School Health Nurse

Our School Health Nurse based at Aureus school is Sam Gould.

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.  

What we do -  

School Health Nurses provide 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 we cannot help, we will find someone who can.  

 

How can you access the School Health Nurse?  

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 07312263084. 

  

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 07312263084 09:00 – 17:00 Mon-Fri (for both parents and young people.) 
Email: cyp0-19@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk. 
Website: Children & Young People (0-19) - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 

 

Term 6: Secondary School Health Nurse Team Newsletter

Examples of what your School Health Nurse can offer include:

• Someone to talk to confidentially about your health, including your physical health, emotional health, sexual health and general wellbeing or any other health related topics you might like advice, information or support with.
• Immunisations
• Advice and support about healthy choices (eg keeping safe, drugs, alcohol, quitting smoking, exercise, maintaining healthy growth/weight, dental health)
• Contraception, including emergency contraception, contraceptive pills, injections and condoms; pregnancy testing; chlamydia screening and treatment.
• Provide teaching sessions and support teachers with delivery of PSHE.
• Provide information and signpost to specialist services which may be able to support you.

If we cannot help, we will find someone who can.

Useful websites:

www.oxme.info

https://www.childline.org.uk/

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/camhs/oxon/

If you need to contact the school nursing team during the school holidays or on my nonworking day if urgent, you can call: South School Nursing Team on: 01865 904890
The school nursing service is not an emergency service. If you or a friend are in need of urgent help, please contact a member of staff on site, who will get you the immediate support needed. If you are off site in the case of an emergency, please call 999.

If you are in need of emergency contraception outside of the school nurses working hours, please attend your GP practice, local sexual health clinic or local pharmacy as soon as you can - visit www.oxme.info or https://www.sexualhealthoxfordshire.nhs.uk/ for more details.