Community Staff Nurse: Sponsorship Available

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The School Health Services consist of School Nursing and Healthy Schools. They operate citywide across Manchester working in partnership with schools to improve the health outcomes of children, young people, and their families. Comprising of child focused functions, namely, School Health Screening; Healthy Schools; Healthy Weight Team and the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), the School Health Service contributes to tackling health inequalities by addressing the city’s key public health priorities for children. The role is citywide with an expectation of all functions to be accessed to gain experience within the School Health Service.

Main duties of the job

Provide a public health-based service that contributes to improving the health of children and their families in Manchester through partnership working work within a multi-agency arena to enable children and young people to reach their full potential (physically, emotionally, and socially) through education and healthy lifestyles.

Working in partnership with families and other agencies contribute to the assessment framework for children in need/ Early Help Assessment processes.

Within the scope of professional practice and using appropriate frameworks assess, plan, deliver and evaluate the health needs of specific groups of children e.g., looked after children, children with additional needs.

Demonstrate the ability to co-ordinate and manage own workload including data collection, maintenance of records and ensuring that reporting mechanisms are in place and working effectively Complete health assessments for children and young people as required.

To contribute to the SEND agenda and EHC by supporting schools if required by providing relevant information to compile care plans and to co-ordinate care plan involvement in supporting the child in school or other settings

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (NMC)

Experience

Essential

  • Nursing experience of working with families/children in either acute or community
  • Experience of working within a skill mix team
  • Interagency working
  • Working on own initiative

Desirable

  • Experience and evidence of safeguarding
  • Experience of planning and carrying out health promotion programmes

Skills

Essential

  • Able to organise, prioritise and delegate
  • Able to present information, written and orally in a clear logical manner
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • IT skills – including use of email, clinical databases, word processing
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of safeguarding, policies, procedures and practice
  • Principles of confidentiality and consent
  • Knowledge of national and local strategies relating to the school nursing service
  • Health needs of a culturally and ethnically diverse urban population with high levels of deprivation

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential

  • Flexible and adaptable to changing needs of the service. Willing to provide service out of hours when required (e.g. parent’s evening)
  • Respects and values, culture and beliefs held by others.
  • Car user willing to travel city wide for work purposes

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).

Closing Date: 13 September 2026

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