Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
To have a valid UK driving licence and be a car driver
- Other
To be able to access a car for work purposes
- Other
To be able to travel across Croydon and surrounding Boroughs
- Experience
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
- Experience
To have evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience
To show knowledge of the principals of Safeguarding Children management
- Experience
To be able to understand key elements of change management
- Experience
To demonstrate an awareness of the complex issues involved when working across organisations and disciplines
- Experience
To have an understanding of NMC Code of Conduct scope of professional Practice
- Experience
To have some Research knowledge
- Skills & Abilities
Good communication and interpersonal skills, including an ability to build rapport and establish good one to one relationships
- Skills & Abilities
Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines
- Skills & Abilities
Ability to work independently and to demonstrate an ability to make decisions
- Skills & Abilities
To have the ability to effectively use different styles of influencing in a variety of settings
- Skills & Abilities
To have the ability to present and write information in a clear and precise manner
- Skills & Abilities
To be able to apply equality of opportunity to all staff
- Education & Qualification
To have a clinical qualification RGN/RN
- Education & Qualification
To be a Specialist Public Health Practitioner Health Visisting qualification at Degree or Post Graduate Level
- Education & Qualification
To have undertaken Nurse Prescribing or a commitment to undertake Nurse Prescribing training
- Education & Qualification
Must have SCPHN registration
- Knowledege & Understanding
To have experience of implementing evidence based practice
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills & Abilities
To have the ability to critically appraise research findings and draw out significance for clinical practice and implement the research findings
- Skills & Abilities
To be able to Teach, present and facilitate
- Skills & Abilities
To be IT literate
- Education & Qualification
To have a mentoring qualification
- Knowledege & Understanding
Line Management Experience and Community Setting
Job overview
0-19 Service - Specialist Public Health Practitioners - Health Visitors and School Nurse Band 6 vacancies
Important Note: Candidates must have SCPHN registration
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.
Interviews: tbc
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.
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.
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This advert is for SCPHN- Health Visitors and School Nurse for PHN 0-19 Service with Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in Croydon, England. It is listed as a Band 6 School nurse role. The advertised salary is £45,953 - £54,254 pa inc HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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