Employer East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) Employer type NHS Site Northfield House Town North Walsham Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 21/06/2026 23:59 Interview date 08/07/2026
Public Health Nurse Development Role
Band 5
East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.
Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.
By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.
We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.
Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.
Please note, our selection processes are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications i monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
Job overview
Are you a registered nurse or midwife? Have you an interest in working with children and young people aged 0-19? If you are passionate about children, young people, families and working as part of a team that makes a difference to health outcomes, then this opportunity is for you.
As a service, the Child is central to what we do as we strive to improve health outcomes for the children, young people and their families who live in our community. We deliver early intervention, health promotion and build therapeutic relationships to empower families, children and young people to make the best choices.
The Public Health Nurse role is an opportunity to work within the Healthy Child Service and then as opportunity arises onto applying for the Health Visitor/School Nursing training.
The Healthy Child Service prides itself on our supportive, skill mixed team. You will receive regular 1-1s, safeguarding, caseload and management supervision, shared team learning and annual appraisals.
You will partake in regular whole team meetings where we value the voices of staff as paramount in the innovation of our service.
There are positions available in North Norfolk and Norwich City.
Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after the 11th June 2026.
Main duties of the job
You will be working within the skill mix delivering the Healthy Child Service in a variety of settings, including home and community venues.
You will be working closely with partner agencies and voluntary services to ensure that the right support is given at the right time to children, young people and families.
You will be identifying need and delivering support in conjunction with the wider skill mix.
You will be working with children on the Universal to specialist pathways which includes safeguarding and be supporting the most vulnerable families.
You will be delivering evidenced based practice in line with the NMC code, with an expectation to maintain knowledge and skills as a part of your ongoing professional development.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As part of the Healthy Child Service 0-19 team, the Public Health Nurse will be supported to work within a defined area, assessing need, delegating work within the team, implementing planned programmes of care and evaluating care delivered. The post holder will develop the skills to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible Public Health Service for children, their families and communities.
Their role is to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic, and accessible Public Health Service to children aged 0-19, their families and communities, establishing links with children, families, schools, communities and agencies (Education, School Services, Health and Voluntary organisations). Working on early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment and inclusion, to reduce health inequalities and ensure children are supported to reach their full potential.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To work as part of a multidisciplinary 0-19 team to identify the health needs of children and young people, their families and the community and contribute to developing a strategy to address individual identified needs as well as those needs within the community.
To be committed to maintaining an evidence-based work ethic through continual learning and professional development. Post holder will be encouraged to develop professionally including consideration of the SCPHN course.
To develop further their core skills of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to provide early intervention and care to families, children and young people in line with our commissioned service.
To support families through a range of methods including home visits, digital or in person drop-in clinics, virtual and phone contacts to assess the needs of children and their families.
To work as part of the locality team to support children, young people and families who are vulnerable or at risk. Post holders should ensure that they are compliant with safeguarding mandatory training and that they are aware of local safeguarding policies and procedures and how to access these.
To support other localities as required, including Just One Number, to ensure that all relevant clinical skills are developed, and to maintain effective working relationships and continuity of services.
To work with, promote and support families to access the Norfolk Family Hub offer.
To develop skills to promote the use of digital resources on Just One Norfolk during all contacts with service users to enhance self-care skills for children, young people, and their families.
To take responsibility for their own clinical practice including supervision and to adhere to the NMC code.
To contribute to the development of local policies and procedures relevant to their area of work and contribute to relevant service design projects.
To develop the skills to utilise virtual platforms in assessments, interventions, training, and networking to support effective practice and partnership working.
Within this role you will need to travel as an independent practitioner on a daily basis, across Norfolk which involves both rural and urban travel. The nature of our work does result in travel arrangements changing at short notice. Due to the large geography our service covers and the limitations of sufficient public transport to undertake this role you must hold a full and current driving licence and have access to your own transport. This is subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, and therefore if the post holder requires a reasonable adjustment due to a disability then this will be considered.
Post holders will be willing to undertake training to be an assessor and supervisor to enable them to support pre registration students on placement within the service. Post holder will ensure that they maintain compliance with this requirement.
Collaboratively facilitate in delivering our Pathway to Parenting (P2P) programme to expectant parents in the community.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current NMC Registration
* Evidence of degree level study in the last 2 years (or willingness to work towards)
* Mentor/998 or equivalent teaching qualification
Experience
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting
* Experience of Safeguarding adults and/or children
* Experience of Mentoring
* Experience of working in a community setting
* Experience of working with children and their famillies
Knowledge and Skills
* The clinical skills to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs
* Current knowledge of local and national policies informing the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
* Competent keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Excel and PowerPoint
* Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children
* Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to act upon the principles and practice of health promotion
* Able to plan and organise their work using time management and prioritisation skills and work independently
* Ability to communicate effectively with children, parents and partner agencies
* Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
* Experience with delivering healthcare interventions via digital platforms
* Ability to use SystmOne
Equal Opportunities - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). All sites are Smoke Free.
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Immigration Status – East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against eligible roles. If you are an applicant from outside the UK and do not already hold a self-gained right to work, we recommend you check the Home Office eligibility requirements before making an application.
Please note: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.
Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we'll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA.
Redeployment - Please note that in the first instance priority for this vacancy will be given to staff who are on the Trusts Redeployment Register.
Closing and Interview Dates -This vacancy may close early if sufficient applicants are received.
Data Protection - A privacy notice detailing how we will handle your data is attached to this advert as a document. Your application will be transferred to our recruitment management system (Trac) once the advert has closed and you will receive notification then detailing how Trac will handle your data.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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