Public Health Nurse Development role: Sponsorship Available

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)

Job summary

Are you a registered nurse or midwife? Have you an interest in working with children and young people aged 0-19? If you are passionate about children, young people, families and working as part of a team that makes a difference to health outcomes, then this opportunity is for you.

As a service, the Child is central to what we do as we strive to improve health outcomes for the children, young people and their families who live in our community. We deliver early intervention, health promotion and build therapeutic relationships to empower families, children and young people to make the best choices.

The Public Health Nurse role is an opportunity to work within the Healthy Child Service and then as opportunity arises onto applying for the Health Visitor/School Nursing training.

The Healthy Child Service prides itself on our supportive, skill mixed team. You will receive regular 1-1s, safeguarding, caseload and management supervision, shared team learning and annual appraisals.

You will partake in regular whole team meetings where we value the voices of staff as paramount in the innovation of our service.

There are positions available in North Norfolk and East Norfolk.

Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close the advert anytime after 4th September 2026

Main duties of the job

You will be working within the skill mix delivering the Healthy Child Service in a variety of settings, including home and community venues.

You will be working closely with partner agencies and voluntary services to ensure that the right support is given at the right time to children, young people and families.

You will be identifying need and delivering support in conjunction with the wider skill mix.

You will be working with children on the Universal to specialist pathways which includes safeguarding and be supporting the most vulnerable families.

You will be delivering evidenced based practice in line with the NMC code, with an expectation to maintain knowledge and skills as a part of your ongoing professional development.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • Current NMC Registration
  • Evidence of degree level study in the last 2 years (or willingness to work towards)

Desirable

  • Mentor/998 or equivalent teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting
  • Experience of Safeguarding adults and/or children

Desirable

  • Experience of Mentoring
  • Experience of working in a community setting
  • Experience of working with children and their famillies

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • The clinical skills to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs
  • Current knowledge of local and national policies informing the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
  • Competent keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children
  • Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to act upon the principles and practice of health promotion
  • Able to plan and organise their work using time management and prioritisation skills and work independently
  • Ability to communicate effectively with children, parents and partner agencies
  • Ability to work flexibly as part of a team

Desirable

  • Experience with delivering healthcare interventions via digital platforms
  • Ability to use SystmOne

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 13 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.