School Nurse/Trainee School Nurse, Alness

Job Description

Post Title: School Nurse/Trainee School Nurse
Location: Osprey House, Alness
Hours: 36 hours per week
Duration: Permanent

Salary (see below):

Qualified School Nurse - £52,769 - £61,377 p.a.

Trainees

Up to 12 months prior to completion of training (75% of the top rate at Band 7) = £46,032 p.a.

More than one but less than two years prior to completion of training (70% of the top rate at Band 7) = £42,963 p.a.

More than two but less than three years prior to completion of training (65% of the top rate at Band 7) = £39,895 p.a.

More than three years from completion of training (60% of the top rate at Band 7) = £36,826 p.a.

Contact Person: Siobhan Taylor Tel: 013498 68520 or Email: siobhan.taylor@highland.gov.uk

Job Purpose:

• School nurses are Specialist Community Public Health Nurses who provide support to school age children and young people. School Nursing builds on the early prevention and intervention support offered within a universal health visiting service in the early years by providing targeted complex assessment, intervention and support for the most vulnerable school aged children and families, particularly those suffering the impact of health inequalities and poverty. As public health nurses, school nurses contribute to early prevention in school years through health education and promotion.
• Working through the Getting it Right Practice Model, and as a named health partner to the plan for children and young people, school nursing service is universally accessible and provides targeted support across ten priority areas as set by the Scottish Government.
• School nursing functions as part of the whole system of mental health support, having a key contribution to tier 1 and tier 2 mental health care and enable appropriate access to Tier 3 CAMHS when required.
• School nurses are responsible for delegating work to other members of the school nursing team as appropriate to coordinate care.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions email: Recruitment.Enquiries@highland.gov.uk quoting the post reference number above.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Prior to confirming appointment, we will require successful candidates to become members of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

Short listed applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

 

 

Requirements

• Current first level registration.
• Post-graduate level study (SCQF level 11, master’s level) which leads to a professional registration on part 3 of the NMC Register as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN).
• Ability to travel for work requirements.

This position is classified as a regulated role. As such, an Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required depending on your nationality and recent residency history. Specifically, this check will be necessary if you do not meet both of the following criteria:

• You must be a national of the United Kingdom or one of the following countries: Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, or Poland.
• You must not have lived or worked in any country outside of the UK or those listed above for a period of three months or more, while aged 18 years or over, within the past five years.

Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain the Overseas Criminal Record Check, and you will be required to cover any associated costs.