SCPHN School Nurse Training

Essex Child and Family Wellbeing PB-19 Service are looking to support the future of School Nursing by offering the Specialist Community Public Health (SCPHN) course to passionate registered Nurses or Midwives looking to expand their knowledge and skills in public health.

As a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing student, you will have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and gain practical experience in a variety of community health settings.

You will learn how to assess and plan the health needs of your local community and implement strategies to improve health outcomes.

You will join our team as a full time Band 5 Student (Paid at mid-point band 5) then once you have completed the 12-month training, you will become a fully qualified School Nurse with the opportunity to apply for Band 6 School Nurse roles., We are looking for a colleague who has:

• Effective communication skills to support and empower families and young people, and to work alongside partner agencies.



• A flexible and reliable team player with the ability to prioritise and manage a busy workload and an approach suited to community working., Current nursing/midwifery registration and/or a nursing/midwifery degree or diploma (a minimum of 120 Level 2 CAT points Diploma).


• At least 2 years post registration experience and the ability to travel extensively across Essex and the surrounding areas to meet both the educational and clinical requirements of the course.


• As this course/role is community based, it is essential to be a car owner and driver.


On successful completion of the course, the post holder will be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) and you will be able to apply for band 6 SCPHN roles.

We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

The training is a one-year full time course (50% theory & 50% practice) combining study and clinical learning in both university and practice placements.

The course is at level 7, delivered by Anglia Ruskin University (Chelmsford campus), commencing in January 2025.

The university will provide the theoretical knowledge and skills to ensure high quality, evidence-based assessment, delivery and evaluation of care in relation to child/family needs and will include the protection of children.

Practice placements are across Essex and facilitated by practice teachers, supervisors and assessors within the PB-19 Service, who work closely with the universities to ensure seamless links between the theory and practice of these specialist roles.

The course runs for 52 weeks with 7 weeks of annual leave built into the course. The annual leave is set by the university and is non-negotiable., You will feel valued as a SCPHN School Nurse Student within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Mid-point Band 5 salary with full AFC terms including NHS Pension.


• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.


• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.


• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling.


• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.


• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.


• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission.