School and Community Health Facilitator

Main area School Nursing Service Grade Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Term time only (39 weeks Hours

• Part time
• Term time hours

18 hours per week (term time only) Job ref 327-26-764

Site Forest of Dean Hospital Town Cinderford Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/:59 Interview date 28/10/2026

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people's own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking 'what matters to you '.

We're passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

This post is offered on a fixed term basis to cover maternity leave. The hours are part time, 18 hours a week over 3 days to include a Tuesday, term time only.

Do you enjoy working with children? Would you like to work within a school nursing team? Does working 3 x days per week 9-3pm, term time only appeal to you? Then this job could be for you

We are recruiting to a part-time School and Community Health Facilitator role in Gloucester city to work 18 hours per week over 3 days in the school term time. You will work alongside the School Nursing team to

• deliver the National Child Measurement Programme and Vision Screening
• give advice and support to parents concerned about their child's weight, sleep patterns, anxiety and other health issues
• complete delegated packages of care

We offer:

• An Induction Programme, robust training and competency frameworks to underpin transition into role
• Clinical Supervision and Safeguarding Children Supervision to support learning and practice

This role offers diverse and rewarding opportunities for you to make a difference to children and family lives through advice, support and signposting using public health skills.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work autonomously or as part of a team to provide screening programmes to children at primary schools in the Gloucester city locality to identify and address health needs in the local population. You will facilitate parent groups providing advice and support for health issues they are concerned about in their children. This may also include one to one work with families following a package of care.

Key responsibilities include

• organising and delivering National Child Measurement Programme and vision screening
• facilitating healthy lifestyles and parenting hubs including preparing resources and completing health records
• make every contact count by promoting healthy lifestyles at each contact
• deliver health promotion and education sessions for parents at school events
• keep accurate and contemporaneous child health records

You will report to a school nurse in the Gloucester team and at times report directly to the team leader.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job description and person specification for detail of the main responsibilities of this role.

Person specification Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience.

Experience

• Experience of delivering healthcare within the community setting
• Experience of working with school aged children.
• Experience of entering and extracting data from a clinical system
• Experience of safeguarding children

Knowledge

• Understanding of role within the Public Health Team -School Nursing
• Ability to use different IT systems to record observations

Attributes

• Able to allay fears and anxieties in adults
• Confidence to run health promotion activities in a group setting and on an individual basis

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Good luck with your application.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.