Community Staff Nurse School Nursing

Community Staff Nurse School Nursing

The closing date is 09 March 2026.

We have a vacancy in Hillingdon for a full-time Band 5 community staff nurse in the School Nursing Service.

Hillingdon is a richly diverse outer London Borough, which brings challenges and rewards for practitioners. It is an exciting, dynamic place to work with excellent partnership working with schools, Children’s Centres, Family Hubs and other agencies. If you are enthusiastic and motivated about improving school nursing to ensure positive outcomes for children and young people we want to hear from you!

You will hold a first level registration adult, mental health or child branch and if you are due to qualify shortly you are also welcome to apply.

You will have the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a skilfully mixed team. You will also be flexible, responsive and keen to modernise practice and influence health and Trust policies. You will have enhanced interpersonal skills to identify low protective factors and indicators of abuse and neglect, or anxiety and low confidence in young people at the earliest opportunity and through your skills, you will develop strength‑based plans of care to build resilience, promote positive wellbeing and improved health outcomes for young people.

No two days will be the same when working with young people; every day will have its challenges and successes.

We invest in our staff and are passionate about providing the best for service users and our teams. To support you in providing excellent child and young person centred evidence‑based practice we offer clinical and safeguarding supervision and a commitment to your on‑going professional development. We offer a comprehensive package including:

• Preceptorship programme for all newly qualified staff
• Induction programme for all newly recruited staff
• Flexible working in line with our Work Life Balance policy
• Actively encourage staff development and career progression through partner Universities and our Learning & Development team
• Safeguarding supervision
• Clinical supervision
• MyTrust Benefits including reduced‑rate membership of local leisure facilities and Child Care Voucher Schemes

Clinical Responsibilities

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme.
• Undertake holistic health needs assessments of children across a wide range of environments and a broad population spectrum.
• Interpret, analyse and collate complex information, liaising with children, young people and families, local School Nurses and other services and agencies as appropriate.
• Implement a plan of care using evidence‑based criteria, rationalise professional decisions and actions, monitor progress and adapt plans to maximise health benefits for clients.
• Provide skilled, evidence‑based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures.
• Provide ongoing support for individuals and families, sometimes delegated by senior staff, reporting back to senior colleagues.
• Signpost and refer to other specialist services for support and intervention.
• Help children, parents and carers identify their own level of knowledge and skill and offer support, information and advice to enable them to access services and adopt healthy lifestyles.
• Use excellent communication skills to communicate effectively with children, parents/carers and other professionals.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive record keeping in line with NMC guidance and Trust policy.
• Have knowledge of Information Sharing and Assessment protocols and the ability to identify and discern relevance of information to be shared to promote the safety of children.

Professional Responsibilities Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

• Use a range of skills to communicate taking account of culture, ethnicity, language, disabilities, developmental age and environmental settings.
• Manage all records in line with the Trust Health Records Policy and NMC guidance.
• Have a clear understanding of specific IT systems used within CNWL including Outlook and Systm One; ensure all training is attended to…