# Specialist Community Public Health Nurse -School Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-community-public-health-nurse-school-nurse/2e1c7dcf-d85f-4d54-ba15-d00298957e28 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-community-public-health-nurse-school-nurse/2e1c7dcf-d85f-4d54-ba15-d00298957e28.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Wigan - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-14T11:12:25.255Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Wigan_Leigh/Wrightington_Wigan_Leigh_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/School_Nursing/School_Nursing-v8074236 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8074236?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a passionate and caring School Nurse? Are you a NMC registrant,  part 3 Specialist Community Public Health Nurse- School Nurse? Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust have a fantastic opportunity for you. Wigan School Nursing Service are looking for passionate individuals to join our team. If you are committed to providing a high-quality service to improve outcomes for children, living in the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh area, Greater Manchester Area, then we would like to hear from you. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nurse. We welcome applications from qualified SCPHN School Nurses, and we also encourage applications from students who are nearing completion of their SCPHN School Nursing qualification. ### Main duties of the job To work as the named School Nurse for an identified High School/College and a cluster of Primary schools. To manage the defined caseload, using a public health approach to provide and maintain a high-quality service that promotes the health and wellbeing of the school-aged population and their families. To lead to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5–19 and co-ordinate the delivery of public health interventions with a focus on implementing early help intervention, reducing health inequalities and improving health outcomes for children, young people, their families and the community. School Nurses in WWL will apply a public health approach to the universal programme, targeted and specialist packages of care and interventions as stipulated by the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring that support is delivered universally while providing additional targeted intervention according to the level of identified need and risk. To provide leadership to other members of the 0-19, inclusive of preceptorship, supervision, Personal Development Reviews and one-to-ones. They will give professional advice and support to parents, carers, health team members and other partners within the health arena. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The role leads the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme across universal, targeted and specialist levels, building community capacity and responding to the health needs of children, young people and families. It involves assessing health needs, planning and coordinating care, delivering health promotion, and providing early intervention through partnership working with schools, families and multi‑agency teams. Key responsibilities include managing a school nursing caseload, analysing data to inform service planning, supporting mental and physical wellbeing, safeguarding children, and ensuring effective signposting and referral pathways. The role requires delivering therapeutic interventions, offering accessible support to young people, and ensuring children not in school still receive the universal offer. Clinically, the postholder must maintain NMC registration, keep accurate records, stay up to date with evidence‑based practice, manage time effectively, and understand medicines management. Leadership duties include supervising staff, delegating tasks, supporting team development, contributing to service improvement, and developing specialist expertise. The role also involves leading and participating in clinical audit, supporting research, and using findings to improve practice. Communication responsibilities include working sensitively with families, sharing information appropriately, contributing to multi‑agency work, and promoting a culture where concerns can be raised safely. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. - Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written). - Ability to assess health needs of children and young people and implement SMART planning. - Ability to lead holistic, inclusive, evidence‑based interventions while using robust evidence to identify vulnerability, inequality and risk across the school‑aged population. - Ability to safeguard and prioritise support for children and young people most at risk, escalating concerns and providing specialist input into child protection pathways. - Strong research skills, critically appraising epidemiological evidence to inform public health nursing and identifying gaps in research, evidence and policy that require action - Ability to deliver health education sessions - Presentation skills. - Ability to lead a team, provide guidance and direction to a skill‑mix with clear, appropriate delegation. - Strong reflective skills, acting as a reflective practitioner who applies learning directly to improve practice - Good basic IT literacy in Microsoft office platforms. **Desirable** - IT skills relevant to school health records and reporting. - Report writing skills - Knowledge and understanding of SystmOne Electronic Patient Records. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Up-to-date knowledge of key government policy and drivers within Public Health and Education. - Understanding of safeguarding and child protection. **Desirable** - Awareness of current issues affecting school-aged children (e.g., mental health, immunisations). ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working. - Experience working with children, young people, and families. **Desirable** - Experience of working in a school or educational setting. - Evidence of health promotion or public health work. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification in School Nursing - Maths and English GCSE or Equivalent ### Professional registration **Essential** - Registered Nurse (Child, Adult, Midwifery, Learning Disability, or Mental Health). - Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification in School Nursing. **Desirable** - Teaching/mentoring qualification. - Leadership qualification ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 264.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10365768) - [person specification (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10365769) - [what wwl can offer you (pdf, 42.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2701) - [applying for nhs vacancies guidance (pdf, 241.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2884) ## 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.