Community Public Health Staff Nurse

Overview

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The closing date is 15 February 2026

Are you motivated and keen to develop skills working with children and families? If so, this is an exciting time to be considering a career as a Community Public Health Staff Nurse 5-19 in Public Health Nursing 5-19 Service (formerly School Nursing) within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Children and Families Team. The Service supports school aged children in Education and our Home Learners in across Hampshire, you will contribute to assessment, planning and delivery of commissioned Public Health Services, as part of the Community Public Health Nursing 5-19 Team based at Aldershot Centre for Health.

If you are a registered NMC Nurse and looking to join a thriving, innovative and developing service which puts children, young people, and their families at its core, then this is the job for you. This role requires highly motivated and compassionate Community Public Health Staff Nurses who can demonstrate excellent communication skills, work as part of a skill mix team to enable the excellent delivery of commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme.

You will be required to work alongside partner agencies to achieve best health outcomes for school aged children and their families. The HIOW values are the foundation of everything we do and provide opportunities for ongoing learning and development for all staff through a robust induction program, comprehensive safeguarding and clinical supervision and training to support professional development.

The primary role of the Community Public Health Staff Nurse is to support in delivering the commissioned elements of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) (DH 2009) as a member of the Public Health Nursing 5-19 (formerly School Nursing). They will provide responsive, holistic, quality, family centred public health outcomes in line with the 4-5-6 model of the Healthy Child Programme including the high impact areas.

As this is a community based role candidates require a Full Uk driving Licence and access to a car

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert.

The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

• Registered Nurse (NMC)

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearbased on full time hours