School Nurse - 0 -19 Service Waltham Forest

Are you a

qualified, NMC registered, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School

Nurse or are a student SCPHN School Nurse, qualifying in the next few

months?

Do you have:

• Excellent all-round communication and listening skills.
• A willingness to train and progress.
• Ability to work autonomously and yet be part of a wider team.
• Qualities of leadership and be willing to take responsibility and make appropriate decisions.
• Ability to reflect, learn and build on previous experience and knowledge.

If yes, we

Come and join our

friendly, welcoming, and inclusive 0-19 team and share our ambition to make a

fundamental difference in improving the health and wellbeing of children and

their families in Waltham Forest.

We offer our school nurses:

• Excellent pay package.
• Exceptional Health and Wellbeing support for all our staff.
• Comprehensive training and creative learning opportunities.
• Forums when you can feedback your concerns and ideas to improve our service. We have a commitment to listening to staff, and taking frontline direction so to practice in line with the highest clinical standards,
• Attractive

NHS Pension Scheme, Annual Leave and much more.

For more benefits on offer please see Benefit flyer attached.

Applicants from the past six months need not reapply.

The Care Group reserves the right to close this advert early where we have received a high number of applications, and we encourage candidates to submit their applications promptly.

Main duties of the job

We have within Waltham Forest excellent opportunities within our 0-19 team for innovative and motivated School Nurses who are keen to contribute to the further development of our service.

We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you, is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care, supporting children, young people and families have the best start in life delivered by outstanding people.

We have excellent partnership working with Waltham Forest Public Health Service, Primary and Secondary Schools, and General Practitioners to enable the Best Start in life and optimisation of health outcomes for children and young people.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to attend a face to face interview.

About us

Tower Hamlets

GP Care Group (the Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company

limited by shares in September 2014.

Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care

Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices,

deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the

provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

The Care

Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated

partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the

London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

• Innovation

and support for primary care

• Being

a great place to work

• Integrating

primary and community care

• Providing

of high-quality cost-effective care to local people

• Influencing

improvements in health outcomes

Details

Date posted

05 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254 a year

Including Outer HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working,

Term time hours

Reference number

E0136-26-0026

Job locations

Chingford Health Centre

109 York Road

London

E4 8LF

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• To manage a caseload of designated schools

or area as the named health professional, with responsibility for the planning

and delivery of the public

health initiatives to the caseload.

• To be responsible for identifying need within a school or community through

profiling.

• To use a child,

young person public

health approach to address health

inequalities. Including the promotion of good health and the prevention of ill health

in the school, supporting schools

to manage children and young people with medical conditions

• To support the implementation of service development, standard setting, clinical

audit and benchmarking, to deliver

needs-led evidence-based care that supports

the local and national

priorities and policies.

• To be the principal

point of contact

for allocated schools

in an area/locality. To develop

and deliver co-operative working arrangements with schools that support healthy

outcomes for children, young people and facilitate partnership working across schools

and other partner organisations.

• To work with public health,

local statutory, private

and voluntary providers, and users to develop and promote practice

that is accessible and responsive to all section

of the schools community, ensuring

that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups

and individuals to support social

inclusion.

• To participate in the Early Health Assessment process and support

the lead professional as appropriate.

• To provide and promote

access to information and other services, to refer as appropriate

• To liaise and work in partnership with statutory and non-statutory agencies, and other health services

colleagues.

• To identify children in need and children in need of protection, and work with other agencies to support vulnerable families.
• To adhere to current

Local Safeguarding Board

and London Child Protection Procedures.

• To participate in regular

discussion with Clinical

Locality and Safeguarding Team about children

giving cause for

concern.

• To maintain and develop

clinical skills in response to the changing

needs, including outbreaks

of communicable diseases,

programmes of immunisation and health promotion.

• To take responsibility for the delivery

of extended health

services and specialist community clinics as appropriate.

• To take the lead for a clinical area (to be agreed on appointment) and being responsible for maintaining up to date knowledge

and passing information to the whole

service. This may include a training role, producing and maintaining

standards, protocols.

• To undertake any other duties as

required by the Team Leader,

SHWS Lead or Director, as required providing it is within

the incumbents sphere

of competence.

• To run training/advice sessions

for colleagues, parents/carers, schools and other

service users

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• To manage a caseload of designated schools

or area as the named health professional, with responsibility for the planning

and delivery of the public

health initiatives to the caseload.

• To be responsible for identifying need within a school or community through

profiling.

• To use a child,

young person public

health approach to address health

inequalities. Including the promotion of good health and the prevention of ill health

in the school, supporting schools

to manage children and young people with medical conditions

• To support the implementation of service development, standard setting, clinical

audit and benchmarking, to deliver

needs-led evidence-based care that supports

the local and national

priorities and policies.

