Community Public Health Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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.
Role summary
This is a unique opportunity for a Band 5 Community Public Health Nurse to join the 5-19 service in South Derbyshire and South Dales. The role involves working with children and families in schools and homes to improve health and social outcomes, with a focus on promoting healthy lifestyles and addressing youth smoking/vaping. Applicants should be registered nurses, ideally with post-qualification experience, who are motivated, organised, and able to work autonomously and as part of a team. The position offers supportive mentorship, supervision, and professional development.
Essential criteria
- First level registered General Nurse/ Children's Nurse.
- NMC Registration
- Recent evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Previous Community Experience
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- Experience and Knowledge
- The ability to communicate and effectively at a variety of levels.
- Ability to work on own and as part of a team
- Ability to influence and motivate others
- Planning and organisational skills
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to public health and service user groups.
- Experience of working with children/young people on health related issues.
- Knowledge of safeguarding children procedures.
- Experience of delivering training
- Awareness of the principle of clinical governance/audit.
- Post registration experience
- Understanding and awareness of the public health high impact areas and agenda
- Aptitude
- To be motivated and have the ability to motivate others.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills.
- To be able to adopt a problem solving attitude.
- Evidence of delivering public health initiatives
- Clinical leadership skills
- Values, drivers, motivators
- Have the ability to travel between different locations as part of daily duties
- IT Skills
- Knowledge of IT programmes for example Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Experience of working with electronic patient records, the associated record keeping policies and standards and the Caldecott principles.
- Experience in interpreting data to inform practice.
- Knowledge of using social media.
- Qualifications and Training
- First level registered General Nurse/ Children's Nurse.
- NMC Registration
- Recent evidence of CPD
- Previous Community Experience
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- Experience and Knowledge
- The ability to communicate and effectively at a variety of levels.
- Ability to work on own and as part of a team
- Ability to influence and motivate others
- Planning and organisational skills
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to public health and service user groups.
- Experience of working with children/young people on health related issues.
- Knowledge of safeguarding children procedures.
- Experience of delivering training
- Awareness of the principle of clinical governance/audit.
- Post registration experience
- Understanding and awareness of the public health high impact areas and agenda
- Aptitude
- To be motivated and have the ability to motivate others.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills.
- To be able to adopt a problem solving attitude.
- Evidence of delivering public health initiatives
- Clinical leadership skills
- Values, drivers, motivators
- Have the ability to travel between different locations as part of daily duties
- IT Skills
- Knowledge of IT programmes for example Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Experience of working with electronic patient records, the associated record keeping policies and standards and the Caldecott principles.
- Experience in interpreting data to inform practice.
- Knowledge of using social media.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 8d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
A unique opportunity awaits to join the South Derbyshire and South Dales Children's service as a Band 5 Community Public Health Nurse within the 5-19 service.
We are a fast paced, innovative, dedicated team that requires skills including a positive attitude, flexibility, and the ability to communicate effectively. You will also need to be motivated, well organised and able to work on your own initiative and be a team player.
You will have a passion for promoting public health and supporting children, young people and their families to adopt healthy lifestyles. With a particular interest around Youth Smoking and Vaping cessation.
Applications are welcome from registered nurses, ideally with post-qualification experience, and an interest in developing their skills in working with children and their families within a community public health and multi-agency environment.
We can offer supportive mentorship arrangements, regular clinical and safeguarding supervision as well as ensuring support with continuing professional development.
Main duties of the job
Our Public Health Nurses work with children and their families both in schools and in the home environment to improve health and social outcomes and make a real difference in a true multi-agency environment. Applicants must be confident in working autonomously as well as part of a team, in a variety of envir
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