Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Sanctuary Health is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Schools to work in Swindon.

The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of nursing and be registered with the NMC.

The salary for this permanent nurse job is 31,369 per annum.

To promote the health and well being of children and young people, aged 0 - 19 years, contributing to the achievement of five 'Every Child Matters' outcomes.
To support with the delivery of universal and specialist school nursing services in partnership with allied professionals.
To develop a defined area of school nurse practice acting as a 'specialist lead' within the school nurse team.

To work with children, young people and their parents/ carers to complete assessment and referral processes as required. (Including Early Help assessment and South West Child Protection Procedures.)
To plan and organise core offer school nursing services for children and young people.
To plan and organise additional, targeted support for children and young people as appropriate.
To plan and organise senior school nurse clinics offering time limited support interventions, sexual health, emotional health and healthy lifestyle advice and support.
To plan and organise home visits as appropriate as a lone worker or in conjunction with other professionals
To plan and organise services in response to local and national directives for example mass immunisation, sexual health and obesity.
To facilitate the agreement and review of individual health care plans with pupils, carers, school staff and allied health professionals, advising and organising staff training as required.
To maintain contemporaneous client records as per NMC guidelines and service standards.
To act as an advocate for identified children and young people to facilitate access to, and understanding of appropriate services.
To be responsible for identifying and assessing health needs for children and young people.
To be responsible for accessing or delivering appropriate services to children, young people and their families.

This Nurse job is advertised by Stuart Munns; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Schools