Main area School Nursing Grade Band 5 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)
Job ref 327-25-232
Site Cirencester Community Hospital Town Cirencester
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly
Closing 08/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 17/04/2025
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
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 are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidate's knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over-reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us.
Job overview
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 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.
Main duties of the job
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 sally.chapman@ghc.nhs.uk 07816 062688 who can arrange this for you.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
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.
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.
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.
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.
* 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
Experience
* Demonstrates an understanding of public health nursing in application.
* Has some knowledge/experience of safeguarding children.
* Has previous experience of working with children and families.
Qualifications
* BSc in Nursing (or equivalent).
* NMC Registration at level 1.
* GSCB Child Protection training above foundation level.
Attributes
* Strong time management and organisation skills.
* Shows emotional strength and resilience.
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites.
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours.
* Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities.
* Recognition and long service awards.
* Fast Track physiotherapy.
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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