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Job summary

Main area
School Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
407-COMMUNITY-7411376
Employer
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Harden Health Centre and to work across Walsall
Town
Walsall
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/09/2025 08:00
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School Nurse Staff Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 5

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.

We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce

Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement. 

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment

We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
 
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at COVID-19 Vaccination | How to access your vaccine in the Black Country and West Birmingham (blackcountryandwestbirmccg.nhs.uk) where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
 

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant.  The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community.  As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.

 

 RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK - PROFESSIONALISM

 

 

Job overview

We welcome applications from both experienced staff nurses and newly qualified nurses who are keen to start a career in Public Health Nurses. You will join the service at an exciting time as we progress our 0-19 pathways working more closely with Health Visiting services and our partners in education, social care and Early Help to take a family approach to promotion of health and wellbeing, prevention and early intervention.

Post holders will work within a team under the direction of a Specialist Practitioner School Nurse to deliver the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 in schools and other education settings. You will develop health promotion activities, work with partners in education, social care, Early Help and voluntary sector to deliver services to local communities. As a staff nurse you will hold a caseload of children requiring targeted and specialist HCP level support. You will carry out holistic health assessments and plan care for children and young people. 

Main duties of the job

  • Work as part of team to provide advice, care and support to children and young people, their parents/carers in a locality of the borough
  • Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individual children and young people
  • Contribute to the planning and delivery of health promotion programmes and interventions
  • Work as part of multi-disciplinary and agency teams to support children, young people and families

Working for our organisation

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading.

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Undertake health assessments to assess, plan and implement and review care
  • Deliver health promotion provision
  • Support children and young people in need of safeguarding or in need
  • Act a lead professional for children and young people needing Early Help
  • Provide advice and guidance to parents/carers and professionals on a range of health and health related issues
  • Support children and young people with continence and enuresis problems
  • Be able to produce comprehensive reports and undertake analysis of risk 
  • Work with professionals from partnership agencies to provide localised support to children and young people 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Registered Nurse – Child Branch/RSCN/RN
  • Demonstrable evidence of working with children and young people Placement in school nursing service within training (desirable)
Desirable criteria
  • • Demonstrable experience of post qualification development in the area of public health nursing

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • • Understanding of the role of the School Nurse
  • • Knowledge of health and social care policy relating to children’s services to include safeguarding
  • • Know of child development, health and wellbeing
Desirable criteria
  • • Aware of own abilities and be able to carry out clinical role without continuous direct supervision and ability to supervise junior members of staff
  • • Excellant knowledge of clinical governance
  • • Knowledge of project management and service development

Skills

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to make timely, sound clinical judgments and and assessments to deliver high quality client care
  • • Evidence of collaborative working within a multi-professional arena
  • • ability to communicate with a wider range of people
  • • Ability to work as part of team
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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.

Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early due to high volume of applications

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tryphine Molineux
Job title
Deputy Professional Lead HCP 0-19
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07813546308

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