Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people's own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
Key details
Location:
Site: Cirencester Community Hospital
Address: Tetbury Road
Town: Cirencester
Postcode: GL7 1UY
Major / Minor Region: Gloucestershire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: 18 months (The post will be full time for a fixed term until 30th September 2026.)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours to be worked Monday - Friday core hours 9-5)
Salary
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)
Specialty
Main area: School Nursing
Interview date: 17/04/2025
Job Overview
Fixed term SCHOOL NURSE vacancy in Cotswolds locality until 30th September 2026.
We are looking for a registered nurse or midwife to work with children and families in the School Nursing team in Cotswolds.
We Offer:
* An Induction Programme, training and competency framework to underpin transition into role
* Clinical Supervision, Restorative Supervision and Safeguarding Children Supervision to support professional practice
* Digital appointments to young people and parents offering quick and easy access to health advice and support
* Social media platforms and a texting service in response to requests of young people and families.
* Diverse work in a skill-mixed team developed through robust competency and operating frameworks.
This role offers diverse and rewarding opportunities for nurses to make a difference to children and young people's lives through advice, support and signposting using public health skills of enabling and empowering families and communities to help themselves.
We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.
Advert
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED A CAREER IN SCHOOL NURSING?
An ideal opportunity is heading your way. We are looking to fill a fixed term vacancy in Cotswolds locality. You may like to consider a secondment from your existing role talk to your line manager and give us a call to find out more.
A School Nurse is someone who is:
* Dynamic and innovative, who embraces challenge
* Wanting to help children, families and young people to make the best choices for their health and wellbeing
* Able to support and respond to children young people and families most in need
* Wanting to help safeguard children and young people of Gloucestershire at risk of harm
* Interested in working in partnership with public sector and voluntary and community sector colleagues to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and their families
* Enthusiastic and motivated to develop and deliver plans to improve health outcomes for individuals, families and communities.
We strongly encourage all applicants to spend some time either speaking with a school nurse or shadowing to gain a practical insight of the role. Please contact 07816 062688 who can arrange this for you.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
* Responsible and accountable for assessing and implementing programmes of care from the Healthy Child Programme, as directed by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. This may also involve other evidenced based programmes of care in partnership with clients or other agencies to identify and address health needs.
* Progress the level of intervention as may be required according to identified risk factors which potentially could impact on a child's health outcomes.
* Provide leadership and act as a role model to junior members of the team by representing the values and beliefs of the nursing profession in addition to aligning to the GHC Values Framework.
* Assess global health needs of communities, schools, and their children to ensure children are not disadvantaged through ill health or social circumstances.
* Promote and monitor health in school aged children, including identifying physical and mental health needs, disability and problems with development or behaviour.
* Work with schools to provide a healthy environment using data from the Online Pupil Survey, in partnership with the Healthy Schools Programme.
Facilitate the planning and implementation of drop-in sessions, according to the needs of the young people and the whole school community.
Working for our organisation
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual Staff Surveys, Regular Pulse Surveys And Other Engagement Opportunities Provide Our People With Lots Of Opportunity To Tell Us About Their Experiences Of Working With Us. In The Latest Staff Survey, 61% Of Colleagues Gave Us Their Views. It Was Great To Hear That:
* 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
* 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
* 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Sally Chapman
Job title: School Nurse Team Leader (East)
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07816 062688 #J-18808-Ljbffr