Job summary
On behalf of the NHS, Essex County Council and WECCG, HCRG Care Group and Barnardos are commissioned to provide a range of children, young people and family services throughout Essex that are free at the point of delivery..
The service, known as the Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service, focusses on ensuring that everyone in Essex has the best possible start in life through meeting the identified needs of children, young people and their families.
Our services are offered across Essex from the Antenatal period up until a young person turns 19 or 25 for those with Special Educational Needs. We are located within the community delivering outcome based support to families within their homes, schools or at one of our Family Hubs and Delivery Sites.
We are striving to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for children and families in the community, for the community, with the community.
www.essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk
As a School Nurse within the Essex Child & Family Wellbeing Service you'll join a team who are focused on clinical excellence and who recently received a Good CQC rating.
Main duties of the job
As a School Nurse, you'll join a Healthy Family Team who are focused on clinical excellence. Your days will be rewarding and varied and include offering support to children and families and empowering them to reach their full potential.
- There is a Healthy Family Team located within every District of Essex and is made up of a Multi-disciplinary team, including Health Visitors, School Nurses, Family Wellbeing Nurses and additional colleagues who work together to provide family support.
- As a School Nurse, you will work alongside SCPHN School Nurses and be responsible for the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, including assessment of health needs, development, implementation, and evaluation of packages of care.
- You will work as a team to offer every family a universal School Nursing services to support aspects of a child/Young persons development and health from Transition into School up to the age of 19 (25 for SEND).
- You will provide leadership and act as positive role model by supporting colleagues and demonstrating excellent standards of care.
- You will undertake mentorship responsibilities for pre-registration students whilst on placement within the service and provide preceptorship to support new staff members.
- You will be supported to do this by our Practice Education team. SCPHN training is available after 1 year in post. Regular safeguarding supervision will be provided along with opportunities for continued professional development.
About us
Package Description
As a Band 5 School Nurse, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 5 Agenda for Change salary and terms and conditions, including an NHS pension
- AFC Pension and terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Details
Date posted
13 April 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/171506/19011
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Billericay
Essex
CM12 0GH
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Billericay
Essex
CM12 0GH
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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