Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse)

Job description

Job OverviewThis training is for a nurse with relevant qualifications to undertake the SCPHN training in order to become a School Nurse. It involves undertaking the SCHPN course at Brunel University London for the academic side of the course and you will be gaining your clinical experience with either Harrow or Hillingdon 0‐19 Service (school nursing) where you will have a supervisor and an assessor. Harrow and Hillingdon are both richly diverse outer London Boroughs, which bring challenges and rewards for practitioners. Harrow and Hillingdon are exciting, dynamic places to work with excellent partnership working with Children Centres and other agencies. If you are enthusiastic and motivated about working in health visiting to ensure positive outcomes for children, we want to hear from you! You will be given a fixed‐term one‐year full‐time contract to undertake a PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nurse course (School Nursing) starting in September 2026 at Brunel University. Sponsorship will be paid at band 5 salary. The course is funded by the HEE. Successful completion of the course will lead to registration on Part 3 of the NMC register, an NMC recordable qualification, and eligibility to apply for a post as a School Nurse. Main duties of the job The post of Student School Nurse (SN) is a development post, building on existing knowledge, skills and competencies to achieve a higher level of practice resulting in an academic qualification as well as a registerable qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Responsibilities

Keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through sound clinical skills.

Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by utilising evidence‐based policies and procedures.

Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership throughout the care planning process.

Values

Compassion – recognising and responding to the suffering of others. This means we all contribute to a compassionate environment for everyone; what we say and do helps make the lives of others better.

Respect – respect and value the diversity, rights, assets and limitations of others, to create a respectful and inclusive environment. This applies to our colleagues, partners, the individuals we care for and their families and friends.

Empowerment – we will involve, inform and empower those we care for and work with, to take an active role in the management of their own lives and wellbeing. We will strive to offer appropriate direction and support, to enable others to develop and grow.

Partnership – we will work closely with others, in line with our other values, to ensure that our combined efforts are focused on achieving the best possible outcomes. We will strive for co‐production in all.

We also have a number of other supportive measures including our staff benefits, reward and wellbeing and a variety of supervision measures in place.

Detailed Job Description and Main ResponsibilitiesYour timetable for the year will be provided by the university and will demonstrate all the relevant information needed to complete your course. It will also include your clinical days/periods so you can not only gain knowledge about health visiting in our services but which is enhanced by our clinical staff who will support you in gaining the experience and knowledge to enhance your clinical skills. You will also have details of all the required assessments for the year.

You will start off as supernumerary, observing your supervisor and other members of the team, but will gradually build up your skills in order to do the work which school nurses do independently. As a student school nurse, you will be involved in the Healthy Child Programme. You will also gain knowledge and experience in safeguarding and child protection which is another important part of our role.

Person SpecificationEducation and Qualifications

Essential Criteria:

Current NMC Registration for nursing or midwifery or evidence of application for NMC registration and confirmed NMC registration within 2 months of the start date.

Able to meet university requirements for the SCPHN Course.

Evidence of recent continual professional development.

Desirable Criteria:

BSc 2.2 degree level or above (Level 6).

Experience

Essential Criteria:

Experience of working without direct supervision and managing own workload.

Evidence of working effectively within a team.

Experience of working within multi‐disciplinary teams.

Desirable Criteria:

Post registration experience.

Experience of working in the community.

Experience of working with children and families.

Experience of managing staff within a team.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential Criteria:

Good computer literacy skills e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel.

Excellent, adaptable communication skills both written and verbal.

Ability to demonstrate evidence‐based practice and use of research.

Good understanding of the public health agenda and recent policy developments.

Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment.

Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice.

Good understanding of the role of the SCPHN school nurse and the healthy child programme.

Demonstrate a passion for working with children and families in the community.

Academic ability to study independently at postgraduate level.

Current knowledge of safeguarding issues.

Understanding of the range of health needs and lifestyles of different client groups.

Desirable Criteria:

Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance.

Ability to support children and families to make informed decisions in relation to their health and wellbeing.

Ability to demonstrate good leadership skills.

Other

Essential Criteria:

The ability to travel to a variety of sites within the Trust is essential.

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Harrow on the Hill

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-04-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English