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We are looking for a registered nurse or midwife to work with children and families in the School Nursing team in Cotswolds.
Job Summary:
Fixed term SCHOOL NURSE vacancy in Cotswolds locality until 30th September 2026. 37.5 hours, worked across core hours of Monday to Friday, 9-5 excluding Bank Holidays.
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.
Main duties of the job:
* 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.
Person Specification:
Essential qualifications, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details:
Employer name: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Cirencester Community Hospital, Tetbury Road, Cirencester, GL7 1UY
Employer's website: ghc.nhs.uk
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