School Nurse Lead
| Posting date: | 30 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £51,993.00 to £54,439.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £51993.00 - £54439.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2026 |
| Location: | London, WC1B 5EH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0033-22913 |
Summary
Key Responsibilities: Provide clinical and professional leadership/advice for integrated health and social care models and services associated with the 5-19 HCP. Ensuring all models that are developed are in alignment to the ambitions of the governments 10-year plan, ICBs and strategic commissioners, for example: Neighbourhood health. Guide the strategic oversite for school nursing activities in relation to service development and advice, infrastructure and operational delivery for new contractual opportunities. Work alongside our business development team to understand and identify future 5-19 opportunities across UK, that will support growth. Provide expertise and leadership to create, develop, deliver, and evaluate a range of health projects focused primarily on prevention and integrated child and family health and mental health. Page 2 of 7 JE Ref No: job_00302 updated 2026 Job Title: Barnardos School Nurse Lead Health Team Grade: B Guide and advise the Health team and children services to embed a culture of outcomes-based practice, review clinical outcomes of service delivery, and identify changes in practice to improve outcomes. Work autonomously and collaboratively within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for governance of public health practice within Barnardos. Lead alongside key stakeholders with major contract bid opportunities for Healthy Child Programme 5-19 (25 SEND) contracts - using clinical expertise to lead conversations with health providers. Provide expertise and specialist advice and support at regional and national level as required for individual contracts. Participate in projects regarding future service development, developing and implementing identified changes to the delivery of care. Establish and lead on effective partnerships with colleagues within the organisation, raising awareness to promote the public health role and knowledge and experience of the health visiting and school nursing agenda. Represent Barnardo's regionally and nationally as requested, building upon and scoping out collaborative relationships between healthcare, local authorities, the VCSE and other Integrated Care System (ICS) organisations. Please refer to JD uploaded for full information.