Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Bi Borough Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster (KCW) School Health service to recruit a highly motivated and innovative practitioner to join the School Nursing Service to deliver the Healthy Child Programme.
If you are interested in the role and are keen to show you are the right person for the job we want to hear from you, so please apply online now!
Please only apply if you are a Registered Nurse with a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) registration or working towards and due to complete September 2026
Main duties of the job
As an integral member of the Bi Borough KCW School Health service, you will be responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme in collaboration with the wider school health team. We also have Specialist Leads for Emotional Health & Mental Health Well-being, a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Lead, a Relationship and Sexual Education Team Lead and RSHE specialist workers as part of our School Health service. We offer excellent professional development opportunities along with formal one to one supervision and annual appraisal.
About us
We are advertising for a post in our Westminster Team based in Central London (Soho Square). Full and part time hours considered; year round and term time only opportunities available. Please state in your application your preferred working pattern.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work in partnership with educational staff, health care professionals and other agencies to provide advice and support to children & young people, their parents and carers as required.2. Undertake appropriate training / updates related to public health issues in order to contribute towards meeting local and national Department of Health targets such as immunisations, teenage pregnancy & sexual health, smoking cessation and obesity.3. To carry out training sessions to other professionals on relevant health or medical issues and where appropriate, assist children and young people to manage their own health conditions independently.4. To undertake agreed health assessments on children & young people and ensure referrals, treatments and reviews are carried out as recommended and in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.5. To develop high quality packages of care for children & young people with medical needs, in partnership with other health professionals, education, parents & carers & other agencies as necessary.6. To be responsible for identifying children & young people requiring medical follow-up planning.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN / RSCN
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) (or working towards)
Desirable
- Evidence of Continual Professional development
- Mentorship Preparation or equivalent
- Public Health Nursing (Children & Families) Sexual Health (or equivalent)
- School Nurse Certificate
- Sexual Health (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children in a professional capacity
- Working with families who have experienced trauma
- Proven post registration experience
- Working with diverse communities
- Evidence to support experience of audit activity
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance.
- Knowledge of children with special health and educational needs
- Understanding of the public health role of the school nurse
- Understanding of Equality & Valuing Diversity
- Knowledge of key documents and drivers informing school nursing practice
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
- Ability to communicate in an effective way with people from a variety of backgrounds and different ages. Ability to demonstrate an understanding of team working
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate essential leadership skills
- Ability to reflect on clinical practice and to understand own limitations when dealing with emotive issues
- Ability to act as a mentor / preceptor to students and newly recruited colleagues
- Good computer literacy skills
Abilities
Essential
- Aware of own limitations and seek support from wider Team when dealing with highly emotive circumstances.
- Ability to manage difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Motivation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Soho Centre for Health and Care
Frith Street
London
W1D 3HZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
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