SCPHN School Nurse

Would you like to join a passionate and forward thinking School Nursing Service to deliver high quality public health nursing that promotes and improves health inequalities to school aged children in Southend? You will work within a skill mix team, working closely with partners such as our Health Visitors, Schools, GPs and Social Care, providing seamless care to the children, young people and families of Southend.

You’ll also have an important role in recognising and protecting vulnerable children as well as using innovative ways to communicate with the Southend population such as Chat Health and the use of social media.

The successful candidate will work within an allocated caseload of schools ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high quality services to school aged children and families, using research based evidence to inform practice with agreed professional standards. The post will require the school nurse to travel between schools within Southend.

The Southend School Nursing team is expanding! We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic school nurse who is SCPHN qualified or who is due to qualify soon. We want you to become part of our innovative, developing and dynamic team within the Children, Young People & Families Public Health (CYP&FPH) Service.

Southend-on-Sea City Council is a unitary authority based in the heart of the city centre. This diverse and busy city has a great seafront, public parks and leisure activities, competitive house pricing and excellent travel links, accessible via two train lines from Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street. It offers traditional seaside living that makes it a fantastic place to live and work.