Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Student
Job overview
Previous Applicants Need Not Apply
Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – School Nursing
If you are a qualified nurse, you are invited to apply for the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing – School Nurse training in the academic year 2025/26. This will be offered as a full time opportunity only. A full-time course comprises of 52 weeks of study, of which 45 weeks are spent in education and clinical practice within the Trust.You will study at the University of Greenwich, commencing in January 2025.
The salary, while training, will be to a maximum of point 3 on the Agenda for Change Band 5 scale as directed by Health Education England.
Main duties of the job
School nurses lead in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme: From 5-19 years old (DH 2009) delegating to and supervising the work of the skill mix team, while also working in partnership with local service providers to develop and support services to children and families within schools and the local community.
Every day working as a School Nurse is different, with responsibilities including health assessments for CSE, Mental Health and safeguarding, and working with a range of local children’s agencies and professionals.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full-time course comprises of 52 weeks of study, of which 45 weeks are spent in education and clinical practice within the Trust and Young Greenwich School Nursing.
You will be based at one of the youth hubs with a nominated Practice Supervisor with a Practice Assessor overseeing the placement and study.
Young Greenwich is an integrated programme commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The key purpose of the programme is to enable young people to develop holistically, working with them to facilitate their personal, social, and educational aspirations with an aim to develop their voice and reach their full potential.The programme is led by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (Oxleas) and delivered with partners Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) who together with METRO form the Young Greenwich Partnership.
Young Greenwich deliver seamlessly in and out of schools, youth hubs and other community venues with strong pathways for school age pupils into community-based activities and support.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- RGN (any branch)
- CPD to university level
- Mentorship / Practice Supervisor
Travel
Essential criteria- Access to car daily and full UK driving licence
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Has CYP / community experience
- Safeguarding CYP - working knowledge of
- Working knowledge of healthy child programme
Skills
Essential criteria- IT skills
- Good communication skills
- Literacy skills
- Independant learner
We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.
We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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