# Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nursing

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hywel Dda University Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Hywel Dda University Health Board
- **Location:** Cardigan Integrated Care Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Salary:** £40559.00 to £48841.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-11T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T11:31:09.033Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8297468
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8297468?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://hduhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people?

We are seeking a dedicated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse to work autonomously in delivering high-quality health surveillance, health promotion, and early intervention services for school-aged children. You will manage a caseload of school-age children and young people, providing support in areas including safeguarding, Children Looked After, immunisations, and emotional wellbeing. Working closely with families, schools, and partner agencies, you will identify and address unmet health needs, helping children achieve their full potential in education and life.

The successful candidate will be a proactive practitioner with excellent communication skills and a commitment to improving health outcomes for all school-age children and young people. Opportunities to support the supervision and development of students and colleagues are also available within the role.

Interviews to be held on 20/10/26

### Main duties of the job

You will manage a caseload of school-age children and young people, providing support in areas including safeguarding, Children Looked After, immunisations, and emotional wellbeing. Working closely with families, schools, and partner agencies, you will identify and address unmet health needs, helping children achieve their full potential in education and life.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

### 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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Multi Agency working
- Community experience
- Child protection experience

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of working as a qualified SCPHN
- Working with children/young people

### Language Abilities

**Desirable**

- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

### Qualifications and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Current NMC registration
- BSc Hons SCPHN in school nursing
- Evidence of CPD to postgraduate diploma level
- Safeguarding Children Child Protection (Level 3)
- School Nursing Framework
- Mentorship / Supervision

**Desirable**

- Sexual Health Knowledge
- Continence Knowledge
- Research
- Management
- Clinical Leadership

## Documents

- [oh form (pdf, 248.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10659847)
- [jd/ps - welsh (pdf, 217.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10626295)
- [privacy notice (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2373)
- [jd/ps - english (pdf, 203.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10626294)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2383)

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