Community Staff Nurse – School Health

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Job summary

If you are looking for an opportunity to work in Children's service in the 5-19 team, please apply for this exciting role.

The Band 5 Community Staff Nurse Role is based in Swadlincote health centre in South Derbyshire, working with the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.

You will need to be forward thinking, dynamic, caring and wanting to develop in a public health career. As well as having a passion to provide excellence in health care in the local community.

Main duties of the job

As a community staff nurse in the school nursing team, you will work within a 5-19 team under the supervision of a School Nurse Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner (SCPHN) and alongside other Community Staff Nurses.

As a community staff nurse you will work within a multi-disciplinary setting, supporting the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19, to meet the prioritised health needs of school age children/young people and families, using evidence based practice contained with the standard operating procedures.

As a community staff nurse you will carry responsibility for the assessment of health needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of intervention for a defined caseload and to act as the 'named nurse' for an identified group of schools within the locality that you work.

Provide targeted interventions for children and young people who meet the referral criteria with emerging needs.

To utilise a variety of different communication methods including face to face and social media to maximise the reach of key public health messages.

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Part-time

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum pro rata

Closing date

19/03/2023