0-19 Public Health Practitioner - Health Visitor
The closing date is 06 May 2026.
Due to new funding, we are excited to offer a position for a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: Health Visitor.
The vacancy is in the Central locality in Stoke on Trent.
The post is part of the Children's and Families Care Group and the Universal Services function, and you will work in a variety of settings. The primary aim of the 0-19 Integrated Health Visiting and School Nursing Service is to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to children, young people and families across Stoke‑on‑Trent.
This is a dynamic post that requires you to work closely with uni/multi‑disciplinary teams and agencies in addressing a range of care/support issues across the spectrum of conditions, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and improving the health and wellbeing of the population served.
You will work alongside the Team Leaders and Professional Lead to ensure synergy across the localities. This will ensure that services are delivered to a high standard that are accessible and demonstrate a commitment to equality and inclusion.
Main duties of the job
* Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner and have detailed professional and clinical knowledge, with a focus in public health across the 0‑19 agenda.
* Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust, including the community and hospitals.
* Be skilled in the assessment of children and young people's care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support packages.
* Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and take some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
* Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.
* Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management.
* Deliver commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring key objectives and outcomes are achieved.
Person Specification
* NMC
* SCPHN
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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