Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) in Nottingham

Job summary

Nottingham City Care's Community Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Community Public Health Nurse to join our 5-19 School Health Team based at Wollaton Vale Health Centre.

The 5-19 School Health Team plays a vital role in supporting the health and wellbeing of school-aged children, young people and their families across Nottingham City.

Working closely with schools, families and partner agencies, the team delivers the Healthy Child Programme and provides early help, health promotion, safeguarding support and targeted interventions to improve outcomes for children and young people.

We are seeking a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse who is passionate about making a difference and committed to reducing health inequalities.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a supportive and experienced team, where you will be encouraged to develop your skills, build confidence in childrens public health nursing and contribute to the ongoing development of the service.

If you are passionate about supporting children, young people and families and enjoy working in partnership with schools and other agencies, we would love to hear from you.

Working days to be discussed at interview.

The service operates Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, excluding weekends and bank holidays.

Interviews are expected to take place on 14th and 15th September 2026.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of Nottingham City Cares Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service, working within the 5-19 School Health Team based at Wollaton Vale Health Centre.

As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering services for school-aged children, young people and their families across Nottingham City.

You will hold a caseload as well as providing advice, support and guidance to Community Public Health Nurses within the team.

You will contribute to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme through health promotion, early intervention, targeted support and safeguarding.

Working closely with schools, families and partner agencies, you will help to identify health needs, support children and young people to access the right help at the right time, and contribute to reducing health inequalities.

The ideal candidate will have

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• A positive, flexible and proactive approach
• A genuine interest in working with children, young people and families
• A commitment to improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities
• Good IT, organisational and prioritisation skills
• The ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and young people
• An understanding of key public health issues affecting school-aged children and young people in Nottingham City

About us

We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, City Care exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this.

We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence.

Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care.

As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.

City Care value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We are proud to be a forces-friendly organisation and are dedicated to supporting Veterans, Service Leavers, Reservists, and military spouses/partners.

We value the unique skills and contributions you bring.

City Care is an equal opportunities employer.

We are positive about employing people with disabilities.

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. City Care is committed to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.

• Job responsibilities
• Job Purpose
• To lead and co-ordinate the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within a 0-19 integrated public health team.
• To manage an assigned caseload and be responsible and accountable for this caseload
• In partnership with the Early Help team, you will be delivering evidence-based packages of care to give Nottingham children the best start in life.
• To signpost families to other services to ensure that children, young people, and families have the support they require to meet their individual needs.
• To support the Clinical Service Leads and Managers to deliver an integrated service offer for children and young people aged 0-19 and their families.
• To work collegiately with other key partners to ensure the delivery of high-quality childrens services throughout Nottingham City and across the 0-19 age range.
• To provide appropriate care to children, young people, and their families in line with professional registration.
• Dimensions

The SCPHN School Nurse will be responsible for

• Staff management, including all aspects of human resource policy and procedure.
• Financial management, to work in a cost-effective manner.
• Work in partnership with other key partners such as Early Help to deliver evidence-based programmes of care to children, young people, and their families in Nottingham city in a variety of community settings.
• Support service improvement by leading and/or participating in corporate and local work programmes, projects, workshops, or other initiatives; and supporting the implementation of new working practices.
• Maintain own mandatory and role specific training and deliver training / group work to staff and clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Professional
• To work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To take a lead role for a specialist area of practice within the team. For example, Safeguarding, Systm One, etc.
• To take a lead professional role when required where children and young people with additional needs require an integrated package of support from more than one practitioner/service.
• To actively engage in the reflective supervision process, to ensure that expertise in clinical methods is developed and maintained and that the service offered is high quality.
• To work in collaboration with local statutory and mainstream services to ensure that families become confident in accessing a range of other universal health and support services.
• To contribute to the development of identified public health initiatives.
• Use high level interpersonal and communication skills to provide and receive complex and often highly sensitive information.

Use strengths based, solution focused strategies and motivational interviewing skills to enable families to develop behavior change strategies.

