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Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse


Location
HCRG Care Group, Paulton Memorial Hospital, BS39 7SB, United Kingdom
Salary
£39995.00 to £48117.00
Profession
School nurse
Deadline
20 Sep 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
25 Aug 2026
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Job summary

Package Description: As a Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our BaNES Children's Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £39,959 - £48,117 Pro Rata(Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions 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 lifes 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 youre 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 Job Introduction We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse to join our friendly and welcoming BaNESChild and Family Public Health Service toleadand deliver high quality, pro-activehealth care andsupportfor children and the 5-19 ...

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse, you are part of our valued team in our BaNES Children's Service. You will have access to exclusive rewards and benefits, including a salary of £39,959 - £48,117 Pro Rata with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions. The role includes membership of My Reward Hub, providing discounts on everyday purchases and access to your wages as you earn them. You'll receive online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing, eLearning opportunities, and career coaching. You will be part of a culture that encourages innovation, backed by at least £100,000 of annual ringfenced innovation funding. The role involves understanding the children and young peoples public health agenda and working in partnership to improve the health of school-aged children across B&NES. You will establish good working relationships with stakeholders, identify early health needs, deliver health care support, and conduct health assessments.

About us

Established in 2006, HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. They work with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. The organisation delivers and transforms adult and children's community health services, primary care services, including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, they support millions of communities and directly help more than half a million people each year. Guided by their simple values: we care, we think, we do, they are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a diverse range of individuals. HCRG Care Group is a Disability Confident Committed company, providing facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be as inclusive as possible.

Details

  • Date posted: 25 August 2026
  • Pay scheme: Other
  • Salary: £39,995 to £48,117 a year
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Working pattern: Part-time
  • Reference number: 1541765049
  • Job locations: HCRG Care Group, Paulton Memorial Hospital, BS39 7SB, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Package Description

As a Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our BaNES Children's Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • £39,959 - £48,117 Pro Rata(Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  • 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 lifes 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 youre 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

Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse to join our friendly and welcoming BaNES Child and Family Public Health Service to lead and deliver high quality, pro-active health care and support for children and the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme.

You will deliver health care support and advice as part of the Health Child Programme, to reduce health inequalities, safeguard children and improve outcomes.

This is a part-time (30hours per week) role that will be based at Paulton Memorial Hospital.

For more details on the role, we encourage you to contact:

roanna.ellis@hcrgcaregroup.com

viv.crouch@hcrgcaregroup.com

Main Responsibilities

  • Understand the children and young peoples public health agenda and work in partnership with other agencies to improve the health of school aged children across B&NES.
  • Establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders and partner services, working collaboratively to support the provision of early universal access to information for health issues.
  • Use clinical judgement and public health expertise to identify health needs early, determine potential risk and provide early intervention to prevent issues escalating.
  • Use compassionate, evidence-based approaches, including MECC and Trauma Informed approaches.
  • Manage an identified caseload of secondary and primary schools.
  • Undertake population and school level health needs assessment to identify local need and deliver outcome-focused interventions aligned with the High Impact Areas of the Healthy Child Programme (0-19), promoting physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing.
  • Assess childrens health needs to identify any deviation from normal development in line with Safeguarding Children policies and procedures, leading on Early Help support when required.
  • Deliver drop-ins, health education sessions, needs-led interventions, information provision and signposting/introduction to other agencies to support and empower children, young people and families to take ownership of and manage their health care.
  • Support transition, including delivering health reviews to all children at points of transition, following up identified needs and providing individual health needs assessments as required.
  • Deliver young persons sexual health service Clinic in a Box in school and community settings, following completion of the appropriate sexual health training.
  • Contribute to multi-agency early support assessment of children and young people, including safeguarding, SEND and Early Help Care Plans, taking on the lead professional role where appropriate.

For a full list of role responsibilities please refer to the attached job description.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • As a Band 6 SCPHN School Nurse, candidates should possess the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification. Knowledge and understanding of the children and young peoples public health agenda are essential. The role involves working with other agencies to improve the health of school-aged children and requires strong communication and collaboration skills. You should have clinical judgement and public health expertise to identify health needs early, determine potential risks, and provide early intervention to prevent issues from escalating. Experience in evidence-based approaches, including MECC and Trauma-Informed approaches, is beneficial.

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