Community Public Health Nurse ; SCPHN

Community Public Health Nurse 5-19 (SCPHN)

Closing date: 08 March 2026

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and flexible Community Public Health Nurse 5-19 (SCHPN) (formerly School Nurse) who enjoys the challenge of working with children and young people. 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, as part of the Portsmouth Public Health Nursing 5‑19 team based at Portsmouth civic centre.

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.

• To be the principal point of contact for schools within the area and to lead the development of co‑operative working arrangements with schools and their extended services that support healthy outcomes for children.
• To be the point of contact for allocated GP practices; working in partnership to deliver integrated care that supports healthy outcomes for children and families.
• To identify and assess children and families in need and to work in partnership with Education, Primary Care, Children’s Services, Voluntary Sector and other appropriate agencies to deliver integrated programmes of care within the local area.
• To provide a continuum of support according to need, improving outcomes for children by reducing health inequalities.

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 hospital‑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.

• Work within Hampshire Safeguarding Children’s Partnership and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (SHFT) policy and procedures, prioritising attendance at Case Conferences, reviews and planning meetings. To be responsible for the provision of case conference reports and court reports as required, contributing to safeguarding of all children and supporting the Early Help agenda.
• Work within the framework of the Baby Friendly Initiative for Sustaining Breastfeeding in the Community.
• Promote and enhance health and wellbeing to children and their families through assessment, implementation of individualised health care plans and evaluation of care.
• Identify and assess children with complex health needs, offering an enhanced integrated service within the multi‑agency arena, enhancing equality and opportunity for them.
• Be responsible for the quality and management of the RiO electronic patient record and data reporting system within the team.
• Promote and support an effective team ethos through excellent communication skills, so that team objectives are understood and achieved.
• Lead on induction for new staff and support students on placements within the service.
• Contribute to the development of SHFT clinical audits, policies, protocols and guidance for the 0‑19…