Job overview

To work as part of a team leading the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme.  The role of the School Nurse is to promote good health and prevent ill health in young people, their families and the community. 

The School Nurse will work within a defined area, assessing need, delegating and supervising work within the team.  They promote early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, social inclusion and the reduction of health inequalities. 

The School Nurse works in partnership with young people, families, schools and communities, primary care and other professionals to facilitate health enhancing activities.  

Main duties of the job

Use evidence based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in line with the Healthy Child Programme. 

Address inequalities in health and maintain links with relevant agencies. 

Establish networks within the community in order to inform and influence policies which affect health outcomes.  

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.