School nurse

Your School Health Nurse is: Jody Coleman                                                                                  

Role

Secondary schools within Oxfordshire have a named NHS School Health Nurse who is based 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. I will work closely with teaching and student support staff at encouraging students to be both physically and emotionally healthy in order to make informed healthy lifestyle choices and reach their full potential.

What we do

School 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
• Immunisations
• Health lifestyle choices (keeping safe, smoking cessation, substance misuse advice)
• Support teachers with PSHE
• Refer and signpost to specialist services
• Offer a confidential School 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 Nurse?

Young people can pop into the School Nurse office at drop in sessions (alone or with a friend)

Speak to your tutor or student support to help with referral

Self-refer by drop in or using phone number to text

Confidentiality

The School 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:

Term time only. Working days: Mon, Tues, Weds and Fri 9am – 2.30pm

Mobile: 07796993326

Email: jody.coleman@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

• If you are a young person and would like advice or support, please text ChatHealth on 07312 263084 or start a chat via this link Start a chat – ChatHealth
  School Nurses aim to respond to ChatHealth messages within 24 hours, 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday (except bank holidays).
• If you need to talk to someone please call Childline on 0800 1111 or Samaritans on 116 123 (free from any phone) or go to: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/news/24-7-mental-health-helpline-for-buckinghamshire-oxfordshire/
• If you require emergency contraception or advice about contraception visit OXME website – search  under EHC – http://oxme.info/cms/health/emergency-contraception or email SHN.Oxfordshire@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
• For advice on Covid 19 go to: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

For urgent concerns contact your GP, for non-urgent advice or help contact 111.  If you are in immediate danger dial 999.