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School Nurse
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent: Part time -Term Time only
Hours
  • Part time
  • Term time hours
30 hours per week (4 days)
Job ref
220-WHT-8300395
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Edgware Community Hospital
Town
Edgware
Salary
£45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum (pro rata) Including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/10/2026 23:59

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School Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Job overview

School Nurse - Band 6

(part time/term time post )

30.0 Hours per week ( 4 days a week)

Location : Barnet 

 

We are looking to recruit a dynamic qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) with strong public health focus who are fully committed to delivering and improving the health and well-being of our diverse school aged children.

The service has gone through a redesign and under the Whittington, as a service we are committed to prevention and early intervention working in partnership with Schools to identify and meet the health needs of children and young people through the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, from universal to universal partnership plus.

 

Main duties of the job

As a highly motivated and dynamic school nurse, you will play a leading role in shaping our services as we are committed in meeting the health needs of children and young people through the delivery of the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme.  The school nurse will deliver high quality evidence based skilled nursing care within the schools of Barnet.   We have redesigned our school nursing service in line with  the 6 High Impact Areas and require a school nurse who is passionate about achieving outcomes for children, young people and families.

You will be responsible for a defined caseload of secondary and primary schools allocated via the team lead, overseeing the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19). This will involve working in collaboration with parents/carers, education and other multiagency professionals. 

 

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

We consider  agile working arrangements, easi pay refund for travel during work time, iPhone and 4G laptop.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To work corporately  across the borough 
  • Lead on the delivery of Healthy Child Programme.
  • Plan, implement and evaluate interventions in response to changing health needs.
  • Work in partnership with our key stakeholders.
  • Provide confidential support and advice to young people  in different venues 
  • Support families during the safeguarding  process
  • Facilitate the delivery of health promotion  and health education activities in school and community settings

Applicants must hold a Specialist Community Public Health Qualification in School Nursing. This is a definite requirement for the position and applicants who apply without the qualification will not be shortlisted. 

Person specification

Education/ Qulifications

Essential criteria
  • RGN/RSNC
  • School Nursing professional qualification, with entry onto the 3rd part of the NMC Register
Desirable criteria
  • Mentorship

Personal qualities

Essential criteria
  • Good time keeping
  • Ability to carry equipment to different locations
  • Ability to travel around the borough on a mode of transport

Skills and ability

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
  • Ability to prioritise and effectively manage own workload
  • Ability to support management of change, development and working practice
  • Ability to set personal objective, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
  • Ability to delegate work appropriately and safely
  • Ability to work as part of a team and other agencies
  • Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Application of research/evidence base to good practice

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working with vulnerable children and families in the community
  • High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programs
  • Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance 5-19
  • Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.s
  • Able to demonstrate an awareness and understanding of current issues and recent development in school health.
  • Be able to deliver health promotion in different settings
  • Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity
  • Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Shirley Phillips
Job title
School Health Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07947451801
Additional information

Joan Anderson 

School Nurse Team Lead 

Tel: 07785807301 - [email protected]

 

 

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