• Demonstrate effective management and leadership skills
• Anticipate and reduce barriers to communication.
• Enable children, young people, and families to express their anxieties and concerns and, where appropriate, act as an advocate for the service user who may require support in accessing appropriate services.
• Be responsible for and able to assess and interpret complex written and verbal referrals/reports.
• Providing consultation to the team on identified children, young persons or families and advising on appropriate care or referral.
• Clinical
• Plans, develops, implements, and evaluates health improvement programmes with children, young people, and families.
• To use evidence-based programmes, materials, and methods in a range of settings to improve the outcomes and improve childrens health and development.
• Ensures the universal delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and plan and co-ordinate clients care in consultation and collaboration with other professionals.
• Take the role of the lead professional in delivery of care utilising the Common Assessment Framework / Priority Families model.
• To work therapeutically, using a range of skills with a range of family members to promote behaviour change and positive outcomes for children and families.
• Develop therapeutic relationships, requiring in-depth mental attention and concentration for extended periods, and promote adaptive behaviour change in the family home and other environments.
• Use professional and clinical judgement to undertake detailed assessments of clients and their families and analyse complex family situations to develop appropriate clinical interventions.
• Responsible for complex information gathering, from a wide range of sources, some of which may be conflicting.
• Works effectively with a wide range of diverse people to identify their health and wellbeing needs.
• Work with partners especially in Early Help teams in Children Centres, GPs, and Social Care where families have ongoing needs requiring multi agency support.
• Actively engage and work with fathers and other members of the extended family to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
• Promote community capacity building to enable families and communities to build on their strengths to provide new ways for improving service.
• Integrate into practice emerging theories in neuroscience and early intervention to effectively support families with complex needs.
• At all times keep the safety and wellbeing of the child in mind and work within local safeguarding policies and procedures.
• To undertake additional training and complete competency packages to deliver enhanced clinical roles e. g., immunisations
• Organisational
• Uphold City Care values and Behaviours, policy and procedures and professional regulatory body code of conduct.
• Keep accurate electronic and paper records consistent with the current record keeping policy.
• Ensure robust communication systems exist between key stakeholders including, general practice, education, social care, public health, and voluntary services.
• Working in partnership, develop and maintain strong working relationships with the Early Help team to lead the delivery of the HCP.
• Seek and act upon feedback from service users via organisational mechanisms.
• Analyse reports on data for service development and quality improvement measures.
• Works effectively as part of a skills mix team.
• Support skills mix staff to assess their own work and give them clear and appropriate feedback.
• To participate in the appraisal process of others and development of own Personal Development Plan to include clinical supervision and revalidation.
• As a practitioner, be able to prioritise and allocate work to other members of the skills mix team.
• Participate in safeguarding supervision, organisational and team meetings as required.
• Maintain professional awareness and attend and maintain updates for all mandatory and service specific training and appraisals.
• Identify and report risk as per organisational policy.
• Contribute to effective working in a changing environment as services develop, and to undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required within the remit of the Knowledge and Skills Framework for the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse or Midwife
• 1st level Registration Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse).

Desirable

• Mentorship Programme, e. g., supporting practice learning or equivalent.
• Evidence of further professional development

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of leadership experience or qualification
• Evidence of working with diverse or disadvantaged groups
• Evidence of working with Safeguarding children/adults and vulnerable adults
• Experience of working children, families, and young people

Desirable

• Evidence of delivering health promotion activities.
• Evidence of experience of project work using a multi-agency approach
• Experience of clinical supervision
• Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Able to co-ordinate skill mix teams
• Able to work effectively in a team, supporting others and challenging colleagues views and attitudes when necessary
• Able to assess a situation, set priorities and problem solve quickly and effectively.
• Understanding of equality and diversity, protected characteristics and neurodiversity.
• Knowledge of public health and the role of a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse-School Nurse.

Desirable

• Ability to develop and apply community development approaches and methodologies
• Experience of project management in practice.
• Knowledge or experience of mental health across the lifespan.
• 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).

City Care is an equal opportunities employer. We are positive about employing people with disabilities.