Community Staff Nurse School
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves promoting and supporting the health and wellbeing of school-aged children, their families, and the wider community. The post holder will assess needs, implement care plans delegated by the School Nurse specialist practitioner, and contribute to safeguarding children. It requires working within NMC guidelines and supporting the Healthy Child Programme.
Essential criteria
- Car driver
- Registered (NMC) Nurse.
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship qualification.
- Experience of team working.
- Experience of working with children and young people.
- Experience of working with SystmOne or other electronic clinical system.
- Experience of community-based work.
- Experience of audit/evaluation.
- Awareness of Health Visiting and School nursing roles.
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust values.
- Ability to work on own initiative and recognise role boundaries.
- Ability to prioritise work.
- Understands the Public Health role of the school nursing service.
- Excellent Communication skills both verbal and written.
- Understands the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary care.
- Good IT skills.
- Knowledge / understanding of clinical Supervision.
- Car driver
- Registered (NMC) Nurse.
- Mentorship qualification.
- Experience of team working.
- Experience of working with children and young people.
- Experience of working with SystmOne or other electronic clinical system.
- Experience of community-based work.
- Experience of audit/evaluation.
- Awareness of Health Visiting and School nursing roles.
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust values.
- Ability to work on own initiative and recognise role boundaries.
- Ability to prioritise work.
- Understands the Public Health role of the school nursing service.
- Excellent Communication skills both verbal and written.
- Understands the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary care.
- Good IT skills.
- Knowledge / understanding of clinical Supervision.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £36,943 – £44,900 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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West London NHS Trust
Community Staff Nurse School
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will promote and support the health and wellbeing of all school-aged children, their families and the wider community.
The post holder will be expected to carry out assessments of needs with school-aged children, young people and their families. The post holder will also work on the implementation of planned programmes of care delegated by the School Nurse specialist practitioner.
Main duties of the job
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Contribute to the identification and protection of children at risk of abuse and act in accordance with the local Safeguarding Children's Board guidelines. To attend safeguarding and other meetings to improve the health outcomes of children and young people as directed by the School Nurse Specialist Practitioner and provide written reports.
- Assess and undertake selective health care interventions as directed by the School Nurse specialist practitioner, refer to other agencies/Health Care professionals as necessary.
- Provide professional support and advice to children, young people, their families and schools and liaise and refer in discussion with the School Nurse Specialist practitioner
SERVICE DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support delivery of the 5 -19 Healthy Child Programme (DoH 2009) and Nation
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