# SCPHN School Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/scphn-school-nurse/1f60b5f4-d7d5-49b2-bc18-5a26c045451e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/scphn-school-nurse/1f60b5f4-d7d5-49b2-bc18-5a26c045451e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Lawrence Road Surgery - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** School nurse - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** pa, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: This one position 1.0 - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full time) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T11:53:01.866Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Ilkeston/Derbyshire_Community_Health_Services_NHS_Foundation_Trust/School_Nursing/School_Nursing-v8245469 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8245469?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dchs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview DCHS has an opportunity for a SCPHN School Nurse to join the Children's Community Services Team in Erewash. You will need to effectively engage with your client group, peers and partner agencies in all elements of your role, leading by example and promoting a supportive and caring culture. This will require an inclusive, transparent, open approach to your role, where you are happy to be accountable to others and to go that extra mile when required. You will be passionate about our business, creating a culture of continuous improvement, where patient welfare is at the heart of all you do. Working with the skill mix team, you will deliver the Healthy Child Programme universally along with progressive levels of service and safeguarding children according to identified need. You will provide services in partnership with the local voluntary sector and multi-agency teams and participate in service improvement both within the locality and across the county. As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration. After reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for Skilled Worker visas, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) ### Main duties of the job You will manage and develop the Children’s Community Services Team (5-19) and contribute to the development of services to deliver the commissioned service specification. You will be part of the multi-disciplinary team including the wider local children’s workforce, working within a public health framework, to meet the prioritised health needs of children and families. You will have responsibility for delivery of the key performance indicators for a community of school aged children within an identified specific action plan. You will undertake responsibility as ‘named nurse’ for a Multi- Agency Team area and inclusive schools within a specified locality. You will carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of health needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of intervention. To create and promote a positive learning environment for junior staff and students on placement. Whilst in this post, you will have an office base at Ilkeston Community Hospital and Long Eaton Health Centre. Traveling to other parts of Derbyshire is sometimes necessary, for example to attend meetings and training sessions or provide service cover. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account ### 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 ### IT skills **Essential** - Experience of working with electronic patient records, along with knowledge of associated record keeping policies and caldicott prinicipals **Desirable** - Knowledge of using social media ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC first level registered nurse - SCPHN School nursing - Evidence of recent post registration learning **Desirable** - Nurse Prescribing - Mentorship qualification - Recognised teaching and assessing qualification ### Skills and Attributes **Essential** - Clinical Leadership - Basic IT skills - Requirement to travel across the geographical area/driver ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Sound understanding and awareness of community and public health agenda - Developing and devising public health initiatives **Desirable** - Teaching experience ## Documents - [application guidance (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2565) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 600.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10556994) ## 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.