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Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust – Public Health Staff Nurse 5-19

The closing date is 29 September 2025

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Public Health Community Staff Nurse 5-19 School Nursing West Dacorum and St Albans

An exciting opportunity has arisen for dynamic and motivated Band 5 Public Health Staff Nurses to work within the School Nursing Team based in West Hertfordshire. We are looking for a Band 5 who is able to work autonomously and manage their own caseload, but who can also work as part of a team. We are looking for Public Health Staff Nurses to join our workforce to deliver high quality care to our service users in an integrated model with Family Support Services. As well as working with individual children and young people, our focus is on developing local public health plans with schools and the wider community. Please see Job Description and person specification for full details. Ideally you would be able to drive, have access to a car for business purposes and be willing to travel across Hertfordshire.

Proposed interview date: 10-Oct-2025

You will:

• be a skilled team player working in a skill mix team under the guidance of a Specialist Practitioner (5-19) as well as being able to work autonomously.
• have excellent communication skills to use with a variety of clients, professionals & staff.
• have a full valid driving license and access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

HCT Public Health Nursing Team 5-19 is an innovative service that uses electronic health assessments at key stages to help identify individuals requiring early intervention pathways and determine public health needs of local communities. HCT also uses Chat health text messaging service and has implemented two health websites for use by children, young people, families & professionals. The service is committed to mobile working and experience of electronic record keeping would be an advantage, although full training will be given.

Informal discussions welcome.

• A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.
• You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.
• We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.
• Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.
• HCT offers a Preceptorship programme for newly qualified practitioners and international recruited staff to support their transition to autonomous, confident and competent practice. The programme covers topics such as patient safety, communications skills, safeguarding, quality improvement, leadership and management, with regular meetings with a preceptor and AHP Preceptorship lead.
• We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.

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19 September 2025

Agenda for change

Band 5

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata

Fixed term

5 months

Full-time, Part-time

812-25-LS-STADAC-FTC

Pat Lewis Child Development Centre
Heath Lane
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1TT

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Pat Lewis Child Development Centre
Heath Lane
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1TT

Public Health Nurse Team Lead
Lisa Stachini
lisa.stachini1@nhs.net
07717362308