# Nursing Associate - School Nursing

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** HMP Bronzefield
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nursing associate
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum (pro rata if P/T)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (All year round)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03T11:54:42.556Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Newport_Pagnell/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing_Assosciate_School_Nursing/Nursing_Assosciate_School_Nursing-v8266493
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8266493?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for an enthusiastic Nursing Associate to join our School Nursing Team within Milton Keynes.

This relatively new post, that will support the current School Nursing Team to deliver the 5-19 element of the Healthy Child Programme. You will have an interest in preventative health with a passion for delivering safe, high-quality care to children and young people within the school, home and clinic setting.

Safeguarding children is at forefront of all the work carried out by the team and as a Nursing Associate you will support families as part of the Early Intervention Strategy.

The Role of the Nursing Associate is to assist and support the School Nurses (SN’s) and Registered Nurses (RN’s) in ensuring optimal care is delivered across Milton Keynes. The post holder will be responsible for delivering high quality, family centred compassionate care under the direction of a School Nurse or Registered Nurse, with a focus on promoting public health and safeguarding. You will be an accountable professional and have the ability to work without constant direct supervision; within the parameters of practice by undertaking a range of duties appropriate to the level of responsibility and knowledge and skills acquired

### Main duties of the job

- To work within the Nursing Associate parameters of practice to deliver high- quality, compassionate care to children aged 5-19 years, with a focus on promoting health and independence.
- To work under the delegation of the School Nurse, managing a caseload, delivering planned packages of care.
- Assist in the delivery of high-quality evidence-based programmes either with individual or groups of parents/carers/children, to improve outcomes for children and young people.
- Deliver care to families in their homes, community locations and Schools.
- Assist in the planning and delivery of programmes and activities such as; health needs assessments, continence, obesity/healthy eating, oral health, sleep and school readiness.
- Support parents and young people with enuresis information, face to face, virtually and in a group setting.
- Work in partnership with parents/carers, families and multi-disciplinary colleagues to maximise service delivery and to maintain effective relationships and communication.
- Maintain clinical records in line with record keeping policy.
- Maintain effective working relationships within the team and with other professionals.
- Communicate professionally, demonstrating active listening and the ability to ask sensitive and appropriate questions with excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Have an awareness of local safeguarding procedures and appropriately respond to any identified concerns.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attachment in vacancy for full Nursing Associate Job Description and Personal Specification.

Role requirements for shortlisting

Experience:

Essential:

Understand the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation; including how the role may contribute to service development

Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable:

Experience of supporting children and their families

Knowledge and Skills:

Aware of the Healthy Child Programme and the involvement of the 0-19 Team in its delivery

Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues

Personal Qualities:

Seeks and uses professional support appropriately

Shows a realistic appreciation of the challenges of working with children and young people/vulnerable adults

### 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

### Other

**Essential**

- Car user with use of a car and full UK Valid Driving Licence
- Ability to travel across the Milton Keynes sometimes at short notice and carry necessary equipment.
- Flexible working to meet the needs of the service, this may be on occasions outside normal office hours

### Experience

**Essential**

- Understand the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation; including how the role may contribute to service developmen
- Understand and act in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
- Understand requirements for NMC professional revalidation.
- Understand the importance of following procedures, polices and treatment or care plans.
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.

**Desirable**

- Experience of supporting children and their families
- Community experience
- Able to undertake autonomous and independent working
- A sound knowledge of issues around confidentiality
- Children’s safeguarding experience

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
- Understands the principle of confidentiality
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
- Demonstrates professional curiosity
- Has a balanced understanding of self and others
- Has a realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development
- Shows a realistic appreciation of the challenges of working with children and young people/vulnerable adults
- Can demonstrate flexibility of approach

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Aware of the Healthy Child Programme and the involvement of the 0-19 Team in its delivery
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload
- Ability to communicate effectively, written, verbal, or non-verbal communication, with parents/carers and young people
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
- Ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults
- Appreciates the significance of safeguarding and interprets this accurately for all individual children and young people/vulnerable adults whatever their life circumstances.
- Knowledge of equality and diversity issues, social exclusion and multi-cultural issues Is up-to-date with legislation and current events

**Desirable**

- Experience of using Systmone
- Report writing
- Presentation skills

### Emotional and Mental Effort

**Essential**

- Aware of the range of emotions in self and others
- Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
- Shows respect for others’ feelings, views and circumstances
- In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down.
- Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so

### Education, Qualifications and Training

**Essential**

- Registered Nursing Associate on the United Kingdom NMC register
- Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification

**Desirable**

- NNEB Diploma in child care and Education awarded by CACHE or equivalent
- Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Year

## Documents

- [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162)
- [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868)
- [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160)
- [na sn personal specification (pdf, 312.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580932)
- [job description - nursing associate (pdf, 520.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580933)
- [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773)
- [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869)
- [accommodation information for new starters (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2438)

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