School Nurse

at  Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

School Nurse Band 6 - Up to 30 hours per week, Term time only - Permanent
Ensure the safe and efficient delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to children, young people and families within the locality
Acts as a professional role model
Identify, lead on and contribute to evidence-based service improvement initiatives and policy development within the locality, and across localities and professional/disciplinary boundaries
Foster productive working relationships with key partner agencies and stakeholders, to identify and develop and promote an understanding of wider public health and social policy initiatives with key partner agencies and stakeholders to support them to contribute to enabling children and young people to meet positive outcomes.
Contribute clinically to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, including multi-agency case management panels, and one to one work, to maintain skills and insight into the work of the teams
Interviews 4th November 2024
Are you a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nursing (SCPHN-SN). We are looking for an innovative enthusiastic nurse to join our dynamic team to develop professionally and contribute to a responsive and busy service. You will lead on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5 to 19 years and the provision of a family centred, evidenced based public Health service, promoting health and addressing inequalities. and be adaptable to continuing change. You will have the ability to work autonomously as part of an integrated skill mix team providing strong Clinical Leadership and supervision. You will have excellent communication skills and work well with other teams and agencies.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
Safety
Care
Respect
Communication
Learning
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 Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required . These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Please refer the Job description for details