Req ID: 6353
Directorate: Adults and Public Health
Categories: Public Health
Locations: Harrow, United Kingdom
Position Type: ['Fixed-term']
Full/Part-time: Full Time
Hours per week: ['36']
Closing Date: 10/11/2026
This is an exciting opportunity to join Harrow Council’s Public Health team as a Public Health Disease Prevention Nurse, playing a key role in improving the health and wellbeing of residents across the borough.
This role is ideally suited to a candidate with experience of community work like a district nurse, health visitor, school nurse, nurse for safeguarding who is looking for an exciting new challenge. This is a new role that you can shape and make your own. You will have a high degree of autonomy and the chance to have a life-changing impact on thousands of patients in Harrow. We carry out up to 8,000 NHS Health Checks a year.
Focussed on working through others, influencing, training and sharing best practice rather than direct patient care, you will support the development of skills, confidence and capacity within primary care to ensure Harrow patients receive a high quality NHS Health Check and lifestyle advice. Through this work, you will help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, prevent long-term conditions and encourage healthier lifestyles across Harrow’s communities. While the role has a significant focus on NHS Health Checks, you will be a key link between public health, the Borough Based Partnership and adult social care and our partners in primary care on a range of topics and will get involved in a number of projects and initiatives.
The role will bring together all your skills as a nurse, a trainer, a diplomat, a strategic thinker and influencer, a leader, a practice assessor, a clinician and teacher.
A typical day might include visiting a couple of the 31 GP practices in the borough, getting to know the staff, observing an NHS Health Check and any resolving problems and queries that you find. You will act as an important bridge between the local authority and primary care, feeding back common issues and opportunities identified through conversations with practices and helping to develop borough-wide approaches where appropriate.
As a specialist public health resource, you will lead the development, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based training, education and quality improvement initiatives. By using data, research and best practice, you will help drive improvements in service delivery, address health inequalities and ensure that programmes meet the diverse needs of Harrow’s population.
This rewarding role offers the opportunity to influence positive change across the local health and care system and make a lasting impact on population health. You will work collaboratively with a wide range of partners to promote culturally competent, compassionate and evidence-based approaches to behaviour change and disease prevention. Harrow Council is committed to continuous improvement, professional development and delivering excellent services, making this an ideal opportunity for an experienced and motivated nurse who is passionate about prevention, partnership working and improving health outcomes for local residents.
We are committed to supporting your professional development. The successful candidate will benefit from regular professional supervision from an experienced nurse, access to ongoing learning opportunities, and support to maintain professional standards and practice.
In addition, applicants who are existing NHS Pension Scheme members will be able to retain membership of the Scheme if they wish, subject to NHS Pension Scheme eligibility requirements.
Provisional Interview date: Friday 20th November 2026. Interviews will be in person at Harrow Council Hub, Forward Drive, Harrow, HA3 8FL.
The successful candidate will be able to:
If you are considering applying, you are welcome to contact Jonathan Hill-Brown, jonathan.hill-brown@harrow.gov.uk, for an informal chat.
For more information, please refer to the Role profile/ selection criteria
We are the London Borough of Harrow.
Rich in culture, heritage and an entrepreneurial hotspot, we pride ourselves as one of London’s most diverse boroughs.
We want Harrow to be a great place to live, work and visit, a place where people are proud to call home, feel safe and supported and where communities flourish.
Putting residents first is at the heart of everything we do. Within this lies a commitment to deliver services and experiences where the wellbeing and needs of our residents are met and are of a high standard.
With a workforce of more than 3000 employees, we want to be a council that staff are proud to work for, where everyone feels empowered to excel and is given the opportunity to thrive – all while serving our 250,000+ residents.
We want our staff to share the same level of ambition and drive to delivering our plans within the business and wider community. These are centred around three core priorities:
- A council that puts residents first
- A borough that is clean and safe
- A place where those in need are supported
We deliver our services and achieve our goals through our core values: to Be Courageous, to Do It Together and to Make It Happen. These are the main drivers to delivering our priorities and achieving our goals.
Our vision is to work together to continue to make a difference for Harrow, where people choose to do business, to live, work and visit.
