Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) in Wisbech

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England. Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong. By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community. Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisation's ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Job overview: School Nurse - Cambridgeshire North Locality

Are you enthusiastic, resilient, excited to embrace change and passionate about providing an excellent service to families in our localities? If so, EEC 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (School Nursing) would welcome you to join our team. Applications will be welcomed from experienced and newly qualified School Nurses. We have vacancies within our North Locality School Nursing team. Candidates will be based in Wisbech, Doddington or Huntingdon (depending on your home location).

To ensure the accessibility and quality of our services, we offer a SPA service for all families with children aged 5-19 years residing in these areas.

We look forward to receiving your application! Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 20 May 2026.

Advert EEC are able to offer:

• A dedicated child and family focused service delivery that makes Every Contact Count
• The opportunity to work within an integrated 0-19 HCP skill mix team
• A robust 1-yr preceptorship for all newly qualified staff or those who are wishing to return to practice
• A comprehensive induction package
• A holistic approach to offering support and guidance via management, safeguarding and restorative supervision
• Continuous staff development identified via our supervision and appraisal system to support and develop leadership skills
• Working for an NHS organisation with Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• An opportunity to build great relationships with our partner agencies, ensuring the best outcomes for children & families
• A competitively priced lease car scheme
• The opportunity to embrace agile working, supported by IT connectivity

The role of the School Nurse is to promote good health and prevent ill health in young people, families and communities. School Nurses do this through raising awareness of and identifying unmet health needs, and initiating, developing, implementing, and evaluating plans of care.

You will be joining an organisation that receives excellent staff feedback from the annual NHS Staff Satisfaction Survey. At EEC, the health and wellbeing of our staff is our priority; our embedded philosophy is Live Life Well as we strive to ensure a healthy, safe, and happy workplace.

Working for our organisation rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives. If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to identify the health needs of children and young people, their families and the school community and contribute to developing a strategy to address the identified needs in the school and the community.
• To use knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual health care plans and be responsible for the management in school of children with complex health needs.
• To carry out shifts within the 5-19 duty desk receiving all incoming communication and referrals to the service, liaising with key stakeholders, parents/carers and young people.
• To assist schools in establishing procedures for medicine management.
• To provide and promote appointment clinics for pupils and their families, parent and carer Support Groups, home visits and Health Needs Assessment.
• To provide contact with young people via Chat Health text messaging service.
• Respond to health needs assessments by referring to other professionals (i.e.: GP’s, consultants, mental health team), and statutory and voluntary agencies (i.e.: social care).
• To support children and young people and their families with emotional and behavioural development.
• To advise their client group on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.
• To link practice with local and national targets and deliver public health programmes based on current priorities and targets.
• To plan evidence-based health promotion programmes, order resources, compile teaching plans with aims, objectives and outcomes, and evaluate the sessions.
• To act as a health link for other agencies, e.g. Education welfare, OCYPs voluntary services, public and private agencies and work closely with partner agencies to promote the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families.
• To work with the Locality Lead to support children, young people and families who are considered to be vulnerable or at risk.
• To adhere to current safeguarding procedures and participate in child protection case conferences and case review meetings as required.
• Participate in all statutory processes in respect of safeguarding including provision of witness statements, court reports and court attendance.
• Identify children with special educational needs and disability and facilitate support and referrals to maximise developmental potential.
• Act as a key worker when indicated, ensuring effective, efficient and appropriate care plans.
• To clinically triage the single point of access and Chat Health as required in accordance with agreed procedures.
• To provide cover for colleagues as requested by your manager.
• Demonstrate reflective and evidence-based practice and use this to influence strategy and policy development.
• To hold a special interest role and support other staff within the locality and service.
• To contribute to the development of local policies and procedures relevant to their area of work.
• To take responsibility for their own clinical practice including clinical supervision and to adhere to the NMC code of conduct.
• To actively participate in reflective practice development through annual clinical observations.
• To maintain live mentor status and contribute to a learning environment for SCPHN’s, return to practice SCPHN’s, new staff members and pre-registration students.

Equal Opportunities - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). All sites are Smoke Free.

Immigration Status – East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against eligible roles.

Please note: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we'll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA.