School and Community Health Practitioner

Main area School Nursing Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Hours to be worked over 3 or 4 days per week to include a Tuesday.) Job  

Site Springbank Resource Centre Town Cheltenham Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/11/2026

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

** A rare opportunity is currently on offer in the Gloucestershire School Nursing Service**

We are recruiting to a School Nursing Service support role 22.5 hours per week.

School and Community Health Practitioner - part time based in Cheltenham

This is a relatively new post working as part of the team who provide screening as per national and local guidance, National Child Measurement Programme and advice and support for children and families either one to one or in facilitated groups in the community.

In addition, the School and Community Health Practitioner will be the first line of support for the School and Community Health Facilitators and will be an expert in and deliver training in Togetherness Parenting (previously known as Solihull Parenting Programme).

To work within the School Nursing Team to deliver delegated components of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (DH 2009), monitoring quality and compliance and reporting risks by exception to the Senior School Nurse or Clinical Team Leader.

Deliver interventions for children, families and young people using clinical judgement to make adaptions and changes in care based on the responses and outcomes observed.

To deliver high quality, compassionate, evidence-based public health promotion advice, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner using child-centred approaches which promote health and independence.

To demonstrate effective approaches to monitoring signs and symptoms of physical, mental, cognitive, behavioural and emotional distress, and liaise with the School Nurse in an appropriate and timely manner to review / reassess needs as required.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense…