Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

The closing date is 28 September 2025

Job summary

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week. Come and be part of a dynamic and evolving Health Visiting team within the 0-19 service in Gloucestershire. We have vacancies for qualified Health Visitors and are looking for enthusiastic and motivated professionals to join our existing team.

As Health Visitors, we all know that prevention is key and within Gloucestershire this is always at the forefront!

You can be part of a skill mix team which includes Community Nursery Nurses, Public Health Nurses and Student Health Visitors, led and supported by locality Health Visiting Team Leaders, with strong support from our safeguarding colleagues. In addition we also offer reflective supervision and are always looking for innovative ways to support colleagues in providing this vital role.

If you would like any further information in regards to this post please do not hesitate to get in touch with us, we look forward to hearing from you.

We appreciate your enthusiasm. But, If you have previously been unsuccessful, please refrain from re-applying.

Main duties of the job

As part of a skill mix team, the SCPHN HV will lead the delivery of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme and deliver the personalised level of service identified through a high quality needs analysis.
To work with guidelines of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and to follow local protocols and policy guidelines.
Safeguarding: Adults and Children(Section 11 of the Children Act 2004)

Safeguarding: Adults (Care Act 2014) and Children (Section 11 of the Children Act 2004)
Every member of staff has a responsibility to be aware of and follow at all times, the relevant national and local policy in relation to safeguarding children and safeguarding adults. This includes keeping up to date with relevant training and seeking supervision.
The post holder will be expected to work in line with the Trust values which are:
- Working together
- Always improving
- Respectful and kind
- Making a difference

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Date posted

22 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-25-793

Job locations

Tewkesbury Community Clinic

38 Barton Road

Tewkesbury

GL20 5QL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

To provide and maintain evidence-based specialist care adapted to meet the needs of a defined community population to ensure that service users receive appropriate intervention, maintaining the standards set at local and national level.

To be responsible for negotiating individual and family healthcare plans with service users, continually assessing and evaluating to ensure that agreed outcomes are adequately met.

To work in partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team and statutory and voluntary agencies in planning, delivering and evaluating care to improve outcomes for service users.

To work in collaboration with the Public Health Directorate to identify and analyse local health needs and areas for development.

To identify and disseminate relevant research findings within health visiting practice.

To base health visiting practice on accepted research findings and participate in local audit and research projects.

To prioritise workload, managing time and caseload effectively, appraising standards of practice.

To be professionally accountable for the work delegated to other members of the skill-mix team according to their competencies and workload.

To take responsibility for assessment of complex care needs, develop and implement programs of care including diagnosing and prescribing treatments (from NPF) comparing a range of options.

To promote a high uptake of immunisation and vaccination programs.

To be professionally accountable for nurse prescribing if an appropriate qualification is held.

To oversee the delivery of the universal Child Health Promotion program.

To carry out health reviews and refer to other agencies and clinical specialists, e.g. paediatricians, Social Services and speech and language therapists where appropriate.

To accept appropriate referrals from other agencies and health professionals and assess, plan and deliver care to the individual or group.

To provide advice at Child Protection case conferences, court and children in need reviews.

To authorise the request of court statements and compile child protection reports from electronic records.

To attend and participate in professional and multi-agency meetings and promote team working.

To be proactive in identifying and referring children and families where assessment identifies evidence of physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect.

To act at all times within the guidelines produced by the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children, based on national recommendations and research and participate in multi- agency child protection procedures.

To act at all times within the Benchmarks, Protocols, Clinical Policies and Pathways issued by Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust.

To participate in working groups for service development, protocol and clinical policy development.

To develop and facilitate public health initiatives and health promotional activities to deliver national and local objectives.

To maintain accurate, factual and contemporaneous records in line with NMC guidelines and local policy.