating, developing, implementing, and evaluating plans of care

You will be joining an organisation that receives excellent staff feedback from the annual NHS Staff Satisfaction Survey. At CCS, the health and wellbeing of our staff is our priority; our embedded philosophy is Live Life Well as we strive to ensure a healthy, safe, and happy workplace.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Kim Chenery Job title: 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Team Manager
Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07940 238638