School Nurse

Job overview

Wirral 0-19 SCPHN School Nurse

Do you fancy a career with an award winning integrated health and care NHS Foundation Trust?

We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent SCPHN School Nurse to work within our Wallasey 0-19 team. It would be great for a qualified school nurse wanting experience to work in Wirral along side staff who are passionate about reducing health inequalities and supporting our local community.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens and soon to  be Knowsley.

We take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.

Main duties of the job

A number of  exciting   opportunities  have  arisen in the Wirral 0-19  service for SCPHN trained School Nurses . The successful candidate   will have  proven leadership, experience and knowledge of school nursing.  If you want to make a difference to the health of school aged children within Wallasey and have a commitment to reducing health inequalities we would very much like to hear from you.

You will work closely with the, education   and social care to  provide services in response to identified need, both public health and safeguarding whilst working in partnership Wirral Local Authority to take the local children’s agenda forward.

School Nursing is a fast paced, dynamic and challenging service, and as a  School Nurse with us you will be given opportunity to demonstrate leadership whilst working within the public health, health promotion and safeguarding domains.

You should be well organised, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with children and young people both in school and within other education provider settings. You must be committed to working effectively both within a team and independently. An in depth knowledge of the current trends and developments within school nursing and the health agenda relating to children’s services is essential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification for further information relating to this exciting job role.