Job summary
- Main area
- Band 6 Specialist Community Public Health Nurse- School Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Annualised hours
- Job ref
- 301-VA-25-7302932
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blurton Health Centre
- Town
- Stoke on Trent
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Public Health Nurse- School Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
Band 6 Specialist Community Public Health Nurse- School Nurse
The City 0-19 Health Visiting and School Nursing Service South West Locality have a permanent, year round part time 18.75 hours vacancy for a School Nurse. We are looking for a School Nurse who lives the values and behaviours of our trust. We are seeking a person who will be caring and compassionate providing excellent support to parents and their families, having the ability to actively listen and have a warm approachable manner. You will lead by example and encourage effective team working, someone who wants to develop others and ensure the best outcomes for our children and families, which are achieved through evidence based practice. In return you will be professionally supported and empowered to deliver a child friendly service within the 5-19 element of the service. We are a friendly team and we welcome experienced or a newly qualified School Nurse to join our diverse team, where you will be supported in your induction program.
Main duties of the job
- Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of role
- Work within their scope of practice
- Demonstrate at all times the Values of Midlands Partnership
- Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner. They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in public health across the 0-19 agenda.
- Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust.
- Be skilled in the assessment of children and young people’s care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support
- Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
- Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions
- Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management
- To deliver commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring key objectives and outcomes are met.
Please see attached JD and personal specification for further details regarding this post.
Working for our organisation
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.
We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all of our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role.
We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.
Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.
We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Community Public Health Practitioner Band 6 School Nurse Universal 0-19 personal specification for further details regarding this post.
Person specification
education
Essential criteria
- Degree/diploma SCPHN in Health Visiting/School Nursing Registration with NMC
- Up to date field work/pre-registration student training.
Desirable criteria
- Safeguarding Children Level 3
- Attendance at relevant special interest groups
- ERIC training
training
Essential criteria
- Up to date field work/pre-registration student training.
Desirable criteria
- Safeguarding Children Level 3
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
- Jane Powell
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07514263573
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