School Nurse SCPHN

Welcome to Swansea Bay University Health Board. We welcome applications from people who share our values: caring for each other, working together and always improving.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 22.5 hours and a 30 hours Band 6 registered SCPHN School Nurse. With evidenced knowledge of the current public health role and remit of School Nurses, you will have post registration recent and relevant experience of working with children & families in the community, be ambitious to take forward the public health agenda for children & young people, possess excellent communication and inter-personal skills and be committed to providing a high quality effective service to school aged children across the SBUHB area. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. There are a number of posts and hours available across Swansea Bay University Health Board. This will be discussed at interview.

Main duties of the job:

• The School Nurse will work as an autonomous practitioner and be responsible for continuously assessing and managing the caseload of children/families/carers without supervision.
• They will provide school aged children with a health surveillance service and health promotion service which promotes the physical, mental and emotional health of school aged children, enabling them to reach their potential in order to benefit fully from educational opportunities and to be able to make informed choices. This will include home visiting and working with families including child protection, immunisations and Looked After Children.
• The purpose is to search for unmet health needs and to provide advice or other relevant interventions for children, parents, carers, teachers on health issues which affect education or the transition to adult life.

Person specification:

• Current NMC registration.
• Evidence of CPD to postgraduate.
• Sexual Health and Continence Knowledge.
• Post registration Leadership and Management qualification.
• Aptitude and Abilities IT literate.
• Team player.
• Previous experience of working as a qualified SCPHN.
• Experience of working with children/young people.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.