Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Health Visiting Newcastle Central
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-32-09-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community
- Town
- 317 Community
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/09/2025
Employer heading
Specialist Health Visitor/School Nurse- Complex & Vulnerable Families
Band 7
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are seeking a passionate qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor or School Nurse) to join our dynamic 0-19 team. This Specialist Post for Complex and Vulnerable families, is an exciting opportunity for the right professional to really make a difference to the lives of babies, children, young people and their families across the city.
Being vulnerable can happen at any time within any family. Facing multiple, complex or overlapping challenges can significantly impact parents or carers health and wellbeing and subsequently could impact their capacity or ability to care for their family. To an experienced health visitor or school nurse this will be familiar and they will understand that during these times, families require early identification of their needs, special care and non-judgmental support, or protection through multi- agency approaches. They will also be aware that it increasingly difficult for families or young people to access appropriate support which increases their risk of harm or exploitation.
If you are a qualified Health Visitor or School Nurse with experience of working with the more vulnerable babies, children, young people and their families, then this might be a great opportunity to develop further and really make a difference.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Specialist Health Visitor / Specialist School Nurse for Complex and Vulnerable Families focuses on identifying vulnerabilities and complexity affecting families early, supporting them to access early intervention and the help that they need when they need it. There is a fantastic multi-agency Early Help system of support in Newcastle, and we pride ourselves on our collaborative approach to working within this.
This role needs a special leader with excellent knowledge and communication skills to challenge and provide strategic initiatives for our service delivery to support this vulnerable population.
To be successful in this role, you will need to have a comprehensive understanding of the current public health challenges and opportunities both nationally and locally and the initiatives that are all underpinned by policy. For this, a good understanding of the strengths and challenges of population health within Newcastle as a city will be important.
This post will require understanding of pathways across the full 0-19 offer, with demonstratable comprehensive knowledge around The Healthy Child Programme for both school health and health visiting aspects to enable effective leadership in initiatives and project management across the service.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role will need you to have demonstratable and extensive experience in the ability to make judgements on and to manage a complex case load as either a school nurse or health visitor. Along with your clinical knowledge this will enable the postholder to be able to provide advanced expert guidance for the service delivery and practitioners alike providing appropriate supervision, leadership and support to teams.
Working within a small Complex and Vulnerable team, the Specialist HV/SN will give direction, supervision and support to the team, and therefore the right applicant will have a positive approach to compassionate leadership, be a strong communicator and be able to work collaboratively and innovatively with colleagues from within the Trust, local authority and other external stakeholders and agencies to foster a joint approach to support those babies, children, young people and their families when they are at their most vulnerable.
- Interview Date: 5 September 2025
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37 hours 30 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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Job Purpose
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a Specialist Health Visitor/School Nurse as a qualified Specialist Health Visitor/School Nurse where the primary purpose of role is to provide guidance and support based on advanced level knowledge to patients/clients, carers and health professionals concerning a specific public health practice area.
Within the sphere of specialist practice:
- Demonstrates significant advanced knowledge and skills within speciality and sphere of practice.
- Take a lead role facilitating the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of clients.
- Support the development of nursing practice within the specialist field and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
- Have corporate identity as an expert within specialist area.
- Lead and provide training and education across the organisation in relevant area of practice.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship if relevant to role
- Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding.
SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills
- Effective report writing skills.
- Able to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Current driving licence if relevant to role
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience, some of which will be at a senior level within the required specialist area of practice.
- Extended clinical practice underpinned by training and assessment.
- Audit / research experience.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leading programme(s) of education and / or training
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch) and registered on part 3 of the NMC register
- Current NMC registration
- Degree level / Master’s level study, or a combination of equivalent specialist study / experience
Desirable criteria
- Master’s Degree
- Management experience / qualification
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
- Joanne McKenzie
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07736481413
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