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Job Description
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- Please refer to attached role profile.
- Please refer to attached role profile.
Job summary
Are you a School Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to develop and progress your career. We are really excited to have investment in School Nursing in Cornwall.
We are looking for School Nurses to come and join our 0-19 Locality Teams. We are integrated with our Early Help and Social Care colleagues and share an integrated electronic record which supports communication and co-ordination. We are aiming for each Secondary School to have a named School Nurse who will work alongside a mix skilled health team to cover surrounding Primary Schools.
Main duties of the job
Working in Cornwall has the added advantage also of having some beautiful rural areas and beaches which provide plenty of leisure opportunities to create a great work life balance. There are exciting opportunities to be part of partnership working groups and multi-disciplinary practice discussions. You will contribute, progress and lead innovative practice, enhancing effective partnership working with education, GPs, Childrens Services, Public Health and other key agencies.
We currently have a full time posts in the Mid Area of Cornwall, including St Austell / Clays area
About us
Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
a competitive salary.
a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Details
Date posted
04 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
F0021-25-0007
Job locations
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
The Role:
Delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to provide evidence-based family centred public health services to achieve the service vision and meeting the needs of communities, families and children and young people.
If you are interested in finding out more, please do not hesitate to contact:
Jennifer Walmsley (Team Manager)jennifer.walmsley@cornwall.gov.uk
Sarah Hyde (Team Manager)Sarah.hyde@cornwall.gov.uk
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
What youll need to succeed:
You will need to be a qualified School Nurse (SCPHN) with leadership skills, looking for a diverse and exciting School Nursing post. You will be forward thinking, proactive, and committed to improving the health outcomes of children, families and communities.
Job responsibilities
The Role:
Delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to provide evidence-based family centred public health services to achieve the service vision and meeting the needs of communities, families and children and young people.
If you are interested in finding out more, please do not hesitate to contact:
Jennifer Walmsley (Team Manager)jennifer.walmsley@cornwall.gov.uk
Sarah Hyde (Team Manager)Sarah.hyde@cornwall.gov.uk
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
What youll need to succeed:
You will need to be a qualified School Nurse (SCPHN) with leadership skills, looking for a diverse and exciting School Nursing post. You will be forward thinking, proactive, and committed to improving the health outcomes of children, families and communities.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cornwall Council
Address
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
Employer's website
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Cornwall Council
Address
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
Employer's website
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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