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Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Public Health Nurse

The closing date is 15 June 2025

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our St Helens North 0-19 team as a Public Health Nurse, supporting the delivery of a public health offer to children and young people and delivering the Healthy Child Programme core offer. The role gives a great insight to our service and has supported employees to develop into other roles associated with public health and 0-19 services. We have great feedback from students and staff who enjoy working within a friendly and supportive team.

Main duties of the job

Supporting the 0-19 service to deliver the public health offer in St Helens.

Managing a safeguarding caseload, including completing health assessments, contributing to multiagency meetings and completing reports.

Delegation and work planning/organisation

Facilitating clinics across St Helens

About us

The St Helens 0-19 service is a friendly supportive team offering staff the opportunity to work flexibly if needed.

We work with the trust values of compassion openness and Trust ensuring that we demonstrate these values to children and families in St Helens and to each other.

We have daily safety huddles to support staff at the beginning of each day and monthly team meetings.

Supervision is available to all staff both planned and reactive.

We work closely with our specialist Safeguarding nurses to ensure staff feel supported and have access to appropriate training and induction

Details

Date posted

30 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

844-7112394

Job locations

St Helens 0-19 Children's Services

Woodside HCC, Woodside Road

St Helens

WA11 0LA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role

Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Training

Essential

  • RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM

Desirable

  • Mentorship
  • Motivational Interviewing

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Working within the 0-19 Team and evidence of managing a school nursing caseload
  • Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Ability to use email, internet and word processing software.

Desirable

  • Delivering public health sessions in schools

Skills and Attributes

Essential

  • Good verbal and non-verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work as part of a team and independently
  • Ability to support students in placement
  • Ability to support and motivate staff
  • Effective interpersonal skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Access to a car for work purpose
  • Commitment
  • Vision
Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Training

Essential

  • RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM

Desirable

  • Mentorship
  • Motivational Interviewing

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Working within the 0-19 Team and evidence of managing a school nursing caseload
  • Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Ability to use email, internet and word processing software.

Desirable

  • Delivering public health sessions in schools

Skills and Attributes

Essential

  • Good verbal and non-verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work as part of a team and independently
  • Ability to support students in placement
  • Ability to support and motivate staff
  • Effective interpersonal skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Access to a car for work purpose
  • Commitment
  • Vision

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Helens 0-19 Children's Services

Woodside HCC, Woodside Road

St Helens

WA11 0LA


Employer's website

https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Helens 0-19 Children's Services

Woodside HCC, Woodside Road

St Helens

WA11 0LA


Employer's website

https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

0-19 team manager

Janine Prior

janineprior@nhs.net

07714210138

Details

Date posted

30 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

844-7112394

Job locations

St Helens 0-19 Children's Services

Woodside HCC, Woodside Road

St Helens

WA11 0LA


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