School Nurse inWoking inWoking PUBLISHED MON 9 DEC 2024

Following a retendering process, the children's service is due to be transferred to the new provider on the 1st of April 2025. Given this post sits within the transferring service, in line with the legislative requirements, the successful candidate will be part of the TUPE transfer along with other colleagues.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the School Nurse team in Woking. The successful candidate will be a registered nurse with previous nursing experience, ideally in a School Nurse team, although this is not essential as professional development will be offered to the right candidate. You will, however, have strong communication and interpersonal skills, be a team player, and have a real enthusiasm for making a difference to future generations of children and their families.

For further information or an informal chat, please contact Tracy Wadsworth.

This post is offered as a 2 year fixed term contract however they may be opportunities to extend or to apply for the SCPHN course.

UK Visa and Immigration Sponsorship: Please note that we do not offer UKVI sponsorship for these posts, and so all applicants require a current right to work in the UK.

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more details and requirements for the role.

About us

The post holder will be a member of the 0-19 public health team delivering a service for children, young people and their families. Supported by the SCPHN school nurse, the post holder will participate in delivering a universal core service, and provide targeted interventions, to address health inequalities, where necessary referring to specialist services. This role will also include safeguarding responsibilities, immunisations, mentorship of students and staff appraisals.

Principal duties to include:

• Undertake duties as allocated by the SCPHN School Nurse.
• Build and develop good working relationships with named schools and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Make contact with children, young people (CYP) and their families in a variety of community settings e.g. schools, home, children centres, youth clubs
• Assist in the preparation, planning and delivery of the school based childhood immunisation programme in accordance with local policies and procedures following appropriate immunisation training
• Deliver planned programmes of health promotion to CYP either through one to one contact, group work or through delivery of school based PSHE lessons
• Assist in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19
• Undertake young peoples Drop In clinic in named secondary school
• Provide enuresis advice and continence assessments
• Identify and support CYP through health needs assessments who have unmet health needs, provide support and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialist services
• Following specific training be part of the CHAT HEALTH school nurse text advice service
• Take appropriate action in cases of suspected or actual child abuse, working within Surrey safeguarding childrens code of practice and procedures.
• Attend child protection conferences/core groups as required and participate in safeguarding supervision
• Undertake health needs assessments for children who are looked after
• Assist in research and service audits
• Supervise junior member of the 0-19 team as directed by the SCPHN SN undertake junior staff PDR appraisals and direct line management.
• Take an active part in clinical supervision
• Participate in meetings as appropriate
• Be prepared to be flexible within contracted hours
• In accordance with the needs of the service, undertake other duties as required