NHS Opportunity: School Nurse

School nurse Current Vacancies

2006-11-27:

School nurses work with pupils, teachers and parents to promote good health and well-being in children at school.

Their duties include raising awareness on health issues such as smoking, drug abuse or safe sex, and contributing to social education and citizenship classes.

They also support children with medical needs such as asthma, diabetes, epilepsy or mental health problems.

School nurses are likely to work with teachers to help them understand the health care needs of individual children.

School nurses employed by NHS trusts can work full- or part-time, but most work part-time and term-time only.

School nurses can work for a single school or cover a number of schools.

In private boarding schools they could be on 24-hour call to cover emergencies and so would be required to live at the school.

There are currently around 2,500 school nurses employed by NHS trusts throughout the UK.

School nurses are also employed in the private sector, working in independent boarding schools and day schools.

Newly qualified nurses working in the NHS earn between 17,600 and 19,500 a year.
Sisters and charge nurses can earn between 24,000 and 29,000.
Nurse specialists are paid from 27,500 to 32,000.
A small number of nurse consultants earn between 37,000 and 51,000. (Permalink)