School Health Nurse in Liverpool

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, self-organised dedicated nurse to join our school health team. The role will require candidates to have excellent communication skills, IT skills, organisational and clinical skills when supporting and working with children, young people, parents, professionals and multi-agencies.

The aim of this role is to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to the school age population within Sefton, ensuring we share the best public health information and interventions. You will also have responsibility for a safeguarding caseload, which exposes staff to complex public health issues. A thorough preceptorship/induction programme will be offered to successful applicants, which will include regular supervision and safeguarding support.

The Children’s service provides support to children, young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependent on assessed need. The service offers every child/family a program of screening, developmental reviews and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices as defined by The Healthy Child Program 0 – 19 years (DH, 2023).

The Community Staff Nurse will work predominantly as part of the School Nursing team to promote and improve health and well-being of school aged children and young people to reduce health inequalities. The post holder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Program 5-19 - up to age 25 for SEN children/young people within the team using evidence based practice and the Framework for Assessment (DH 2002).

The post holder will work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families. The post holder may have responsibility for allocated schools as the named health professional, and will work as part of the SCPHN team with delegated responsibility for the assessment of care needs, implementation and evaluation of program of care for children, young people and families.

The post holder will have an awareness of the immunisations programme for the neighbourhood school population and be available as part of the wider teams to support in the delivery of the school aged programme and in response to disease outbreaks.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Managerial Responsibilities:

• Be the lead person for communication for a number of schools/education establishments under the guidance of the Named SCPHN and be responsible for the development of co-operative working arrangements within the school and the extended services that support healthy outcomes for children.
• Contribute to the provision of a high quality school health service.
• Work collaboratively within the team and with primary and community care colleagues to deliver local and national health objectives.
• Support the SCPHN and team leaders to develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to children and young people.
• Participate in the mentorship and assessment of a range of students and in the preceptorship and support of new colleagues.

Clinical Practice:

• Provide clinical support and knowledge to school health support workers and other support staff.
• Act as an advocate and champion for clients on the caseload.
• Undertake holistic assessments of children, young people and families in line with the Healthy Child Program and national guidelines.
• Be familiar with the National Immunisation Program for Children and be able to respond to local outbreaks if required.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records both electronic and written.

This advert closes on Sunday 18 Oct 2026.