Specialist Nurse for Workforce Development and Education

Job Purpose

The post holder should have an enthusiasm for developing the future workforce and will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high-quality multiprofessional learning environments within the Trust.

The role will support delivery of education and workforce plans. Incorporating projects to develop new and innovative workforce solutions, creating and implementing development programmes and training materials, as well as planning and running community recruitment events.

The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse is an integral member of the Children’s team who utilises management skills to work in partnership with Children, Young Persons and Families, Education, Primary Care, and Children’s services in order to identify and address health needs in line with both local and government initiatives. To ensure that all health needs of vulnerable young people who are assessed as being at actual/ potential risk of harm.

Be responsible for the development of clear health care pathways with universal and specialist health service provision, across health provider boundaries to ensure that children and young people can access all services to meet their health needs. Key services will be Mental Health, Sexual Health, LAC, Maternity, Gynaecology, Sexual Abuse Referral Centre, Health Visiting, School Health and GP services.

Working within broad MCFT policies to deliver on the HCP (0–5) while maintaining the flexibility to prioritise individual needs, respond to emerging issues, and manage crises within the caseload.

Act as the accountable practitioner for the defined caseload, ensuring planned interventions are prioritised, delegated, and coordinated appropriately according to the skills and abilities of the support team.

Take responsibility for monitoring and evaluating all delegated work to maintain safe and effective practice.

Provide day‑to‑day supervision and coordination of the support team, assuming management responsibilities in the absence of the team leader.

Contribute to ongoing staff management, including appraisals, supporting junior staff with development plans, and assisting with recruitment and retention. Monitor, prioritise, and allocate client contact across the service, escalating resource concerns when demand exceeds capacity. Build and maintain strong working relationships with primary care, community services, education, and other partners to ensure a comprehensive, collaborative service for children and young people.

Support the setting and achievement of team objectives and complete required MCFT statistical returns, ensuring timely and accurate data entry.

Contribute to the development of clear health pathways and policies across universal and specialist services, ensuring children and young people can access the full range of support needed .

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicki Culley Job title: Operational Manager 0-5 Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07717206498