Job summary
- Main area
- Health Visiting
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-CC8015941
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Switch House
- Town
- Netherton
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata/per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/06/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/07/2026
Employer heading
Specialist Nurse for Workforce Development and Education 0-5
Band 7
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
JOB PURPOSE
The post holder should have an enthusiasm for developing the future workforce and will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high-quality multiprofessional learning environments within the Trust.
The role will support delivery of education and workforce plans. Incorporating projects to develop new and innovative workforce solutions, creating and implementing development programmes and training materials, as well as planning and running community recruitment events.
The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse is an integral member of the Children’s team who utilises management skills to work in partnership with Children, Young Persons and Families, Education, Primary Care, and Children’s services in order to identify and address health needs in line with both local and government initiatives. To ensure that all health needs of vulnerable young people who are assessed as being at actual/ potential risk of harm.
Be responsible for the development of clear health care pathways with universal and specialist health service provision, across health provider boundaries to ensure that children and young people can access all services to meet their health needs. Key services will be Mental Health, Sexual Health, LAC, Maternity, Gynaecology, Sexual Abuse Referral Centre, Health Visiting, School Health and GP services.
Main duties of the job
Working within broad MCFT policies to deliver on the HCP (0–5) while maintaining the flexibility to prioritise individual needs, respond to emerging issues, and manage crises within the caseload.
Act as the accountable practitioner for the defined caseload, ensuring planned interventions are prioritised, delegated, and coordinated appropriately according to the skills and abilities of the support team.
Take responsibility for monitoring and evaluating all delegated work to maintain safe and effective practice.
Provide day‑to‑day supervision and coordination of the support team, assuming management responsibilities in the absence of the team leader.
Contribute to ongoing staff management, including appraisals, supporting junior staff with development plans, and assisting with recruitment and retention. Monitor, prioritise, and allocate client contact across the service, escalating resource concerns when demand exceeds capacity. Build and maintain strong working relationships with primary care, community services, education, and other partners to ensure a comprehensive, collaborative service for children and young people.
Support the setting and achievement of team objectives and complete required MCFT statistical returns, ensuring timely and accurate data entry.
Contribute to the development of clear health pathways and policies across universal and specialist services, ensuring children and young people can access the full range of support needed .
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post‑holder manages a defined caseload from antenatal to age five, delivering the Healthy Child Programme while prioritising families with additional or urgent needs. As the accountable practitioner, they delegate and oversee planned interventions, ensuring tasks match staff competence and service priorities. They supervise and coordinate the support team daily, acting as team lead when required, and contribute to staff appraisal, development, recruitment and retention.
They monitor service demand, allocate client contacts, and escalate capacity issues to managers. Strong working relationships are maintained with GPs, education, social care and other partners to ensure coordinated support for children and families. The role contributes to team objectives, service planning and performance monitoring, including timely completion of data and statistical returns.
The post‑holder ensures the identification and assessment of health needs for vulnerable children, young people and families, contributing to individual plans and multi‑agency pathways. They help develop clear health pathways across universal and specialist services to ensure equitable access.
They promote awareness of Mersey Care CYP services and uphold equality, diversity and human rights. Clinical practice is autonomous and evidence‑based, requiring advanced decision‑making to manage complex cases. Holistic assessments are completed in line with the Healthy Child Programme, with direct referral to primary care, secondary care and social care as needed. Individualised care plans are developed collaboratively with families and partner agencies.
Safeguarding is a core responsibility. The post‑holder works closely with the Safeguarding Children Team, prepares high‑quality reports for multi‑agency meetings and legal processes, and attends case conferences, core groups, looked‑after‑child reviews and court when required. They attend safeguarding supervision and respond appropriately to urgent risk situations in line with organisational policies.
The post‑holder acts as a mentor, practice assessor and educator, supporting students, junior staff and colleagues. They identify concerns in student performance and implement action plans with practice supervisors and assessors. They assess SCPHN students and maintain up‑to‑date professional knowledge through reflective practice and ongoing development.
They lead the planning and delivery of specialist training programmes for professionals, parents, carers and young people, often in partnership with the SEND team. They provide clinical supervision, mentorship and preceptorship to a range of staff groups and support others to meet mandatory training requirements while maintaining their own.
The post‑holder acts as a role model and clinical leader, offering professional expertise to colleagues and partner agencies. They contribute to developing protocols, policies and guidelines and analyse complex workforce information to support training procurement and service planning. They identify gaps in services for vulnerable children and advise senior leaders to influence strategy and policy. They may support internal reviews, critical incident investigations and serious case reviews, and act as a clinical supervisor within the department.
The role requires communicating highly sensitive and complex information to families, colleagues and professionals, often in challenging circumstances. They use interpreters and communication aids when needed and maintain strong communication channels across agencies. They interpret information from multiple sources to support accurate assessment and care planning and work respectfully with diverse cultures and lifestyles. They may encounter distressing situations, including safeguarding concerns and family crises.
The post‑holder promotes research‑based practice, supports audits and manages complaints in line with policy. As a delegated budget holder, they ensure appropriate use of resources .
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
- IT literate.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload.
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to understand and analyse complex data.
- Risk assessment skills.
- Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Self-management and motivation skills.
- Research skills.
- Report writing skills
- Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues.
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent qualification
- Registration with relevant professional body NMC
- SCPHN Qualification Health Visiting
Desirable criteria
- First line management qualification
- Masters or relevant experience
- Education experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post registration/ qualification experience
- Experience of management and clinical leadership
- Experience of developing and delivering in-depth training programmes to all levels of staff
- Has experience in working within the implications of the Data Protection Act
- Demonstrable experience in using MS Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Demonstrable experience in using Clinical Information systems
- Experience of working in a performance managed environment
- Experience of data analysis and data interpretation and being able to use systems to create ad -hoc reports
- Experience of dealing with major customers and stakeholders
- Experience of negotiating and influencing stakeholders
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
- Understanding how other agencies work
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
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
- Vicki Culley
- Job title
- Operational Manager 0-5
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07717206498
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