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Specialist Public Health Practitioner: School Nursing
Band 6
Main area: Public health - School Nursing
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 186-352-25-GH
Site: Mansfield Community Hospital
Town: Mansfield
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 24/04/2025
Job overview
Care closer to home is becoming integral to the future of the NHS and the Community Health Services (CHS) Division of NottsHC are at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners in creating collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities and interventions in local communities, which meet the needs of our patients in the places they call home.
The division operates under three Units of Management providing an extensive portfolio of children’s, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical and non-clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care.
Being part of an organisation as diverse as NottsHC provides you with great career development opportunities, to be innovative and gives you permission to grow both professionally and personally and really make a difference.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic Specialist Public Health Practitioner, School Nurse to join our Integrated Healthy Families Team within the Mansfield Locality. This will be delivered in line with the National and Local guidelines and public health priorities.
You will work as part of a team to deliver universal and targeted health services to the 0-19 year population and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a defined caseload, supporting a skill mix team.
You will be expected to develop excellent partnership working relationships in order to provide seamless services to Children, Young people and their families. This dynamic role will provide leadership across Universal Children’s Services within Health Visiting and School Nursing and support organisational changes.
This post requires an experienced practitioner with sound communication skills to develop their leadership and management skills. We offer a friendly, supportive working environment with excellent development opportunities. You will possess the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Degree (School Nursing) or be due to qualify in September 2025.
Working for our organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network, Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role involves delivering the public health agenda for 0-19 children and families. Delivering the Healthy Child Programme to a defined population and a strong element of leadership to the skill mix within the 0-19 Healthy Family Team.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however, reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person specification
Qualifications/Professional
* NMC 1st level registration and registered HV/SN
* Non-medical prescribing
* ENB 998/730
* Demonstrate HV/SN practice
* Experience of working in multi-disciplinary team and supervising junior staff
* Experience of managing a team
Knowledge/Skills/Aptitudes
* Knowledge and understanding of current CYP agenda
* Ability to work in partnership with other services to support CYP
* Proven communication skills - written/oral & IT
* Interpersonal skills
* Proven organisational skills
* Ability to work independently
* Knowledge of national and local priorities
* Flexibility
* Proven safeguarding skills in safeguarding CYP
* Demonstrates ability to support change and transformation across services
* Proven leadership and caseload management
Physical Requirements
* Ability to cope with demands of role
* Full Driving Licence and ability to travel between locations
Values and Behaviours
* All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork
Additional Information
* The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants, so we advise you to submit your application early to prevent disappointment.
* We will be requesting references by email. Please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
* The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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* For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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.
Name: Rachael Isaac-Pascoe
Job title: Professional Service Lead
Email address: Rachael.Isaac-Pascoe@nottshc.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07825 865255
Additional information:
Lucy Hutson, Service Manager 07584 888964
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