Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Community Public Health Nurse 5-19 (SCPHN)

The closing date is 08 March 2026

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

*To be the principal point of contact for schools within the area. To lead the development of co-operative working arrangements within these 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.

About us

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 hospitals 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

Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

348-CFS-10629

Job locations

Portsmouth Civic Offices

Guildhall Square

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO1 2GJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

*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. To support the Early Help agenda to ensure early intervention.

*Work within the framework of the Baby Friendly Initiative for Sustaining Breastfeeding in the Community.

*To promote and enhance health and wellbeing to children and their families through assessment, implementation of individualised health care plans and evaluation of care.

*To identify and assess children with complex health needs, offering an enhanced integrated service within the multi-agency arena, enhancing equality and opportunity for them.

*To 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 the use of 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 service and ensure that individuals within the team are aware of them.

*Take responsibility for own personal and professional development; maintain competence, knowledge and skills commensurate with role.

*Accountable for own actions and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice and support as necessary.

Provide effective leadership and management to staff which promotes high performance standards both individually and as a team, in the achievement of the Service and Trust's objectives and priorities.

The Trust's success will be dependent on all managers playing an active role to make sure the existing areas of good employment practice are universally embedded within the organisation. Managers will be expected to:

*Understand the Trust's key priorities and those for Children's Division.

*Complete Annual Appraisals for all your staff which reflect these priorities. Provide management supervision at 3 monthly intervals.

*Value and treat your team equally.

*Support the Clinical Team Lead in leading change within the service.

*Deputise for the Clinical Team Lead as required. To include leading staff team meetings and attendance at CTL meetings.

*Ensure management of staff is consistent with the Trust's HR Policies to the achievement of equality, equity and optimum performance.

*Lead on values-based recruitment and selection of staff.

*Manage environmental, social and financial resources in a way that is consistent with the Trust's Sustainable Development Strategy.

Is required to visit children and families in their own home, community, and trust venues. Undertake home visits in line with the Lone Working Policy.

Provides and receives complex, sensitive information to patients/relatives and colleagues and with empathy, persuasion and reassurance and ensure information is clearly understood, where there maybe barriers to understanding

Actively listens, drawing out information and checks understanding.

Empathises with others and considers their needs and feelings.

Able to deal with frequent emotional or distressing circumstances.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.