Staff Nurse in School Nursing: Sponsorship Available

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

If you are a registered NMC nurse and looking to join an innovative and forward thinking service, with a Trust ranked in the top 5 in the staff survey and rated outstanding by CQC, then consider a career as a Community School nurse. The team deliver a service that is commissioned by Coventry City Council and provided by South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust.

You should be highly motivated and compassionate, demonstrating excellent communication and team working skills to enable the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.

The 0-19 service focusses on ensuring that everyone in Coventry has the best possible start in life through meeting the needs of children and family.Our 0-19 services are offered from the antenatal period up until a young person turns 19 (25 SEND).

Your days will be varied and rewarding, working alongside Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN), assessing health needs, to support aspects of a child/young persons development and health from transition into school.

Our service offers mentorship to pre-registration students and preceptorship to new staff members. You will be supported to do this by our Practice Education team.

Regular safeguarding and clinical supervision is provided along with other professional development opportunities.

Career development in the form of the Specialist Community Public Health nurse training is available after 12 months of employment.

Main duties of the job

Under the direction of the School Nurse the post holder will be responsible fordelivering and evaluating preventative services and universal public healthprogrammes, as set out in the Healthy Child Programme (HCP 5-19) (DH) for schoolaged children and young people, within both school and the surrounding community.

Undertake caseload work delegated by the school nurse including assessing healthquestionnaires, undertake secondary assessments deliver brief interventions andfeedback progress to the school nurse.

Work with Children, young people, families, schools and communities to ensure therole and function of the school nursing service and how to access the service bothoutside of school hours and throughout the calendar year is known.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Must hold the qualification of RGN/RSCN Adult/Child Nurse
  • Willingness to undertake further training as required including the specialist practitioner course.

Experience

Essential

  • Must have post registration experience, minimum of 12 months.
  • Must have experience of working with children, young people and /or families.
  • Must have experience of working in teams
  • Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of key performance indicators and how they influence service delivery

Skills

Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate ability to work collaboratively with children young people, families and other professionals
  • Have an understanding and awareness of Coventry Child Protection policies and procedures.
  • Must be able to support other team members to develop and apply their knowledge and skills
  • Must possess basic IT skills e.g. able to use Microsoft office/word
  • Must be able to demonstrate ability to prioritise work delegated.
  • Must have knowledge of the public health role in school nursing, and demonstrate issues affecting children & young people.
  • Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of the need for confidentiality in all aspects of the work of the department.
  • Must have knowledge of clinical supervision.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to remain calm and focused under pressurised situations
  • Demonstrates compassion and empathy
  • Self-motivated and can motivate and inspire others
  • Professional presentation and communication style

Desirable

  • Embraces innovation and creativity

Other

Essential

  • Must have a full driving licence, and access to a vehicle to undertake the community role
  • Must be willing to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
  • Must be legally entitled to work in this country
  • Must be prepared to work between 8am – 8pm and weekend if required

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: 25 August 2026

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