Permanent SCHOOL NURSE vacancy in Stroud, full time. 37.5hours, worked across 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 Stroud. 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. HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED A CAREER IN SCHOOL NURSING?? An ideal opportunity is heading your way. We are looking to fill a permanent vacancy in Stroud. 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.chapmanghc.nhs.uk 07816062688 who can arrange this for you. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. About The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that: 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sally Chapman Job title: School Nurse Team Leader (East) Email address: sally.chapmanghc.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07816 062688