Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nursing

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

7/23/2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Specialist Community Public Health Nurses, School Nurse - (NMC part 3) to the Newport Team of School Nurses, full time, all year round.

The candidate should be a motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic nurse with excellent knowledge, skills, experience and have the ability to meet the geographical needs of the service.

Applications are also welcomed from SCPHN students due to qualify in 2025.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose

• To provide an easily accessible young person friendly, clinically effective high quality service to a defined caseload of school aged children and their families. Working in partnership with service users, parents, school staff and members of the primary health care team he/she will undertake health surveillance, health promotion and other public health duties.
• To promote the health of school aged children, and the wider school community, through school and community based health education programmes and activities, and through direct input in school health education programmes and teaching alongside education staff in school settings.
• To contribute to the safeguarding, and protection of school aged children at risk of abuse and to provide ongoing monitoring, support and advice to these children and their families.
  
  

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RGN1, RSCN or Child Branch + Specialist Community Public Health Nursing School Nursing
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience at Band 5. Working with children and young people. Multi-agency working. Child Protection experience. Mentoring students. Supporting junior members of staff.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Community experience.
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good organisational and presentation skills. Good communication skills. Competent IT skills. Confident to work in isolation.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability to develop standards, procedures and policies. A key player within the change process. Active participation in research and evidence based practice.
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Confidentiality. Sound knowledge of Clinical Governance. Public Health Agenda. Rights of the Child.