Specialist Community Public Health Nurses / Health Visitors

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent seeks Specialist Community Public Health Nurses/Health Visitors to join the Children's and Families Care Group. This role involves providing care across various locations, assessing child and family needs, and ensuring high standards of service delivery. Ideal candidates will demonstrate teamwork, initiative, and creativity in problem-solving, contributing to the Healthy Child Programme. We value diversity and commitment to community health improvement, offering support and development for all staff.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Ongoing training and support

Responsibilities

• Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner with clinical knowledge.
• Be responsible for a defined population of service users in various settings.
• Skilled in assessing care/support needs and developing care packages.
• Have supervisory and leadership responsibilities where appropriate.
• Demonstrate initiative in solving problems.
• Work with team leader on delegated management tasks.
• Deliver aspects of the Healthy Child Programme ensuring objectives are met.

Job description

Overview

Due to new funding, we are excited to offer a number of new roles for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses / Health Visitors. The vacancies are across 3 locations across Stoke on Trent:

• Central Locality
• North locality
• Southeast locality

The posts will be part of the Children's and Families Care Group and the Universal Services function, and you will work in a variety of settings. The primary aim of the 0-19 Integrated Health Visiting and School Nursing Service is to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to children, young people and families across Stoke-on-Trent.

This is a dynamic post that requires you to work closely with uni/multi-disciplinary teams/agencies in addressing a range of care/support issues across the spectrum of conditions, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and improving the health and wellbeing of the population served.

You will work alongside the Team Leaders and Professional Lead to ensure synergy across the localities. This will ensure that services are delivered to a high standard that are accessible and demonstrate a commitment to equality and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner and have detailed professional and clinical knowledge. They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in public health across the 0-19 agenda.
• Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community and hospitals.
• Be skilled in the assessment of children and young people's care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support packages.
• Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
• Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.
• Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management.
• To deliver commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring key objectives and outcomes are achieved.

About Our Trust

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities. We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non‑clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.