East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)
Job summary
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 School Nurses due to qualify.
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.
Why not click on the link to the Job Description and find out more about the role.
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 13 August 2026.
Main duties of the job
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
- To work as part of a team leading the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme. 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
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Specialist Practitioner degree/diploma post registration SCPHN
- Registered Nurse with UK NMC (RGN/RMN/RSCN/RN-LD)
- Mentor/998 or equivalent teaching qualification
Desirable
- Recognised leadership course
- Evidence of completion of migratory portfolio to demonstrate dual qualification or willing to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Experience with children and their families
- Experience of working in the community
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Experience of Safeguarding children and families
Desirable
- Experience of mentoring/supporting colleagues
- Leadership and management of staff
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- High level of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs
- Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children
- Current knowledge of local and national policies informing public health practice
- Evidence of partnership working in the community
- Good standard of keyboard skills and understanding of clinical systems
Desirable
- Evidence of contribution to service redesign/development
- Audit and data analysis
Closing Date: 24 August 2026
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