School Nurse

at  Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

School Nurse – Band 6
2 x 30 HOURS - TERM TIME ONLY
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 motivated school nurses to join our Stockport School Nursing team and be part of our Stockport Family Integrated Service.
Stockport School Nursing service is part of the Women, Children and Diagnostics Business Unit of Stockport Foundation Trust, and is also integrated with Stockport Council in a Stockport Family organisation. Stockport Family works collaboratively across professional disciplines in order to improve outcomes for children and families.
The Stockport School Nursing Service has a passion for promoting public health through early intervention using restorative approaches with families.
The successful candidates will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable, approachable and effective team players. In addition, they will need to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of issues affecting children and families and how School Nursing Services work with families.
To lead a team to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to school aged children in line with service specification
To contribute to the development and implementation of national and local priorities for children and families
To contribute to maintenance of quality and service improvement in school nursing
To lead, co-ordinate and participate in the delivery of the national immunisation programme for school age children
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Please refer the Job description for details