Lincolnshire County Council · Lincoln, England · £44k–£49k
This is a live UK-based role at Lincolnshire County Council, a UK Skilled Worker sponsor tracked by Sponsorly AI against the Home Office register. Posted 3 October 2026. Listed as open until 3 November 2026.
Job Introduction Lincolnshire County Council’s Public Health Division is seeking a professional and motivated Senior Heath Protection Nurse to join our Public Health team at a pivotal time for the organisation and population we serve. This is a unique opportunity for a clinician to provide nursing expertise across the full breadth of Public Health. While a key element of the role is working within our Health Protection and Infection Prevention and Control functions, the post holder will also contribute to wider population health improvement, healthcare public health, commissioning, quality assurance and reducing health inequalities across Lincolnshire. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with local authority colleagues, the NHS, UKHSA, integrated care partners, care providers and voluntary sector organisations to improve health outcomes and protect the health of our communities. The Role Senior Health Protection Nurses have a key role within the Lincolnshire Public Health Team and will support the delivery of Health Protection across Lincolnshire. The post holder will work collaboratively with Health Protection Mangers and wider Public Health staff to effectively manage incidents and outbreaks of infectious and non-infectious environmental hazards. The post holder will work both collaboratively and autonomously, with authority, using transferable knowledge and skills, to help develop and deliver the Health Protection service across Lincolnshire. This involves acting as a catalyst for change in practice and service development. The ideal candidate will be resilient and able to appropriately challenge boundaries to identify innovative solutions that best meet the needs of the service, stakeholders and staff. The post holder will actively engage in the broader work of the Health Protection Service and will lead defined areas of work such as Infection Prevention & Control, Screening & Immunisation and Sexual Health. If you have any of the following qualifications, we would like to hear from you: Adult nursing Children’s nursing Mental Health nursing And/or a background in nursing education You must have an active NMC registration, and you will be expected to undertake a enhanced DBS check. We are looking for someone with experience in Health Protection or a related field, with knowledge in Infection Prevention & Control and Public Health. You will have a proven ability to handle challenging and multi-faceted issues taking a problem-solving approach to ensure proactive and effective resolution. You should be comfortable in building trusted stakeholder relationships networks in a politically sensitive and/or changing environment with the ability to use effective influencing and negotiation skills in and beyond your own team. There will be an expectation for you to travel and the postholder must have access to a car. Travel expenses will be reimbursed. Professional registration fees can also be recovered. As an employer we en…
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