School Nurse

Job summary

The Isle of Wight 0-19 Service (Health Visiting & School Nursing) has an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Registered Nurse or Midwife to join our health visiting and school nursing team for a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated, practitioner with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our service in delivering the Healthy Child Programme to children and their families across the Island. We work in close partnership with Midwifery, Education, Barnardo's and Children's Centres, Primary Care, and wider children's services, with the aim of improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities for all children in the early years and onwards.

The service offers a robust supervision and management structure. We actively encourage professional development and provide training and regular updates to ensure you maintain the knowledge and skills required to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to the local population. If you are keen to develop your career in the future, there may be opportunities for the right candidate to undertake the SCPHN course to qualify as a health visitor or school nurse. We all bring different skills and experiences but share a collective understanding of the Solent NHS Trust HEART values and demonstrate these in our practice.

If you thrive working as part of a dynamic team and enjoy 'making a difference' we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

The role of the School Health Nurse is to work within the 0 to 19 Children and Families Team to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to children, young people and families on the Isle of Wight.

The post holder will assess health needs, provide evidence-based interventions, promote health and wellbeing, safeguard children and young people, and work collaboratively with partner agencies to improve outcomes.

The School Nursing team works with children and young people of school, age and care is delivered across a variety of settings including schools, community settings and family homes. We work closely with other services and professionals to safeguard and ensure the best outcomes for children and their families.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

• Date posted: 02 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 1 years
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 348-CFS-12427
• Job locations: Enterprise House, Monks Brook, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5WB, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

UK Registration

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