Specialist Public Health Practitioner School Nurse

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Rainworth CP; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Public Health Practitioner (School Nurse) to deliver universal and targeted health services for 5-19 year olds across Newark and Sherwood. The role emphasises leadership, collaboration, and driving to multiple community locations.

Applicants should hold a Specialist Practitioner Degree (School Nursing) and demonstrate SN practice experience, with strong communication and safeguarding skills. DBS costs apply.

Qualifications

• REGISTERED SCHOOL NURSE
• Teaching course/qualification
• Demonstrate SN practice experience
• Experience of working in multi disciplinary team and supervising junior staff
• Experience of mananging a team

Responsibilities

• Deliver the public health agenda for 5-19 children and families and deliver the Healthy Child Programme.
• Provide leadership to the 5-19 Healthy Family Team and support skill-mix development.
• Drive between venues as a community post and maintain strong partnership working with families.

Job description

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Public Health Practitioner School Nurse

The closing date is 20 October 2026

Care closer to home is becoming integral to the future of the NHS and the Community Health Services (CHS) Division of NottsHC are at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners in creating collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities and interventions in local communities, which meet the needs of our patients in the places they call home.

The division operates under three Units of Management providing an extensive portfolio of children’s, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical and non‑clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care.

Being part of an organisation as diverse as NottsHC provides you with great career development opportunities, to be innovative and gives you permission to grow both professionally and personally and really make a difference.

Main duties of the job

Newark and Sherwood District are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Public Health Practitioner, (School Nurse) to join our Integrated Healthy Families Team within the Locality. Care will be delivered in line with the National and Local guidelines and public health priorities.

You will work as part of a team to deliver universal and targeted health services to the 5-19 year population and will be responsible for the day to day management of this cohort of children across the District of Newark and Sherwood and to aid this you will be managing and supporting a skill mix team.

You will be expected to develop excellent partnership working relationships in order to provide seamless services to Children, Young people and their families. This is a dynamic role which will provide leadership and expertise across Universal Children’s Services within the 5-19 age group, being a expert resource to all staff including Health Visiting as appropriate.

You will support the team to embed and manage organisational changes.

This post requires a knowledgeable practitioner with excellent communication skills and a desire to develop their leadership and management skills. We offer a comprehensive induction package and a friendly, supportive working environment with excellent development opportunities. You must possess the Specialist Practitioner Degree (School Nursing)

The base for this post will be decided on successful appointment.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net‑zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

The role involves delivering the public health agenda for 5-19 children and families. Delivering the Healthy Child Programme to a defined population and a strong element of leadership to the skill mix within the 5-19 Healthy Family Team . This is a community post which will require a considerable amount of driving between venues.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Please note that this post does not meet the pay or skill level required for a Skilled worker visa.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Person Specification

Qualifications/Professional

• REGISTERED SCHOOL NURSE
• Teaching course/qualification
• Demonstrate SN practice experience
• Experience of working in multi disciplinary team and supervising junior staff
• Experience of mananging a team

knowledge/Skills/Aptitudes

• proven communication skills - written/oral & IT
• proven organisational and teaching skills
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team
• Flexible approach in working pattern
• Proven safeguarding/skills in safeguarding CYP
• Has aptitude to support change and transformation across services
• Experience of working with 5-19 age group
• leadership and caseload management ambitions and skills
• ability to use negotiating skills

Physical Requirements

• satisfactory health screening
• Ability to cope with demands of role

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum (pro rata for part time)