Public Health Practitioner

Public Health Practitioner

The role is for a qualified registered nurse to join the Ashfield Healthy Family Teams. The nurse will work in community settings including Health Centres, Schools, Children’s Centres and clients’ homes to deliver the Universal Healthy Child Programme and Tier 1 targeted health services to the local 0‑19 age population.

• Support day‑to‑day management of a defined workload within a skilled and mixed team.
• Deliver public health, universal and targeted interventions—including safeguarding—across the 0‑19 years age range in line with the Healthy Child Programme, National and Local guidelines, and public health priorities.
• Provide clinical supervision to Assistant Public Health Practitioners, Healthy Child Assistants and Screening Assistants assigned to a defined geographical population.
• Promote health and tackle health inequalities using a partnership approach, working proactively with children, young people and families.
• Work with children, young people and families within a variety of settings, including homes, schools and community environments.
• Manage a defined caseload and collaborate with a skill‑mix team to maintain high quality professional standards of practice.

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Teaching qualification.
• Evidence of further professional development.

• Knowledge of current children and family health agenda.
• Strong written, oral and IT communication skills.
• Organisational skills: time management, record keeping, ability to prioritise.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Knowledge of local and national public health priorities.
• Understanding of the safeguarding children’s agenda.
• Trustworthy, open and honest.
• Interpersonal skills; reliable and professional.

• Ability to travel between locations.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

• Experience supervising junior staff.
• Previous experience working with children, young people and families.
• Community experience.

• All colleagues are expected to act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values:
  Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role, in line with the Trust’s EDI policy, and relevant human rights legislation.

This post requires a Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) as per the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

• Applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. The cost (£26.40 standard or £54.40 enhanced) will be deducted from salary over the first two months of employment.
• Applicants are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service (£16 per year).
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post, with reasonable adjustments for disabled individuals.

£32,073 to £39,043 per annum (pro rata for part time).