Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 19/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
“All band 2 roles are not eligible for sponsorship. The trust no longer supports HCSW band 3 roles with sponsorship”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
The Rotherham 0-19 Children's Public Health Nursing Service is seeking a dynamic and motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse for a 9-month fixed-term contract. This part-time role involves delivering high-quality public health nursing, focusing on positive health outcomes for children and families. The successful candidate will work autonomously and as part of an integrated team, contributing to the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality services to a caseload of babies, children, young people, and their families. Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential, along with a commitment to collaborative working and developing services.
Essential criteria
- Healthy child programme
- Clinical governance frameworks
- Professional Registration/PIN
- Current NMC registration
- Qualified Nurse RM or RN registered
- Registered with Public Health Nursing qualification
- Experience and training in Child and Adult Safeguarding
- Healthy child programme
- Clinical governance frameworks
- Professional Registration/PIN
- Current NMC registration
- Qualified Nurse RM or RN registered
- Registered with Public Health Nursing qualification
- Experience and training in Child and Adult Safeguarding
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 10d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
Full advert · preview
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
The closing date is 19 September 2026
Job summary
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
9 month fixed term contract
The Rotherham 0-19 Childrens Public Health Nursing Service are looking to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse with initiative and drive in order to deliver high quality public health nursing.
You should be able to demonstrate a commitment to collaborative working with a focus on the child, be committed to achieving positive health outcomes for children and families in Rotherham, as well as a keen interest in developing services.
You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills, be willing to facilitate and support change in service delivery, have the ability to work autonomously and as part of an integrated skill mix team. We offer flexible and agile working options.
An in depth knowledge of the current health agenda relating to children's services is essential.
The successful applicants will work in a well-supported team with close links to other professionals both internally and externally to the trust.
You will have an important role in recognising and protecting vulnerable children and liaising with our partner agencies.
The successful candidate will work across the 0-19 service en
Join the community to read the full pack, responsibilities and person-specification in one place.
Your seat is reserved — activate it
CareerHive is included with your CareerHive Skool community membership. If you haven't claimed your account yet, join the community (or sign in with the same email you joined with) to unlock the full advert, the apply link, HiveMind AI interview & application suite, your private vault, and daily sponsorship alerts.