Job summary
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse ( Health Visitor) Training from September 2025.
North Tyneside Council are recruiting staff nurses/staff midwives to work within the Childrens Public Health Service (CPHS) in preparation to commencing Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) training from September 2025.The interview and selection process is in conjunction with Northumbria University.
Would you like to be part of an innovative skill mix team of health visitors, school nurses, public health staff nurses and child development practitioners?
This is your chance to work with an outstanding group of safeguarding and health professionals. The service has close working relationships with the early help service, multiagency safeguarding hub (MASH), education, housing, primary care, midwifery services and sport and leisure, which ensures good outcomes for families and provides positive working relationships for staff.
The Signs of Safety model is embedded throughout the service and robust safeguarding supervision is provided to colleagues by Safeguarding Nurse Advisors. North Tyneside Childrens Social Care has been graded Outstanding by Ofsted in 2025.Colleagues are provided with support and supervision from a Nurse Manager throughout their probationary period and beyond and have access to an identified preceptor.
Main duties of the job
Are you a qualified staff nurse/staff midwife with knowledge of current issues relating to public health priorities and an understanding of the national drivers with regards to providing evidence-based interventions within the childrens public health service?
A recent CQC inspection where the service was rated Good with Outstanding Leadership stated 'All those responsible for delivering care were committed to working collaboratively as a team to benefit children, young people and their families. They supported each other to provide good care and communicated effectively with other agencies.
The Childrens Public Health Service completed UNICEF Gold four year revalidation in March 2025 and is supported by a Specialist Infant Feeding Team.
The post holder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within the context of integrated prevention and early help locality teams. They will ensure that the universal offer is delivered to all children aged 0-19. Extra support and targeted interventions will be offered to those families where additional need is identified.
ChatHealth and ParentLine are additional services provided to residents, delivered by the Childrens Public health Service in North Tyneside.
The essential requirements of the post are: Registered Nurse / Adult / Child / Learning Disability/ Mental Health or Registered Midwife and the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.
About us
The Childrens Public Health Service offers opportunity for career progression and provides an atmosphere of continuous professional development with supervision and assessment of pre and post registration students.
Benefits include access to NHS or Local Government Pension Schemes. A generous annual leave allowance, which increases with service, plus bank holidays.Your annual NMC fees are paid for by the service and Professional Membership of iHV or SAPHNA. Agile working supported by smart phone/laptop and access to technology such as Microsoft Teams and SystmOne. Access to occupational health services including physiotherapy and counselling. Our Employee Assistance Programme which includes a telephone helpline and extensive online resources for support and advice. Discounted membership of fitness and wellbeing centres, including 5 gyms. The Benefits Plus Scheme enabling salary sacrifice for buying additional annual leave; childcare vouchers; car leasing; cycle to work scheme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of the job is to improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families, and addressing inequalities through the delivery of the healthy child programme and working as part of a skill mixed team.
The staff nurse/staff midwife is a member of the 0- 19 Childrens Public Health Service within an integrated locality team.
Working to the NMC code and within the policies and procedures for the legal and statutory requirements relating to clinical practice.
The post holder will take a role in providing support for an effective transition to parenthood and adulthood, improving the health and well-being of children, young people and their families.
The aim of the service is to promote and protect the health and well-being of children, young people and their families from the ante-natal period through to age 19 and address inequalities.
Fundamental to the aim of the service is universal access to the healthy child programme and early identification of additional and/or complex needs.
To provide a continuously improving service in line with the 0 - 19 Clinical Governance Framework and Public Health Service Plan.
Service delivery will be underpinned by the following principles
- Intervene early with evidence based, family focussed services.
- Provide visible and proactive universal services
- Early Help Assessments (EHA) will be used to promote early intervention and co-ordinate teams working around families.
Working within an integrated locality team, adopting a whole family approach. The staff nurse/staff midwife will establish and maintain effective communication with various individuals, groups and agencies.
Working closely with the health visitor/school nurse to ensure delivery of the healthy child programme.
Working in close partnership with family partners the post holder will support the Early Help Assessment process (EHA).
Support parents and carers in a partnership. Providing guidance, support and resources to enhance a parenting/caring role.
Empower individuals, families and communities to influence the provision of local services and access appropriate provision to meet their health needs.
The staff nurse/staff midwife will provide support for children to ensure an effective transition to primary school.
Assess, identify and initiate action to minimise risk to any child in a proactive manner through primary prevention, adhering to national and local guidelines to ensure the safeguarding and protection of children.
Work will be delegated by the Health Visitor/Public Health School Nurse
The post holder will be accountable for their own work and delegation of work within the parameters of the service specification.
To adhere to standards of the organisation for record keeping using SystmOne
To prepare professional reports as required
Achievement of service delivery targets and personal targets set in annual IPR.