• To be the principal

point of contact

for allocated schools

in an area/locality. To develop

and deliver co-operative working arrangements with schools that support healthy

outcomes for children, young people and facilitate partnership working across schools

and other partner organisations.

• To work with public health,

local statutory, private

and voluntary providers, and users to develop and promote practice

that is accessible and responsive to all section

of the schools community, ensuring

that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups

and individuals to support social

inclusion.

• To participate in the Early Health Assessment process and support

the lead professional as appropriate.

• To provide and promote

access to information and other services, to refer as appropriate

• To liaise and work in partnership with statutory and non-statutory agencies, and other health services

colleagues.

• To identify children in need and children in need of protection, and work with other agencies to support vulnerable families.
• To adhere to current

Local Safeguarding Board

and London Child Protection Procedures.

• To participate in regular

discussion with Clinical

Locality and Safeguarding Team about children

giving cause for

concern.

• To maintain and develop

clinical skills in response to the changing

needs, including outbreaks

of communicable diseases,

programmes of immunisation and health promotion.

• To take responsibility for the delivery

of extended health

services and specialist community clinics as appropriate.

• To take the lead for a clinical area (to be agreed on appointment) and being responsible for maintaining up to date knowledge

and passing information to the whole

service. This may include a training role, producing and maintaining

standards, protocols.

• To undertake any other duties as

required by the Team Leader,

SHWS Lead or Director, as required providing it is within

the incumbents sphere

of competence.

• To run training/advice sessions

for colleagues, parents/carers, schools and other

service users

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing own caseload, supervising others and delivery training and education programmes.

Knowledge

Essential

• Good understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and key areas of priorities within school nursing.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working across organisational boundaries within Health/Social care and education.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse, Children's Nurse, Midwife, or Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration and Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification in School Nursing (or due to qualify in the next 3 months).

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing own caseload, supervising others and delivery training and education programmes.

Knowledge

Essential

• Good understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and key areas of priorities within school nursing.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working across organisational boundaries within Health/Social care and education.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse, Children's Nurse, Midwife, or Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration and Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification in School Nursing (or due to qualify in the next 3 months).

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Chingford Health Centre

109 York Road

London

E4 8LF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Chingford Health Centre

109 York Road

London

E4 8LF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• To manage a caseload of designated schools

or area as the named health professional, with responsibility for the planning

and delivery of the public

health initiatives to the caseload.

• To be responsible for identifying need within a school or community through

profiling.

• To use a child,

young person public

health approach to address health

inequalities. Including the promotion of good health and the prevention of ill health

in the school, supporting schools

to manage children and young people with medical conditions

• To support the implementation of service development, standard setting, clinical

audit and benchmarking, to deliver

needs-led evidence-based care that supports

the local and national

priorities and policies.

• To be the principal

point of contact

for allocated schools

in an area/locality. To develop

and deliver co-operative working arrangements with schools that support healthy

outcomes for children, young people and facilitate partnership working across schools

and other partner organisations.

• To work with public health,

local statutory, private

and voluntary providers, and users to develop and promote practice

that is accessible and responsive to all section

of the schools community, ensuring

that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups

and individuals to support social

inclusion.

• To participate in the Early Health Assessment process and support

the lead professional as appropriate.

• To provide and promote

access to information and other services, to refer as appropriate

• To liaise and work in partnership with statutory and non-statutory agencies, and other health services

colleagues.

• To identify children in need and children in need of protection, and work with other agencies to support vulnerable families.
• To adhere to current

Local Safeguarding Board

and London Child Protection Procedures.

• To participate in regular

discussion with Clinical

Locality and Safeguarding Team about children

giving cause for

concern.

• To maintain and develop

clinical skills in response to the changing

needs, including outbreaks

of communicable diseases,

programmes of immunisation and health promotion.

• To take responsibility for the delivery

of extended health

services and specialist community clinics as appropriate.

• To take the lead for a clinical area (to be agreed on appointment) and being responsible for maintaining up to date knowledge

and passing information to the whole

service. This may include a training role, producing and maintaining

standards, protocols.

• To undertake any other duties as

required by the Team Leader,

SHWS Lead or Director, as required providing it is within

the incumbents sphere

of competence.

• To run training/advice sessions

for colleagues, parents/carers, schools and other

service users

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing own caseload, supervising others and delivery training and education programmes.

Knowledge

Essential

• Good understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and key areas of priorities within school nursing.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working across organisational boundaries within Health/Social care and education.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse, Children's Nurse, Midwife, or Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration and Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification in School Nursing (or due to qualify in the next 3 months).