# 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/0d428a6c-b6ed-42a7-affe-e958e8a0d891 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/scphn-health-visitors-and-school-nurse-for-phn-0-19-service/0d428a6c-b6ed-42a7-affe-e958e8a0d891.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Location:** Croydon University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** School nurse - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 pa inc HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T08:02:04.885Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Health_Visiting_School_Nursing/Health_Visiting_School_Nursing-v8266961 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8266961?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 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. ## 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) - [job description & ps (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10587858) - [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.