Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Position: Specialist Community Public Health Nurse 5-19
# Specialist Community Public Health Nurse 5-19
** The closing date is 26th Jul 2026**## Job summary

The New Forest & Romsey Public Health Nursing 5-19 Service ( formerly School Nursing) based at Tatchbury Mount is looking for a enthusiastic and flexible Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) who enjoys the challenge of working with Children and Young People. There is an opportunity for both Full-time and Part-time hours (30hpw) with this position and we would be happy to discuss at interview.
You will work from a variety of settings including schools, partner agencies and homes working flexibly and creatively to best engage and meet the diverse health needs of the 5-19 population across the New Forest and Romsey area, supporting the wider Hampshire Public Health Nursing 5-19 service. You will lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (DH 2009) within the locality and provide professional leadership to a skill mix team to enable the efficient and effective delivery of the commissioned service, improving outcomes for Children and Young People in Hampshire.

## Main duties, tasks & skills required

The primary role of the Community Public Health Nurse 5-19 (SCPHN) is to lead delivery of the commissioned elements of the Healthy Child Programme (DH 2009) including the 0-19 (Health Visiting and School Nursing) High Impact Areas.
The role includes providing clinical leadership and management support to Community Public Health Staff Nurse 5-19, Community Public Health Advisors and Community Public Health Assistants 5-19 to support the delivery of a quality 0-19 public health service in Hampshire. ##

About us 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 ## Job description

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. ## Person specification ### Qualifications #### Essential Registered Nurse and/or MidwifeBSc/PGDipHons Public Health Specialist Practitioner (School Nursing) or equivalent (NMC Registered Part
3)
Full UK Driving Licence (and access to a car) business use car insurance ### 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.

### UK Professional Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.### For help with your application, contact:

Sarah Horswellsarah.horswell1### Pay scheme

Agenda for Change ### Band Band 6 ### Salary £39959.00  to £48117.00 Yearly ### Contract Permanent ### Working pattern

Part-Time, Full-Time ### Reference number
348-CFS-11782 ### Job locations

Tatchbury Mount   Calmore   Southampton   Hampshire   SO40 2RZ

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