Relief Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

February 22, 2024

Job Description


Job title: Relief Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Company: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Job description: To ensure continued provision of services we are seeking to recruit qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (Health Visitors and School Nurses) to work on a relief basis which in turn can offer flexible working opportunities to fit around your lifestyle.

About the post

You will be working as part of skill mix teams as and when needed to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to improve health and wellbeing and safeguard children, young people, and families across Barnsley. You will need to be a highly motivated, innovative, and adaptable practitioner who is committed to taking a child centred approach whilst undertaking clear and detailed assessments at both an individual and community level, including providing early interventions and support for children, young people and families and working in partnership with a range of services in the Borough.

In the role of relief SCPHN

You will need to be a current registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) with sound knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and related policies and pathways. You will need to be able to identify risk, assess, plan, and deliver care, providing evidenced based interventions to support improved outcomes for children, young people, and families. The ability to be flexible and support the needs of the service as and when required, including the ability to travel to a range of venues and settings is essential.

Why is it great to work in Barnsley.

Barnsley is a place of possibilities. Our Barnsley 2030 Strategy details how we will work together to make Barnsley the best place it can be. This is an exciting time to join us, and the team has strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, making our work more effective in meeting the needs of our population and tackling health inequalities.

Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. Our 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service is rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC. As part of our team, you can be sure we will do all we can to support you in being truly excellent, offering excellent training packages and regular supervision to enable you to have the right skills and undertake the duties of the role whilst working on a relief basis.

We offer working conditions that are flexible and agile that support good life work balance. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. There is so much happening in our thriving Borough and your talent and skills will help make Barnsley a place of possibilities.

If you would like to discuss further, please contact Tracy Letchford, Service Manager 07720031384, or email or Kaye Wright Healthy Child Programme Lead 07795390741 email

Expected salary:

Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire


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