Job Description
Post Title: School Nurse/Trainee School Nurse
Location: Inverness
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: Lynsey Mulraine - lynsey.mulraine@highland.gov.uk
Job Purpose: Leading, delivering and evaluating universal public health programmes for school-aged children and young people (5 - 19 years) within school and community settings including the planning coordination of the school age immunisation programme.
Supporting education colleagues in their role as the Named Person in contributing to the development of the Child Plan through comprehensive assessment using the national practice model.
Providing leadership within health assessment and care planning.
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).
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.