Job summary
Brighton and Hove Healthy Child Programme (5-19) have a vacancy for a band 5 School Staff Nurse to work term time only, across the Brighton & Hove area. Full time and part time hours will be considered between 22.5 - 37.5 hours per week and this can be negotiated.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse to work in our small and friendly service. We are committed to providing a high quality, accessible health service to children, young people and families, in partnership with other agencies and service providers.
You will need excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to use different communication methods. You will work as part of the team but will also need to use your time management skills to deliver care to your own caseload. Confident IT skills are also important for the role. In return, the post offers a friendly and supportive team with excellent learning and development opportunities and a stimulating working environment.
Main duties of the job
As a school staff nurse, you will be managing a caseload of primary schools providing agreed elements of the Healthy Child Programme. You will deliver interventions to support children and families with specific health concerns as well as making referrals to other services. You will also support children and families with additional vulnerabilities such as with safeguarding concerns.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
a) Work with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) team to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible public health programme to children, their families and communities.
b) Establish effective links with children, families, communities, statutory and voluntary agencies.
c) Promote the physical and emotional wellbeing of children and young people, in order to establish good health for them now and in the future through early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment, social inclusion and the reduction of health inequalities.
d) Make referrals as appropriate enabling access to relevant professionals supporting children and young people to reach their health and developmental potential.
For more information please see job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
a) Work with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) team to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible public health programme to children, their families and communities.
b) Establish effective links with children, families, communities, statutory and voluntary agencies.
c) Promote the physical and emotional wellbeing of children and young people, in order to establish good health for them now and in the future through early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment, social inclusion and the reduction of health inequalities.
d) Make referrals as appropriate enabling access to relevant professionals supporting children and young people to reach their health and developmental potential.
For more information please see job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Active registration as a qualified Nurse on part 1 of the NMC register, or an NMC registered midwife
- To hold or be willing to obtain Safeguarding Children Level 6 module
Desirable
- Evidence of academic study
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Proficient IT Skills with the ability to learn and use new digital systems and ways of working
- Ability to draw information from a range of sources in order to make a contribution to service development.
- Ability to reflect and learn from situations.
- Ability to apply research to practice.
- Commitment to lifelong learning and development.
- Knowledge of Clinical governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision and Professional codes of conduct
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children Procedures.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Car driver with current driving licence and access to car for work, unless under the Equality Act
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with children
- Experience of working within a community setting.
- Experience of teaching and presenting.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Active registration as a qualified Nurse on part 1 of the NMC register, or an NMC registered midwife
- To hold or be willing to obtain Safeguarding Children Level 6 module
Desirable
- Evidence of academic study
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Proficient IT Skills with the ability to learn and use new digital systems and ways of working
- Ability to draw information from a range of sources in order to make a contribution to service development.
- Ability to reflect and learn from situations.
- Ability to apply research to practice.
- Commitment to lifelong learning and development.
- Knowledge of Clinical governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision and Professional codes of conduct
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children Procedures.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Car driver with current driving licence and access to car for work, unless under the Equality Act
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with children
- Experience of working within a community setting.
- Experience of teaching and presenting.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
