# Community Staff Nurse - School Nursing > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-school-nursing/d80f30a2-2cbe-4689-9993-134b12d32763 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse-school-nursing/d80f30a2-2cbe-4689-9993-134b12d32763.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust - **Location:** Vaughan Building - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** School nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T09:05:00.309Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/School_Nursing/School_Nursing-v8266318 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8266318?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Our School Nursing team is seeking a Registered Nurse to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 years to the children, young people and families of Herefordshire. You will work as a key member of the School Nursing team and you will gain the experience of working in the community, in partnership with children, young people, families, education and other partner agencies. You must have a strong public health interest and be fully committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our children, young people and their families. Within School Nursing there are lots of opportunities for development and there is a robust support package available, which includes clinical, restorative and safeguarding supervision. Applicants must have a full driving license and access to a car for work purposes. ### Main duties of the job - To promote and facilitate the physical, mental and emotional health of children, young people (5-19 years school age children and young people) and families. - To work in partnership with all service users, members of the multidisciplinary team both internal and external to the Trust and ensure continuity of care to children, young people and their families. - Work within the 5-19 pathway to deliver planned programmes of care under the direction of the School Nurse. This will involve onward referrals as required. - Act as a practice supervisor/ assessor for pre-registration student nurses - To assist the Duty Clinician in the duty desk with the administration of incoming clinical correspondence and allocation of referrals on a rotational basis. - Review the A+E attendances that come into the service and follow up with parents/carers any A+E attendances and give advice as per the School Nursing standard. Refer any children that are enhanced and attended A+E to the named School Nurse. - To actively support the appraisals for staff in band 4 and below. - To assist in the recruitment and selection of staff into the team and to participate in the induction and orientation programmes for new staff members, this may include preceptorship support for newly qualified staff nurses. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Must have post-registration experience, minimum of 6 months - Have an understanding of child protection procedures within the local area. **Desirable** - Experience of working with children and young people and families - Able to demonstrate knowledge of the services Key Performance indicators and how they influence service delivery ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - RGN/RSCN and be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council **Desirable** - Post Graduate Qualification - Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor training ### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities **Essential** - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Possess basic IT skills eg able to use Microsoft Word and Excel - Experience of managing own workload and ability to prioritise work delegated - Delivery of evidence based practice - Must have a knowledge of the public health role within School Nursing - Able to work as part of a team and demonstrate the ability to work in partnership with children, young people and their families as well as professionals - Able to demonstrate confidentiality in all aspects of their work **Desirable** - Knowledge of clinical supervision - Previous Community Experience ## Documents - [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985) - [229-sur-7582961 jdps (pdf, 266.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580729) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.