School Nurse - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse in Bristol

Make a lasting difference to the health and wellbeing of children, young people, and families across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. As a School Nurse (SCPHN Qualified), you'll lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring children, young people and their families have equitable access to high-quality, evidence-based health advice and support when they need it most. Working collaboratively with schools, families and partner agencies, you'll play a key role in promoting healthy lifestyles, identifying early intervention opportunities, and improving health outcomes within your local community. This is a rewarding role where you'll use your specialist knowledge, clinical expertise and leadership skills to influence positive change, safeguard vulnerable children, and empower young people to achieve their full potential. You’ll be based within local communities across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, working flexibly from schools, community hubs, other community venues and family homes, with no two days the same.

Main duties of the job:

• Lead on the triaging of referrals and carrying out holistic needs assessment through utilising advanced communication skills and expert assessment skills to determine the level of support required.
• Work collaboratively with other agencies to promote health and well-being and improve early identification of strengths, needs and risks to child outcomes.
• Actively participate in supporting students of all levels and disciplines by involvement in supervision and assessment and development opportunities.
• Be a motivated team member working innovatively and with a high standard of practice that is research based.
• Lead, develop, implement, and evaluate health promotion activities for children, young people and families that include group sessions, webinars and roadshows.
• Lead the provision of school drop-in sessions in both primary and secondary schools working in partnership with schools.

Experience and Skills:

• Experience working in partnership with children, young people and families using a solution focussed approach and appropriate assessment skills and tools.
• Clear knowledge and understanding of the School Nursing contribution to public health outcomes.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to sharing and distributing new evidence and research within the sphere of Public Health Nursing.
• Experience working in collaboration with other healthcare professionals, education colleagues and service providers to facilitate seamless delivery of services for local families and communities.
• Evidence of a clear understanding of the safeguarding role of School Nursing within a universal service and multi-agency context.
• Engage in the use of information technology, including the organisation’s social media pages, electronic patient records and systems management to enhance both the effectiveness and accessibility of the School Nursing service.
• Familiar with trauma informed and solution focused brief intervention approaches.
• Group facilitation skills – either with parents, children, young people, students or colleagues.
• Evidence of successful study at post graduate level.

Qualifications:

• NMC Registration
• Registered School Nurse - SCPHN
• Registered Nurse (Adult, Children’s, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health) and or Registered Midwife

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.