Job overview
*INTERNAL MPFT APPLICANTS ONLY*
We are looking for a proactive, innovative and autonomous practitioner, who is passionate about delivering the public health agenda. We have a full-time vacancy for a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: Health Visitor, within the Staffordshire 0-19 service, based in Tamworth.
The Families’ Health and Wellbeing Service (0-19) in Staffordshire offers an integrated, flexible and family focused service providing high quality, compassionate, personalised support and care to Children and Young People across Staffordshire. You will be part of a team delivering the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme for a varied, unique and diverse population, in a supportive skill mix team, working closely with our partner agencies across health, social care and the local authority. The successful applicant will need to work to the service specification and demonstrate the trust values at all times. You will be expected to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of all aspects of safeguarding children.
We are committed to supporting professional and personal development of our staff and have excellent training opportunities that align with our integrated 0-19 service.
The successful applicant must have the ability to travel independently within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
- Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner and have detailed professional and clinical knowledge. They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in public health across the 0-19 agenda.
- Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community and hospitals.
- Be skilled in the assessment of children and young people’s care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support packages.
- Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
- Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.
- Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management.
- To deliver commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring key objectives and outcomes are achieved.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information relating to this vacancy please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
SCPHN
Essential
- SCPHN
- Current NMC Registration
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This advert is for *INTERNAL APPS ONLY* 0-19 Public Health Practitioner - Health Visitor with Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Stafford, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Jul 2026.
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