School Nurse

Do you want to make a tangible difference to people's lives, with the best of London on your doorstep?

Main area: School Nurse (SCPHN) Grade Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours:

• Full time
• Term time hours

37.5 hours per week (Full time, term time only - 38 weeks minimum, 40 weeks maximum)

Job ref: 824-SOUTH-6512526-E

Site: Lavender Steers Mead Children's Centre

Town: London

Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 05/01/2025 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

Are you a qualified School Nurse (with Specialist Community Public Health Nursing [SCPHN] qualification) or currently a SCPHN student due to qualify in the near future?

Do you want to make a difference and be part of further developing our service?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our forward-thinking and innovative School Nursing team, which is part of the Public Health 0-19 services in Merton.

Central London Community Healthcare is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and innovative practitioner to join the School Nursing Service in Merton.

NOTE: The applicant must be a Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration, plus a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) Qualification in School Nursing.

PREVIOUSLY APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Main duties of the job

The School Nursing service comprises of a large skill mix team, which is structured to deliver core and targeted health input through the Healthy Child Programme to all school-aged children and their families.

The applicant should demonstrate leadership skills, knowledge of safeguarding and child protection processes, and offer flexibility in managing their caseload.

In addition, they should have a strong public health focus and be fully committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our diverse school-aged population.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
• Flexible working options
• Training, support, and development in your career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values for outline of skills, knowledge, and experience required.

Person specificationQualifications

• Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing /working towards SCPHN qualification
• Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
• Practice Assessor course
• PSHE Course
• Community nurse prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards.

Experience

• Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
• Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of organising and managing own workload
• Experience of assessing, planning, and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
• Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others
• Experience of evidence-based care
• Experience of supervising students
• Counselling qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Mental Health First Aid training

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email, so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your applications on time to avoid disappointment.

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