Job summary
- Main area
- surgical
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 229-SUR-7804729
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Herefordshire (Countywide)
- Town
- Herefordshire
- Salary
- £24,465 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Public Health Support Worker - School Nursing
Band 2
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Job overview
We are excited to offer a new opportunity for a Public Health Support Worker to join our School Nursing team within Wye Valley NHS Trust. This role plays a vital part in supporting the delivery of key public health programmes for children and families across Herefordshire.
You will contribute to the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), assist with health promotion activities, and help ensure the smooth delivery of services through a range of administrative and organisational tasks. This is a rewarding role for someone who enjoys working with children, families, and communities, and who is passionate about improving health outcomes.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake and record basic health measurements, including weighing and measuring children as part of the National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP).
- Support School Nurses, Staff Nurses and School Nurse Assistants in the delivery of health promotion activities and intervention groups for children and parents.
- Assist in the preparation of delivery of health promotion sessions in schools which includes the arranging of resources for these sessions.
- Maintain high standards of quality in clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date.
- Participate in team meetings including allocation, supervision and business meetings where appropriate.
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To upload written communication to the child’s electronic patient record this can include police notifications, A&E notifications and other information.
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Support with administrative tasks associated with the National Childhood Measurement (NCMP) including booking sessions with schools and preparing/sending outcome letters
- Co-ordinate health promotion and training sessions with schools which will include booking sessions with schools and the associated admin tasks
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification - for more information on the role.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of having undertaken GCSE’s or equivalent
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- IT skills in MS Word and Excel or equivalent
- Ability to undertake training in local computer packages within the department area
- Time management skills, excellent telephone manner and ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Good communication skills with professionals, children, young people and their families
- Ability to follow instructions and recognise boundaries and when to seek advice/help
- Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously when needed
- Awareness of child protection procedures and policies
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working with children and young people
- Previous experience in a healthcare or school setting
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Commitment to continual learning and professional development
- Kindness and compassion
- To have a reassuring manner when communicating with children and their families
- Maintain professionalism
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Rhoades
- Job title
- Practice Lead School Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07817 107512
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