# Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse- School Nursing

**Company**: London Borough of Newham
**Location**: London Borough of Newham, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 39,519 per year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a passionate and motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Student to join our School Nursing team in London Borough of Newham.

The successful candidate will undertake an NMC-approved postgraduate SCPHN School Nursing programme, combining academic study with supervised practice across Newham.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Contribute to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and School Nursing service

- Undertake holistic health needs assessments and contribute to care planning for children and young people

- Deliver public health interventions supporting areas such as healthy weight, emotional wellbeing and behaviour

- Develop skills in caseload management, clinical decision-making and leadership

- Work with schools, children, young people, families and partner agencies

- Identify health inequalities and contribute to interventions for children, young people and families with the greatest levels of need

- Develop your safeguarding knowledge and ability to recognise, respond to and escalate concerns appropriately

- Participate in multi-agency and multidisciplinary working

- Contribute to quality improvement, audit and service development

**Requirements:**

- Current NMC registration as a Nurse or Midwife

- A Level 6 qualification at 2:2 or above

- A minimum of two years' experience as a qualified Nurse or Midwife

- Experience of multi-agency and multidisciplinary working

- Experience of working directly with children and families

- Experience of safeguarding/child protection

**What We Offer:**

- Sponsorship towards a Level 7 SCPHN School Nursing qualification

- A structured combination of postgraduate academic study and clinical practice

- Clinical learning supported by experienced Practice Assessors and Practice Supervisors

- Experience within a diverse and progressive 0–19 Children’s Health Service

- Development in public health practice, leadership, safeguarding and community engagement

- Opportunities to undertake quality improvement and service development

**Salary:** GBP 39,519 per year

## Skills

### Required
- NMC registration
- public health nursing
- safeguarding
- leadership
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- experience of working with children and families
- multi-agency working
- quality improvement

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