Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – School Nurse

Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (specialist school nurses) work within Wiltshire Children’s Community Services to lead and deliver a high quality, pro-active service for children and the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme. The aim of the service is to reduce health inequalities, safeguard children and improve outcomes. Base: One of three hubs based throughout Wiltshire.

Package Description

As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – School Nurse you’ll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

1. £35,392 - £42,618 Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
2. Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location.
3. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers.
4. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees.
5. Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing.
6. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development.
7. An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas to help us deliver our purpose.
8. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards.

Main Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

1. Public health lead for the school nursing skill mixed team within the defined school community area.
2. To undertake population health needs assessment to identify local needs.
3. Develop and foster effective professional relationships with schools and other key partners.
4. Provide school age children/young people with a service that promotes their physical, mental, emotional health and wellbeing.
5. To promote health and wellbeing through drop-in, health education sessions.
6. To contribute to multi-agency early support assessment of children and young people.
7. To manage an identified caseload comprising of secondary and primary schools.

Leadership and Communication skills

1. To develop a specialty within own working practice.
2. To use evidence-based practice to develop and maintain high quality standards for Specialist Public Health Nurse/school nursing practice.

Professional responsibilities

1. To adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct.
2. To participate in the professional supervision of team members.
3. To maintain professional relationships within Virgin Care and with other agencies.
4. To work within Information Governance guidelines.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

1. Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification.
2. Current NMC registration on third part of the register.
3. Experience in leading and working in school nursing teams.
4. Experience in leading interventions to improve outcomes.
5. Qualification in practice supervising/assessing for nurse learners.
6. Car driver and use of car for work.
7. Ability to work with electronic health records and IT systems.

Desirable

1. Qualification in leadership and innovative practice.
2. Experience in line management and developing teams.
3. Experience of presenting policy and outcomes to commissioners.
4. Experience in leading complex health needs requiring safeguarding.

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services. We deliver and transform adult and children's community health services, primary care services, and adult social care and wellbeing services.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of utmost importance. Everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process.

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