School Health Staff Nurse Birmingham, England
Job description
Sandwell School Health Nursing team are innovative, unique and motivated health professionals. The team engages with children, young people, families and communities in addressing the public health agenda.
This post gives nurses the opportunity to work in a community setting and develop their community knowledge and skills.
Working within and supporting the corporate team within School Health Nursing Service
Working within a team to provide a health promotion and illness prevention service to a local population, contributing to health needs assessments with individuals, families and groups
Sandwell School Health Nursing team is a service sitting within Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust they are innovative, unique and motivated health professionals. Who work tirelessly across the authority to support the school age population of Sandwell
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
