Job summary
- Main area
- public health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 338-7382237-25
- Employer
- Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- All sites across Hull
- Town
- Hull
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Public Registered Health Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join our 0-19 (25) Integrated specialist Public Health Nursing (IPHN) team as a public health nurse.
The role involves supporting our specialist school nurses and health visitors in supporting all aged children across Hull.
The public health nurse works directly with young people, parents, carers and families to promote public health and protect by delivering the Healthy Child Programme under the delegation of the health visitor or school nurse (SCPHN). They offer development reviews to younger children and regular support to children and young people in school and provide PHSE sessions. It may also involve immunisating 0-5 year olds in the home address or clinics.
This is an all year round role.
The role is based in Hull, We have 3 bases around the city and the role covers city wide.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the effective delivery of care packages to an identified caseload of children and young people, their families and carers, as delegated by the Integrated Specialist Public Health Nurse ( 5-19)
There will be a requirement to provide a service between 8.00 am – 6.00 pm over a 5-day Monday – Friday period, to meet the needs of Children and Young People and service delivery.
Maintain, as part of continual professional development, up to date clinical knowledge/skills in public health nursing, using information to effect change in practice and ensuring the effective dissemination of new knowledge.
Develop and implement personal knowledge to enable the effective delivery of quality care to children and young people, and their families/carers
Demonstrate a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices which are evidence based and relevant to the clinical area
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Live on part 3 or 13 of the NMC register
- Willingness to undertake mentorship training and responsibilities
- A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation and their application to clinical service area
Desirable criteria
- Be live on register of mentors
- Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level
- Full understanding of relevant policy and drivers and their application to clinical service area
experience
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake and complete preceptorship
- Appropriate knowledge/ experience of working in community/public health nursing
- Understanding of caseload management responsabilities
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
Skills and competencies
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate effective interpersonal/communication skills
- Ability to commute between the various sites
- Evidence of good time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Successful completion of preceptorship Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
- Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adhel Cadle
- Job title
- Clinical team leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07790 882758
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