Job overview
This post is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part time, 18 hours a week over 3 days to include a Tuesday, term time only.
Do you enjoy working with children? Would you like to work within a school nursing team? Does working weekdays 9-5, term time only appeal to you? Then this job could be for you!!
We are recruiting to a part-time School and Community Health Facilitator role in Gloucester city to work 18 hours per week over 3 days in the school term time. You will work alongside the School Nursing team to
- deliver the National Child Measurement Programme and Vision Screening
- give advice and support to parents concerned about their child's weight, sleep patterns, anxiety and other health issues
- complete delegated packages of care
We offer:
- An Induction Programme, robust training and competency frameworks to underpin transition into role
- Clinical Supervision and Safeguarding Children Supervision to support learning and practice
This role offers diverse and rewarding opportunities for you to make a difference to children and family lives through advice, support and signposting using public health skills.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work autonomously or as part of a team to provide screening programmes to children at primary schools in the Gloucester city locality to identify and address health needs in the local population. You will facilitate parent groups providing advice and support for health issues they are concerned about in their children. This may also include one to one work with families following a package of care.
Key responsibilities include
- organising and delivering National Child Measurement Programme and vision screening
- facilitating healthy lifestyles and parenting hubs including preparing resources and completing health records
- make every contact count by promoting healthy lifestyles at each contact
- deliver health promotion and education sessions for parents at school events
- keep accurate and contemporaneous child health records
You will report to a school nurse in the Gloucester team and at times report directly to the team leader.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the Job description and person specification for detail of the main responsibilities of this role.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of role within the Public Health Team –School Nursing
- Ability to use different IT systems to record observations
Attributes
Essential
- Able to allay fears and anxieties in adults
- Confidence to run health promotion activities in a group setting and on an individual basis
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering healthcare within the community setting
- Experience of working with school aged children.
- Experience of entering and extracting data from a clinical system
Desirable
- Experience of safeguarding children
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience.
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This advert is for School and Community Health Facilitator with Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucester, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum. The contract type is Permanent: Term time only (39 weeks). The application deadline is 29 Jul 2026.
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