Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nursing

Job summary
Join Our Dynamic Team in a School Health District

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and young people? We're seeking dedicated professionals to work within a vibrant School Health District, serving an exciting cluster of schools.

Your Role:

• Lead and manage a diverse caseload with a proactive, public health approach
• Deliver high-quality services that enhance the physical and mental well-being of school-aged children and their families
• Collaborate with school staff, families, and community partners to create a healthier, happier school environment

Why Join Us?
Be part of a supportive team committed to positive change. Use your skills to promote lifelong health and resilience among young people, shaping a brighter future for our community.

Main duties of the job
Exciting Opportunity to Lead in Children's Public Health

Join our Universal Team as a key leader in delivering the Healthy Child Programme 5-19. Your role will be vital in coordinating and implementing impactful public health interventions across designated schools, under the guidance of the Team Leader.

What You'll Do:

• Lead the delivery of health screenings, surveillance, and assessments
• Monitor immunisation status to ensure children are protected
• Support the health and wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people within your caseload
• Collaborate with schools and community partners to promote healthy development

Workplace Flexibility:
As part of the Integrated Children & Families Service across Oldham, you'll work from a central administrative base, with opportunities to deliver services from various locations based on the needs of the community and service.

Why Join Us?
Make a lasting impact on children's health and growth, working in a dynamic environment where your expertise can truly make a difference.

About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Details
Date posted: 23 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Pro-rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number: 236-UEC-NM798-26-A
Job locations: Stanley Road Family Hub, Derby Street Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 7HX, United Kingdom

Essential qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (RN, RSCN)
• Mentorship qualification
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN SN pathway)

Desirable qualifications

• Family Planning/Sexual Health

Essential knowledge, training and experience

• Mentorship qualification
• Experience of working collaboratively across teams, agencies and organisational boundaries.
• Experience of working in the community with children, young people and their families
• Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
• Experience of working with vulnerable children
• Multidisciplinary/multiagency working
• Clinical supervision/preceptorship
• Experience of managing teams
• Working understanding of the Healthy Child Programme
• Knowledge and understanding of national and local current Public Health outcomes and inequalities

Desirable knowledge, training and experience

• Experience of managing staff following HR management procedures e.g experience in managing sickness

Essential skills and abilities

• Evidence of continuing professional development and reflective practice to improve own skills, practice, and subject knowledge
• Understand the potential effects of, and how to prepare and support children through, transitions and significant events in their lives
• Demonstrate leadership skills
• Has working knowledge of Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with children and young people and professionals about a wide variety of issues
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload and without direct supervision
• Demonstrates ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to communicate unpleasant and highly sensitive information
• Takes responsibility for caseload
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy relating to specialist area
• Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care
• Awareness of public health issues relating to school aged children and their families
• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service need

Desirable skills and abilities

• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Stanley Road Family Hub, Derby Street Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 7HX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Public Health Team Leader, Charlotte Stott, charlotte.stott2@nca.nhs.uk, 07706715758

The NCA is committed to providing inclusive, accessible care and building a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, identities and beliefs. Vacancies may close early where high application volumes are received or an internal redeployee is identified.