School Nurse | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to employ a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nurse.

The post holder will work as part of a 5 - 19 years team in the Bury Community.

The School Nurse will be responsible and accountable for the operational and strategic management of a defined caseload.

You will be responsible for the delivery of high quality care following the Health Child Programme for children and young people aged 5 -19 years working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The School Nurse will participate in the identification and safeguarding of vulnerable children and their families in partnership with other agencies.

The School Nurse will manage the development, implementation and compliance of policies, procedures, audit and benchmarks, including appraisal, personal development plans and clinical supervision.

To work corporately within a multi-agency arena to enable children and young people to reach their full potential (physically, emotionally and socially) through education and healthy lifestyles.

The job holder is responsible for developing, leading, planning and delivering a range of services for children and their families within a corporate caseload within a variety of settings.

Provide a public health based service that contributes to improving the health of children and their families in Bury through partnership working.

To ensure effective delivery of the Healthy Child programme.

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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.