Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nurse

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nurse Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Southport, United Kingdom Job summary

The post holders will provide universal and targeted support within a defined skill mix team to deliver The Healthy Child Programme across the school aged population in Sefton.

The post holder will work collaboratively with partner agencies across the spectrum of education / social care and non - statutory organisations.

The successful candidates will hold case responsibility for identified cohorts of children and young people across the continuum of need. This is inclusive of children / young people in main stream / alternate education, pupil referral units and elective home education.

Applicants must hold current NMC registration as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Health) - that is registered with the NMC.

• To work in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations in the delivery of quality, integrated services to school age children, their parents and carers.
• To provide proactive and responsive services, delivered flexibly across a range of settings to meet service user need.
• To provide leadership within the team, acting as a positive role model for junior staff by demonstrating excellent standards of practice.
• To undertake a mentorship role to a range of students on placement within the service and as a preceptor in support of new staff members.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Date posted: 20 July 2026

Pay scheme:
Agenda for change

Band:
Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year, pro rata / per annum

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Part-time

Reference number: 350-CC8131643

Job locations:
Hampton Road Clinic, 156 Hampton Road, Southport, PR8 5DJ
, United Kingdom

• Work with individuals, families, carers, communities, Primary Healthcare Teams and other agencies to undertake a comprehensive specialist assessment of patients / service users in order to inform a personalised plan of care / intervention.
• Manage clinical caseloads efficiently and effectively.
• Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme using specialist assessment, reasoning and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and a range of treatment options.
• Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes using an accepted/ appropriate range of techniques as required.
• To demonstrate the promotion of healthy lifestyle practices to the general public by the utilisation of teaching skills.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Where indicated and following completion of the relevant training the practitioner will act as a non-medical prescriber, at all times working within their sphere of clinical practice.

• To demonstrate leadership by means of:
  Delivering change within sphere of practice, when and where indicated, to improve…