Public Health Nurse (Wirral)

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Public Health Nurse (Wirral)The closing date is 02 October 2025

Do you fancy a career with an award winning integrated health and care NHS Foundation Trust?

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens and Knowsley.

Main duties of the jobWe take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.

You will work as part of an integrated 0-25 team and will be required to support the full delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. You will also be responsible for supporting the universal partnership and partnership plus families.

We work closely with our commissioners and partners to deliver the best possible services for the children, young people and families.

If you are an enthusiastic and forward thinking nurse who wants to make a real difference to children and their families then this could be the opportunity you have been looking for, offering a variety of work to the successful candidate that will include public health and safeguarding.

You should possess excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills together with an ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. An in-depth knowledge of the current health agenda relating to children''s services is essential.

About usYou will be joining a proactive skill mixed team working together to deliver the Healthy Child Programme. As part of the 0-25 Service which includes Health Visiting and School nursing you will be working closely with other local statutory, health and voluntary agencies to provide accessible, person centred packages of care in response to individual and local need.

As a Trust, we provide extensive continuous professional development opportunities through a diverse range of learning solutions, including virtual and face-to-face events, webinars and action learning sets.

We value our staff so much, which is why we offer an extensive range of employee benefits including:

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Vivup platform offering a range of fantastic financial benefits: salary sacrifice on home and technology purchases, staff discounts from major retailers including supermarkets and leisure.

Health and wellbeing: Occupational Health service, fast-track physio, Health Assured - free confidential advice and support service available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and confidential counselling service, access to the Cheshire and Merseyside Resilience Hub

Wagestream - instant access to a percentage of your pay, without needing to wait for payday.

Find out more about the many benefits of joining the Trust on our website.

Job responsibilitiesApplications are welcomed from experienced nurses however some previous experience of working within a community environment would be beneficial. We have an established preceptorship programme in place and you will be well supported by your manager and colleagues and valued in your role. We offer opportunities for personal and professional development and you will receive regular appraisal, clinical and safeguarding supervision.

Person SpecificationQualifications and professional training

Registered Nurse (Adult/Child)

Evidence of recent professional development

Modules at level 6 - Public Health Related

Solihull Approach trained

Motivational Interviewing trained

Immunisation training

Experience and knowledge

Knowledge of Public Health Priorities

Knowledge of child development

Knowledge of safeguarding issues and working with vulnerable families

Understanding of role within the Public Health Team

Two years post registration with 12 months community experience

Experience of data collection for reports

Previous experience of working in a community environment

Skills and attributes

Good verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills

Ability to use email, internet and word processing software

Ability to work as part of a team and independently

Effective interpersonal skills

Good organisational and time management skills

Ability to facilitate groups and discussions

Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the service

Commitment

Vision

Access to a car for work purposes

Confident and approachable

Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.

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