Positive contribution towards the development of integrated working to ensure the continued success of Locality Teams in North Tyneside.
To provide a continuously improving service in line with the 0 - 19 Clinical Governance Framework
To support on the delivery of healthy child programme in line with nationally recognised best practice and local standards
High degree of professionalism demonstrated, and a positive contribution made towards the development of professional practice.
An active contribution is made towards promoting the highest standards of health & safety.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of the job is to improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families, and addressing inequalities through the delivery of the healthy child programme and working as part of a skill mixed team.
The staff nurse/staff midwife is a member of the 0- 19 Childrens Public Health Service within an integrated locality team.
Working to the NMC code and within the policies and procedures for the legal and statutory requirements relating to clinical practice.
The post holder will take a role in providing support for an effective transition to parenthood and adulthood, improving the health and well-being of children, young people and their families.
The aim of the service is to promote and protect the health and well-being of children, young people and their families from the ante-natal period through to age 19 and address inequalities.
Fundamental to the aim of the service is universal access to the healthy child programme and early identification of additional and/or complex needs.
To provide a continuously improving service in line with the 0 - 19 Clinical Governance Framework and Public Health Service Plan.
Service delivery will be underpinned by the following principles
- Intervene early with evidence based, family focussed services.
- Provide visible and proactive universal services
- Early Help Assessments (EHA) will be used to promote early intervention and co-ordinate teams working around families.
Working within an integrated locality team, adopting a whole family approach. The staff nurse/staff midwife will establish and maintain effective communication with various individuals, groups and agencies.
Working closely with the health visitor/school nurse to ensure delivery of the healthy child programme.
Working in close partnership with family partners the post holder will support the Early Help Assessment process (EHA).
Support parents and carers in a partnership. Providing guidance, support and resources to enhance a parenting/caring role.
Empower individuals, families and communities to influence the provision of local services and access appropriate provision to meet their health needs.
The staff nurse/staff midwife will provide support for children to ensure an effective transition to primary school.
Assess, identify and initiate action to minimise risk to any child in a proactive manner through primary prevention, adhering to national and local guidelines to ensure the safeguarding and protection of children.
Work will be delegated by the Health Visitor/Public Health School Nurse
The post holder will be accountable for their own work and delegation of work within the parameters of the service specification.
To adhere to standards of the organisation for record keeping using SystmOne
To prepare professional reports as required
Achievement of service delivery targets and personal targets set in annual IPR.
Positive contribution towards the development of integrated working to ensure the continued success of Locality Teams in North Tyneside.
To provide a continuously improving service in line with the 0 - 19 Clinical Governance Framework
To support on the delivery of healthy child programme in line with nationally recognised best practice and local standards
High degree of professionalism demonstrated, and a positive contribution made towards the development of professional practice.
An active contribution is made towards promoting the highest standards of health & safety.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse / Adult / Child / Mental Health or Registered Midwife
- Current NMC registration.
- Relevant and recent nursing experience
Desirable
- Evidence of on-going professional development.
- Practice, Supervisor and Assessor training.
Experience
Essential
- Child protection / Safeguarding Children / experience of national and local policies.
- Health promotion
- Multi Agency working
- IT and keyboard skills for the use of report writing information retrieval and access of evidence-based practice.
- Use of expert data systems for client care, audit, service planning and health profiling, e.g. SystmOne.
- Use of equipment to support developmental assessment and screening and the provision of clinical care.
- Educational equipment to support health promotion and learners.
- Accepts referrals from other disciplines and refer clients to Tier 3 services
Desirable
- Caseload management
- Community development work.
Knowledge
Essential
- Adhere to Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct and to national and local policies.
- Knowledge of current issues relating to public health priorities and addressing inequalities in outcomes.
- Understanding of adult/child safeguarding procedures
- Understanding the national drivers with regards to providing a 0-19 service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse / Adult / Child / Mental Health or Registered Midwife
- Current NMC registration.
- Relevant and recent nursing experience
Desirable
- Evidence of on-going professional development.
- Practice, Supervisor and Assessor training.
Experience
Essential
- Child protection / Safeguarding Children / experience of national and local policies.
- Health promotion
- Multi Agency working
- IT and keyboard skills for the use of report writing information retrieval and access of evidence-based practice.
- Use of expert data systems for client care, audit, service planning and health profiling, e.g. SystmOne.
- Use of equipment to support developmental assessment and screening and the provision of clinical care.
- Educational equipment to support health promotion and learners.
- Accepts referrals from other disciplines and refer clients to Tier 3 services
Desirable
- Caseload management
- Community development work.
Knowledge
Essential
- Adhere to Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct and to national and local policies.
- Knowledge of current issues relating to public health priorities and addressing inequalities in outcomes.
- Understanding of adult/child safeguarding procedures
- Understanding the national drivers with regards to providing a 0-19 service
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).
