Public Health Nurse - St Helens

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; St Helens; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in St Helens is seeking a Public Health Nurse to join the 0-19 team. The role involves delivering the public health offer, managing a safeguarding caseload, and providing leadership within the team. The ideal candidate should hold an RN qualification and possess strong communication skills. This position offers flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working

Full-time and part-time options

Home or remote working

Qualifications

• 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.
• Delivering public health sessions in schools.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the public health offer in St Helens.
• Manage a safeguarding caseload, including health assessments and multiagency meetings.
• Provide leadership to junior colleagues and new starters.
• Organise work planning and delegation.

Skills

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

Education

RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM

Motivational Interviewing

Job description

Go back Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Public Health Nurse - St Helens

The closing date is 17 November 2025

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

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will work as part of the 0-19 service, delivering public health offer across St Helens.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Training

• RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM
• Motivational Interviewing

Experience and Knowledge

• 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.
• Delivering public health sessions in schools

Skills and Attributes

• 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

• 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.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working