Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)

Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse to work at Swanwick Lodge Secure Children's Home which cares for up to 10 young people who are held under section 25 of the Children's Act, on welfare placements. The home is owned and run by Hampshire County Council, who deliver the care and education for the young people in the home. Young people typically stay for around 6 months, but this can vary based on their individual needs.

The post holder will join an engaging, friendly and supportive team that is a valued resource within the home. The health and wellbeing team is commissioned separately to the care and education elements in the home, but we work together very closely with our integrated colleagues to understand and meet the needs of the young people. As part of integrated working our delivery is scaffolded by the SECURE STAIRS framework, and a central part of our role is to offer wellbeing support to the wider team including the delivery of training and a variety of reflective spaces. This is to promote a system wide, trauma informed approach to the understanding of the young people we are working with.

The post holder will need to have sound clinical knowledge and demonstrate managerial and leadership abilities.

Main duties of the job
The primary role of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) is to provide expert clinical public health leadership to the integrated health and wellbeing teams in order to ensure the quality of health service delivery to the young people within Swanwick Lodge is aligned with the requirements of the NHSE&I commissioned service including the Healthy Child Programme 0 -19 years, the Healthcare Standards for Children and Young People in Secure Settings (2019) and the Trust vision and values. Taking a whole setting approach, working in partnership with internal and external colleagues and partners, the role also provides clinical expertise in direct service provision and both clinical and safeguarding supervision to staff within teams.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

Details
Date posted: 21 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year. Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 348-CFS-12831
Job locations: Swanwick Lodge, Glen Road, off Swanwick Lane, Southampton, Hampshire, SO31 7HD, United Kingdom

Essential qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult, Child, MH or LD).
• BSc or equivalent Specialist Community Public Health Nurse; Health Visiting / School Nursing.
• Non-medical prescribing or willingness to undergo training.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Desirable qualifications

• Leadership /Management qualification.

Essential experience

• Experience of working with a partnership in a whole-setting approach.
• Clinical experience at senior level using effective decision making.
• Proven effective leadership experience.
• Proven safeguarding experience and experience of working with complex and vulnerable children/young people.
• Experience of delivering safeguarding and clinical supervision.

Essential additional criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of local and national policies and strategies for children/young people and families.
• Knowledge and understanding of public health programmes and interventions for children/young people and families.
• Knowledge and understanding of national safeguarding policy and local child protection guidelines.
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and CQC outcomes/standards in relation to children/young people.
• Knowledge and understanding of HR policies and procedures.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written including use of IT.
• Ability to deliver clinical and safeguarding supervision.
• Ability to work in partnership with both internal and external agencies.
• Ability to communicate with and engage vulnerable children/young people to deliver care in partnership.
• Ability to deliver a whole setting public health approach.
• Ability to innovate and deliver service change.

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.

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

Employer contact
Hiring Manager: Lucinda Chown, Lucinda.chown2@nhs.net, 01489581913

Closing date: 02 November 2026. Apply through our website

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