# SCPHN- Health Visitors and School Nurse for PHN 0-19 Service > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/scphn-health-visitors-and-school-nurse-for-phn-0-19-service/0c60d16f-5ba6-4213-a270-756dc3b18d23 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/scphn-health-visitors-and-school-nurse-for-phn-0-19-service/0c60d16f-5ba6-4213-a270-756dc3b18d23.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Town:** Thornton Heath - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** School nurse - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 pro rata, per annum incl. HCAS (Outer London) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-29T23:02:34.367Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Health_Visiting_School_Nursing/Health_Visiting_School_Nursing-v8145237 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8145237?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 0-19 Service - Specialist Public Health Practitioners - Health Visitors  and   School Nurse   Band 6 vacancies We have an exciting opportunity for Health Visitor ANS/OR School Nurse SCPHN to be part of the new integrated Public Health Nursing 0-19 Service. The SCPHN practitioner will work as part of a Team in one of the three localities across Croydon  delivering the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to either  the 0-5’s or the 5-19’s. This will include working in partnership with all the Public Health 0-19 Nursing team, service users, professional networks and stake holders to provide Commissioned Services to meet Key Performance Indicators This is achieved through effective assessment, delegation, case/ workload management, monitoring of care standards, leadership and the performance management of team members. The practitioner will also be expected to take a lead in one of the high impact areas. Important Note: Candidates must have SCPHN registration Proposed Interview date  21st Aug 2026 ### Main duties of the job - To work in partnership with team members, service users, Croydon Health Service (CHS) staff and all stakeholders in promoting the health and well-being of Children, Young People, and their families. This will be achieved through effective delegation, workload management, monitoring of care standards, leadership and the performance management of team members - To identify and monitor health needs of a given population using profiling tools and facilitate the implementation of evidence-based health care. The practitioner will work in line with Working Together, and the Healthy Child Programme and all policies that promote and safeguard children 0-19 years and their families - To assess client needs, using the Assessment Framework and Risk Assessment tools as appropriate and plan, implement and evaluate evidenced based care given - To work in partnership with all staff within the PHN 0-19 service Team Leads, Practice Educators and multidisciplinary teams in the development of innovative clinical practice in line with the Healthy Child Programme ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting documents which contains more information about both roles in the job description and person specification. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - To have a valid UK driving licence and be a car driver - To be able to access a car for work purposes - To be able to travel across Croydon and surrounding Boroughs ### Experience **Essential** - To be able to demonstrate an understanding of current issues affecting community health services including: Health Services, clinical effectiveness, evidence based care and clinical governance - To have evidence of continuing professional development - To show knowledge of the principals of Safeguarding Children management - To be able to understand key elements of change management - To demonstrate an awareness of the complex issues involved when working across organisations and disciplines - To have an understanding of NMC Code of Conduct scope of professional Practice - To have some Research knowledge ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Good communication and interpersonal skills, including an ability to build rapport and establish good one to one relationships - Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines - Ability to work independently and to demonstrate an ability to make decisions - To have the ability to effectively use different styles of influencing in a variety of settings - To have the ability to present and write information in a clear and precise manner - To be able to apply equality of opportunity to all staff **Desirable** - To have the ability to critically appraise research findings and draw out significance for clinical practice and implement the research findings - To be able to Teach, present and facilitate - To be IT literate ### Education & Qualification **Essential** - To have a clinical qualification RGN/RN - To be a Specialist Public Health Practitioner Health Visisting qualification at Degree or Post Graduate Level - To have undertaken Nurse Prescribing or a commitment to undertake Nurse Prescribing training - Must have SCPHN registration **Desirable** - To have a mentoring qualification ### Knowledege & Understanding **Essential** - To have experience of implementing evidence based practice **Desirable** - Line Management Experience and Community Setting ## Documents - [chs accomodation (pdf, 676.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725) - [croydon nurse brochure (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1649) - [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317) - [phn 0-19 hv and sn jd (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10444326) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) ## 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.