Job summary
- Main area
- School Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: 37.5 hours all year round
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 381-WC-7152656
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- Sandwell/Birmingham
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
School Health Staff Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Sandwell School Health Nursing team are innovative, unique and motivated health professionals. The team engages with children, young people, families and communities in addressing the public health agenda.
This is a post giving nurses the opportunity to work in a community setting and develop their community knowledge and skills. Working within and supporting the corporate team within School Health Nursing Service. Working within a team to provide a health promotion and illness prevention service to a local population, contributing to health needs assessments with individuals, families and groups.
Main duties of the job
-The post holder will ensure safe delegation of work to support staff and
ensure delegated work is completed to a satisfactory standard.
-Reporting back to the Team Leader any identified concerns and managing own time and prioritising own workload.
To work as a member of the School Nursing team participating in health needs assessments as directed by the School Nurse Specialist Practitioner.
-To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager.
-Working within the realm of NMC ‘The Code’ (2018) and working to the
standards set in The Code (NMC, 2018).
-To work as a member of the School Nursing team participating in the
holistic health needs assessments as directed by the School Nurse
Specialist Practitioner.
-To develop and maintain clear communication systems with clients and
their relatives, professionals and other organisations both statutory and
voluntary and the wider community. This may require negotiating/
persuasive skills, presentation skills as well as counselling skills
including empathy.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered First Level Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Teaching qualification ENB 997/998, D32/33 or SLAIP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of excellent clinical and professional engagement.
- Relevant experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Heidi Ferrier-Hixon and Amy Wood
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 612 2974
- Additional information
For further information please call Heidi Ferrier-Hixon 0121 612 2974
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