Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nursing

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Specialist Community Public Health Nurses, School Nurse - (NMC part 3) to the Newport Team of School Nurses for 22.5 hours per week/0.6WTE, all year round.

The candidate should be a motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic nurse with excellent knowledge, skills and experience.

Applications are also welcomed from SCPHN students due to qualify in April 2025.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:

• To provide an easily accessible young person friendly, clinically effective high quality service to a defined caseload of school aged children and their families. Working in partnership with service users, parents, school staff and members of the primary health care team he/she will undertake health surveillance, health promotion and other public health duties.
• To promote the health of school aged children, and the wider school community, through school and community based health education programmes and activities, and through direct input in school health education programmes and teaching alongside education staff in school settings.
• To contribute to the safeguarding, and protection of school aged children at risk of abuse and to provide ongoing monitoring, support and advice to these children and their families.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and and person specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.