Health Care Assistant jobs in United Kingdom

Cambridgeshire Community Services and Norfolk Community Health and Care will merge to become one NHS Trust on 1st April 2026. We are committed to delivering high quality, patient centred care through collaboration, innovation and shared expertise, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are seeking highly motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurses to join our 0-19 Healthy Child Programme in Norfolk.

Are you a Health Visitor or a Health Visitor or School Nurse (SCPHN) willing to undertake the 3‑month preparation period in practice to migrate to the other specialism, including completion of the migratory portfolio in practice validated by Anglia Ruskin University? Then this could be the perfect role for you!

The successful applicants will work as part of a dynamic team leading delivery of our Healthy Child Programme. This will include implementing planned programmes of care and evaluating care delivered. Liaison with other agencies is also a key part of the role and will include consultations with professionals from other agencies. The contacts are delivered face to face to support the range of issues experienced by children and young people aged 0-19 and their families.

As part of the Healthy Child Programme, Specialist Community Public Health Nurses and Family Public Health Nurses work within a defined locality or within our Single Point of Access, assessing need, delegating work within the team, implementing planned programmes of care and evaluating care delivered.

The role is to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible Public Health programme to children, their families and communities, establishing links with the Early Childhood and Family Service, Early Years Settings, Early Help, other Health providers, communities and agencies (Education, School Services, Health and Voluntary organisations). To promote the physical and emotional well‑being of children, and young people, supporting them to establish good health now and in the future. To promote early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment, inclusion and the reduction of health inequalities to ensure children are supported to reach their full potential.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives. There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff – who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high‑quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading‑edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Wendy Simpson Job title: Team Leader Email address: wendy.simpson7@nhs.net Telephone number: 07783 886041. To support applications we welcome discussion and informal visits.