Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

School Nurse

The closing date is 21 July 2025

Job summary

Post-holder will be a qualified School Nurse.

To work as part of a team in delivering the Healthy Child, Programme 5-19 years and Royal Free Hospital Trust (Enfield) School Nursing Service specification within the commissioning criteria.

To work in partnership with Children and Young Peoples team, service users, professional networks and stakeholders to provide Commissioned Services to meet Key Performance Indicators.

Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures.

To work with the School Nurse skill mix team to improve health and life outcomes for children and families within a defined community through delivering packages of care following assessment by the health visitor.

To participate in the development of services and health improvement activities.

To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers.

Main duties of the job

Support the children; families and young people in Enfield. To maximise there potential and health and well being in relation to preventable health issues. The 0-19 School Nurses will be supporting families and schools with children's health and wellbeing at the forefront. Safeguarding underpins all work by the 0-19 school nurse.

About us

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Date posted

07 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£42,939 to £50,697 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Term time hours

Reference number

391-NMUH-7281653

Job locations

Enfield Civic Centre

Silver Street

Enfield

EN1 3ES

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

1. To work in partnership with team members, service users and all stake holders in promoting the health and well-being of Children, Young People aged 5-19 years and their families. This will be achieved through effective delegation, work load management, monitoring of care standards, leadership and the performance management of team members.

2. To identify and monitor health needs of a given population using profiling tools and facilitate the implementation of evidence based care. The practitioner will work in line with the Healthy Child Programme and all policies that promote and safeguard children 5-19 years and their families.

3. To actively promote immunisation programme.

4. Support Clinical Service Lead and team to achieve universal and targeted commissioned services.

5. To manage and prioritise workload according to the identified health needs within a defined caseload ensuring the effective use of resources.

6. To Review regularly with the Team Leader and Child Protection Supervisor in supervision families causing concern, record agreed action and follow through according to Trust and Safeguarding policies.

7. To organise, develop and participate in public health activities including health promotion with individuals and groups.

8. To work within the policies and guidelines set out by the Trust and NMC- Code of Professional Conduct.

9. To take responsibility for Nurse Prescribing in line with National and local guidelines.

10. To be responsible for the supervision and delegation of duties of support staff.

11. To keep contemporaneous notes and accurate records and maintain client confidentiality according to NMC and Trust guidelines.

12. To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post.

13. To participate in research/audit and statistical data which are approved and agreed.

14. To contribute to policies and the development and implementation of care pathways.

15. Promotes a culture that is committed to innovation and quality improvement.

16. Demonstrate a commitment to providing high standards of evidence based care to children and families.

17. Ability to accept challenge and to challenge others in a constructive and considered manner.

18. Able to demonstrate positive leadership qualities as part of an empowered team.