School Nurse - 0 -19 Service Waltham Forest
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group
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Job summary
Are you a qualified, NMC registered, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse or have a minimum of 2 years working as a Community Staff Nurse within School Nursing (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 would love to hear from you.
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.
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 virtual interview via Microsoft Teams.
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group is an Inclusive Employer.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in the job description. We also encourage people from all sections of our community to apply for jobs with us. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, disabled etc applicants because they are currently under-represented in our workforce.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
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
Date posted
11 June 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£40,701 to £48,054 a year Including Outer HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
E0136-24-0053
Job locations
0-19 Integrated Services
Waltham Forest
E11 4HX
Employer details
Employer name
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group
Address
0-19 Integrated Services
Waltham Forest
E11 4HX
Employer's website
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