School Nurse
The School Nurse's Role
Secondary schools within Oxfordshire have a named NHS School Health Nurse who is based for at least, one day a week in the school. The aim of the School Health Nurse is to offer evidence based preventative health care for children and young people. We strive to improve young people’s health and wellbeing and their life chances. We work closely with teaching and student support staff at encouraging young people to be both physically and emotionally healthy in order to make informed healthy lifestyle choices and reach their full potential.
The School Nurse Service
School Health Nurses provides public health interventions, including (but not exclusive to):
- Someone to talk to confidentially to address issues concerning emotional, physical, sexual, and social health and wellbeing
- Health lifestyle choices (keeping safe, smoking cessation, substance misuse advice)
- Support teachers with PSHE
- Refer and signpost to specialist services
- Offer a confidential School Health Nurse drop-in
- Provide contraception, pregnancy testing and sexual health screening.
If the School Nurse cannot help, they will find someone who can.
How can I access the School Nurse Service?
- Young people can pop into the School Health Nurse office through open access on the days that the School Health Nurse is in – a timetable will be up on the door
- Young people can speak with their tutor or student support to help with a referral
- Young people can self-refer by drop in or using the ChatHealth text service: telephone 07312 263 084.
Confidentiality
The School Health Nursing service is confidential. This means we can discuss personal information with young people in confidence and will not discuss it with anyone else without their permission. However, we would pass on any information that we feel is needed to protect a young person or someone else from serious harm. Whenever possible this would be discussed with the young person first.
Contact Details
Text: ChatHealth 07312 263 084, 09:00 – 17:00, Mon-Fri (for both parents and young people.)
Email: cyp0-19@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
School Nurse Service Website: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/cyp-0-19/
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