Job summary
- Main area
- 5-19 Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 421-CYPD-3214S
- Employer
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various sites across Cumberland
- Town
- N/A
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nursing
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The Cumberland 0-19 Team are inviting you to apply for the Specialist Public Community Public Health Nurse role where you will play a fundamental role in the development of the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme, promoting childhood development, safeguarding children and young people, building community resilience and preventing social exclusion and deprivation, tackling important public health issues.
Main duties of the job
To plan, deliver and evaluate an efficient and cost effective Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Service for an identified school aged population within a defined geographical locality and School cluster. To provide line management and leadership within the 5-19 skill mixed team and be pro-active in delivering the National and Public Health agendas in response to identified health and social need, to work in partnership with other agencies and meet agreed standards, objectives and statutory requirements
Working for our organisation
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note:
- Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
- Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
- Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be responsible for leading and delivering the Healthy Child Programme against the 6 early and school aged years high impact areas, ensuring services are provided within the tiered model approach – building community capacity, universal, universal plus and universal partnership plus. To be professionally accountable and responsible and adhere to and apply the NMC standard.
Making Every Contact Count to enable the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle information.
Work with parents and children to promote the physical, emotional and social development of pre-school and school aged children. To apply the principles of the Solihull approach in all work undertaken with children, young people and families.
The post holder will ensure inter-agency/professional partnership working between services, statutory and voluntary organisations to facilitate integrated approaches in meeting the needs of children.
Working in an integrated way partnership with local communities to build community capacity; utilising strength-based approaches.
Hold a caseload of families with school aged children and young people, providing specialist evidence based advice, information and support to the population served, team members and relevant agencies. Lead and Deliver the Healthy Child Programme with a drive towards reducing the gap in health and social health inequalities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse.
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification (School Nursing).
- Highly developed specialist knowledge relevant to working with children and families underpinned by theory.
Desirable criteria
- Qualification at post graduate diploma level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of partnership working.
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Sound knowledge and experience of promoting the safeguarding and wellbeing of children.
- Influencing and negotiating skills.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in leading teams in the provision of health services to children, young people and families.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Dianne Chew
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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