GRTN Project Lead (2 Year Fixed Term Secondment)

Job summary

Are you an experienced and motivated leader with a passion for driving service improvement and delivering meaningful change? We are looking for an enthusiastic GRTN Project Lead to join our team on a two-year fixed-term basis. You will lead a targeted project to improve engagement, access, and health outcomes for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Nomadic (GRTN) communities across Wiltshire. This role will focus on building trusted relationships with GRTN families and strengthening connections between communities and PHNS. The post holder will support equitable access to the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) by developing culturally sensitive approaches, co-produced resources, and tailored service delivery models The overarching aim is to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for children, young people and families within GRTN communities This work aligns with the NHS Core20PLUS5 framework, prioritising health inclusion groups and reducing health inequalities.

Main duties of the job

Are you an experienced and motivated leader with a passion for driving service improvement and delivering meaningful change? We are looking for an enthusiastic GRTN Project Lead to join our team on a two-year fixed-term basis. You will lead a targeted project to improve engagement, access, and health outcomes for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Nomadic (GRTN) communities across Wiltshire. This role will focus on building trusted relationships with GRTN families and strengthening connections between communities and PHNS. The post holder will support equitable access to the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) by developing culturally sensitive approaches, co-produced resources, and tailored service delivery models. The overarching aim is to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for children, young people and families within GRTN communities. This work aligns with the NHS Core20PLUS5 framework, prioritising health inclusion groups and reducing health inequalities.

About us

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.

Details

• Date posted: 22 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1529146446
• Job locations: HCRG Care Group, Trowbridge, BA14 0XG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you an experienced and motivated leader with a passion for driving service improvement and delivering meaningful change? We are looking for an enthusiastic GRTN Project Lead to join our team on a two-year fixed-term basis.

You will lead a targeted project to improve engagement, access, and health outcomes for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Nomadic (GRTN) communities across Wiltshire.

This role will focus on building trusted relationships with GRTN families and strengthening connections between communities and PHNS. The post holder will support equitable access to the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) by developing culturally sensitive approaches, co-produced resources, and tailored service delivery models

The overarching aim is to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for children, young people and families within GRTN communities

This work aligns with the NHS Core20PLUS5 framework, prioritising health inclusion groups and reducing health inequalities.

Main Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for leading and delivering a defined two-year public health project to improve engagement, access to services, and health outcomes for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Nomadic (GRTN) communities across Wiltshire.
• The role will focus on building trusted relationships with communities, improving equitable access to the Healthy Child Programme, and developing and embedding culturally appropriate, co-produced approaches to service delivery.
• You will also contribute to reducing health inequalities through partnership working, workforce development, data monitoring, and evaluation of project outcomes to inform sustainable service improvement.

Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.

The ideal candidate will have -

Essential:

• SCPHN qualification (Health Visitor or School Nurse) NMC registered.
• Experience working within Public Health Nursing / Healthy Child Programme
• Experience of working with vulnerable or marginalised groups
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Experience of engagement and relationship-building with families

Desirable:

• Experience working with GRTN or inclusion health groups
• Experience in service development or project work
• Experience of co-production or community engagement initiatives

Please see the job description attached for the full person specification.

Package Description

As a GRTN Project Leadyou will be part of our valued team in our 0-19 Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, wesupportcommunities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We'recommittedto equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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