Public Health Nurse (Cheshire East) in Macclesfield

Employer Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Watersgreen Medical Centre Town Macclesfield Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Public Health Nurse (Cheshire East)

Band 5

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Compassion
Supportive and caring, listeningto others.

Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Job overview

FULL TIME

Public Health Nurse, Band 5, North Team 0-19+ Cheshire East [covering Wilmslow Knutsford Poynton Disley and Macclesfield ]

We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse [Adult or child] to join our Cheshire East North TEAM 0-19+ team as a Full time Public Health Nurse, supporting the School Nurse team initially. The base is at Oakenclough family hub covering Macclesfield, Wilmlsow Knutsford Poynton and Disley. Supported by band 6 School Health Nurses you will be

Supporting the delivery of a public health offer to families, children and young people and delivering the Healthy Child Programme core offer. The role supports the School Nurse with young people who are subject to Child in Need/ Child protection and Cared for Children. 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 0-19 Public Health Nurse offer.

Managing a safeguarding caseload, including completing health assessments, contributing to multi agency meetings and completing reports. leading on targeted family helps and being in the team helping to support families through family help assessments.

Delegation and work planning/organisation

supporting the school nurses completing Health Needs assessments.

holding a caseload/ facilitating clinics.

Working for our organisation

The Cheshire East 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 Cheshire East North Team and to each other.

We have weekly safety huddles to support staff at the beginning of each day and monthly team meetings. Each member of staff has Clinical and Management supervision every 12 weeks or more often if required.

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will work as part of the 0-19 service, delivering public health offer across North Team working initially with the 5-19 age group.

The role also includes providing leadership to junior colleagues and new starters, organising/ work planning and delegation and chairing and attending meetings.

Please read the person specification and Job description prior to applying for this post.

Person specification

Qualifications and Professional Training

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of recent professional development
• Modules at level 6 – Public Health Related
• Solihull Approach trained
• Motivational Interviewing trained
• Immunisation training

Experience and Knowledge

• Knowledge of public Health Priorities
• Knowledge of child development
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues and working with vulnerable families
• Understanding of role within the public Health Team
• Previous experience or working in a community environment
• Two years post registration with 12 months community experience
• Experience of data collection for reports

Skills and Attributes

• Good verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to facilitate groups and discussions
• Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the service

Personal Qualities

• Access to a car for work purpose
• Commitment
• Vision
• Confident and approachable

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record system.

For further information explaining how we use your information in line with GDPR please see our ‘Guidance for applicants’ document under the section 'Additional documentation'.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.WCHC is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of disability, age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as aVeteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme . We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.

Further Information:

Closing Dates: Candidates are advised to apply early. The Trust reserves the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received.

Reference Information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/ education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.

Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.

Restricted Applications: Staff on the Trust's Redeployment Register will be given priority access to vacancies at their substantive band.

Flexible Working: Flexible working is very important to the Trust in both the provision of this to staff and also in staff supporting the provision of our services.

A.I. Tools: Please note, the selection processes at Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

English Language: In order to comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, we are required to ensure that all employees possess "the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English." If you have not studied at an English speaking institute, or do not possess an English language qualification, you should provide evidence in your application of how you meet this requirement.

Student Visas: Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Information: The cost of submitting and processing the DBS application for successful applicants will be met by the individual.For substantive employees, the DBS costs are recovered through salary deductions following commencement in post in 3 equal instalments.

For bank workers and individuals appointed to honorary positions that require a DBS check, the cost must be paid in advance via the Trusts payment link before a start date can be confirmed.

Please note that DBS fees and any associated administration charges are subject to periodic review and may change from time to time.

The cost of the DBS check would vary depending on the level required for the role:

The Trust would encourage all post holders who require a DBS for their role to registered with the DBS Update Service. You can find out more information and guidance on how to do this at DBS Update Service - GOV.UK

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.

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.

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