PHN Community Team Lead
The closing date is 14 July 2026

Job summary
Public Health Nursing 5-19 School Nursing Team Lead Dacorum and St Albans

Are you passionate about Public Health Nursing and the potential for impacting Children and Young People's long term health and wellbeing?

Do you have experience of working as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nursing) and the desire to facilitate and support the delivery of a high quality School Nursing service?

We have a vacancy for a Community Team Lead in the Public Health Nursing 5-19 service within the Dacorum and St Albans School Nursing Team. This is an ideal opening for those wishing to further their career and who have a desire to move into a leadership role within the School Nursing arena.

The 0-19 PHN service has recently been retained by HCT following competitive tender and is in a period of service mobilisation and development. This is an exciting opportunity to influence delivery of the service and empower staff through the change process

This is a permanent contract and there will be a robust support package available with professional development and training opportunities.

Proposed interview date: 21st July 2026

Main duties of the job

• Manage the day to day running of the team and offer support and guidance, including assessing staff coverage to minimise risk in covering the service
• Identify areas that are not performing as well as expected and act on this to find out why and rectify
• Appraisal and regular 1-1 meetings with staff that are direct reports
• Ensure delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and the elements included within this
• Ensure the set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are met
• Analyse team performance data on a regular basis
• Will work in partnership with the Family Support service and other partner agencies and professionals ensuring children and their families can access the same level of support
• Work with the 3 other School Nurse Community Team Leads across the county to ensure a high quality, consistent 5-19 service
• Be part of the 0-19 leadership team within Dacorum and St Albans to facilitate a seamless 0-19 Public Health Nursing service
• You must hold a full valid driving license and access to a car, to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010) to be able to travel efficiently around the local geographical area. Provide evidence that the vehicle is insured for business use.

About us

• Generous contributory pension
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• Special Leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts
• Will be offered a wide range of training opportunities
• Will have access to regular restorative and safeguarding supervision sessions to support your practice
• We strongly encourage you to visit us for an informal visit to meet the team and find out more about the service we provide.
• We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
• Our staff are proud to be Pioneering, Caring and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
• We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds.

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Details
Date posted: 02 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 812-26-JP-CYP-SNTL-WEST
Job locations: Pat Lewis Child Development Centre, Heath Lane, Hemel Hempstead ( additional base in St Albans), HP1 1TT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
To lead and supervise the members of the Public Health nursing team in the delivery of the 5-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP) and Public Health Nursing Programme in line with the Trust guidelines and public health priorities.

The post holder will work with Partners to identify population health needs and determine the level of need and support required. The post holder will represent the Public Health Nursing (PHN) 5-19 service at their areas liaison meetings e.g. Family Support Service meetings, Pastoral Leads meetings in schools and other appropriate meetings and give feedback information as required.

The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose. We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements for the post through robust and thorough interview and assessment.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• RN or RM qualification
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
• Nurse Prescriber V100,V150
• Degree 1st level

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Working in skill mix teams
• Report writing skills
• Caseload management
• Public health/Health promotion

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Leadership/Supervisory skills
• Clinical audit skills
• Gathering & analysing of performance data
• Team player

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Address: Pat Lewis Child Development Centre, Heath Lane, Hemel Hempstead ( additional base in St Albans), HP1 1TT, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.hct.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Community Service Lead
Jo Preston
joanne.preston8@nhs.net
07552289463