School Nurse (part-time) (Permanent, Part Time)

School Nurse Band 6 St Helens- North Team
There is a vacancy in the North Team for a 30-hours, part- time School Nurse to work with an Integrated 0-19 Team including school nurses and health visitors.
Working with schools, families and the wider community to improve the health of school-aged children identifying the more vulnerable and developing clear referral pathways so that all children and young people can reach their full potential.
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens, Knowsley.
The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.
The successful candidate will have proven leadership, experience and knowledge of school nursing. If you want to make a difference to the health of school aged children within St Helens and have a commitment to reducing health inequalities and work with vulnerable families, we would very much like to hear from you.
You will work closely with the, education and social care to provide services in response to identified need, both public health and safeguarding. whilst working in partnership with St Helens Local Authority to take the local children's agenda forward.
School Nursing is a fast paced, dynamic and challenging service, and as a School Nurse with us you will be given opportunity to demonstrate leadership whilst working within the public health, health promotion and safeguarding domains.
You should be well organised, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with children and young people both in school and within other education provider settings. An in depth knowledge of the current trends and developments within school nursing and the health agenda relating to children's services is essential.
Our local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:

• 0-19 / 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services
• Community Nursing
• Sexual Health Wirral
• Community Cardiology
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Community Dental
• Social Care
• End of Life Care

As a Trust, we provide extensive continuous professional development opportunities through a diverse range of learning solutions, including virtual and face-to-face events, webinars and action learning sets. We subscribe to numerous memberships and licences to support staff development and continuous learning.
You can read more about the Trust via the careers section on our website.
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Part-time,
Flexible working
Moss Bank Children's Centre
RN (Adult or Child/RSCN)
Postgraduate in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing- School Nursing or equivalent
Experience of managing a School Nurse Caseload
Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience of leading the assessment, planning and evaluation of care
Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues
Personal qualities
Access to a car for work purposes
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.
For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Moss Bank Children's Centre
Employer's website
(View email address on meeveem.com
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.