Public Health Nurse Development Role
| Posting date: | 04 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | £32,073.00 to £39,043.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £32073.00 - £39043.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2026 |
| Location: | North Walsham, NR28 0AS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9448-26-0185 |
Summary
As part of the Healthy Child Service 0-19 team, the Public Health Nurse will be supported to work within a defined area, assessing need, delegating work within the team, implementing planned programmes of care and evaluating care delivered. The post holder will develop the skills to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible Public Health Service for children, their families and communities. Their role is to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic, and accessible Public Health Service to children aged 0-19, their families and communities, establishing links with children, families, schools, communities and agencies (Education, School Services, Health and Voluntary organisations). Working on early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment and inclusion, to reduce health inequalities and ensure children are supported to reach their full potential. Main Duties and Responsibilities To work as part of a multidisciplinary 0-19 team to identify the health needs of children and young people, their families and the community and contribute to developing a strategy to address individual identified needs as well as those needs within the community. To be committed to maintaining an evidence-based work ethic through continual learning and professional development. Post holder will be encouraged to develop professionally including consideration of the SCPHN course. To develop further their core skills of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to provide early intervention and care to families, children and young people in line with our commissioned service. To support families through a range of methods including home visits, digital or in person drop-in clinics, virtual and phone contacts to assess the needs of children and their families. To work as part of the locality team to support children, young people and families who are vulnerable or at risk. Post holders should ensure that they are compliant with safeguarding mandatory training and that they are aware of local safeguarding policies and procedures and how to access these. To support other localities as required, including Just One Number, to ensure that all relevant clinical skills are developed, and to maintain effective working relationships and continuity of services. To work with, promote and support families to access the Norfolk Family Hub offer. To develop skills to promote the use of digital resources on Just One Norfolk during all contacts with service users to enhance self-care skills for children, young people, and their families. To take responsibility for their own clinical practice including supervision and to adhere to the NMC code. To contribute to the development of local policies and procedures relevant to their area of work and contribute to relevant service design projects. To develop the skills to utilise virtual platforms in assessments, interventions, training, and networking to support effective practice and partnership working. Within this role you will need to travel as an independent practitioner on a daily basis, across Norfolk which involves both rural and urban travel. The nature of our work does result in travel arrangements changing at short notice. Due to the large geography our service covers and the limitations of sufficient public transport to undertake this role you must hold a full and current driving licence and have access to your own transport. This is subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, and therefore if the post holder requires a reasonable adjustment due to a disability then this will be considered. Post holders will be willing to undertake training to be an assessor and supervisor to enable them to support pre registration students on placement within the service. Post holder will ensure that they maintain compliance with this requirement. Collaboratively facilitate in delivering our Pathway to Parenting (P2P) programme to expectant parents in the community.