Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School NursingNHS

Job summary

Are you passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people?

We are seeking a dedicated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse to work autonomously in delivering high-quality health surveillance, health promotion, and early intervention services for school-aged children. You will manage a caseload of school-age children and young people, providing support in areas including safeguarding, Children Looked After, immunisations, and emotional wellbeing. Working closely with families, schools, and partner agencies, you will identify and address unmet health needs, helping children achieve their full potential in education and life.

The successful candidate will be a proactive practitioner with excellent communication skills and a commitment to improving health outcomes for all school-age children and young people. Opportunities to support the supervision and development of students and colleagues are also available within the role.

Interviews to be held on 20/10/26

Main duties of the job

You will manage a caseload of school-age children and young people, providing support in areas including safeguarding, Children Looked After, immunisations, and emotional wellbeing. Working closely with families, schools, and partner agencies, you will identify and address unmet health needs, helping children achieve their full potential in education and life.

The successful candidate will be a proactive practitioner with excellent communication skills and a commitment to improving health outcomes for all school-age children and young people. Opportunities to support the supervision and development of students and colleagues are also available within the role.

Job description

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 99 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services