Staff Nurses/Staff Midwives

Overview

Join an innovative skill‑mix team of Health Visitors, School Nurses, Public Health Staff Nurses and Child Development Practitioners in North Tyneside Children’s Social Care, a service graded Outstanding by Ofsted in 2025.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and support the Healthy Child Programme, promoting health and wellbeing of children, young people and families from the ante‑natal period through age 19.
• Provide clinical care and developmental assessment using equipment and educational tools, ensuring continuous improvement in line with the Children’s Public Health Service Clinical Governance Framework.
• Accept and triage referrals from other disciplines, referring clients to Tier3 services when appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with the Early Help Service, Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), Education, Housing, Primary care, Midwifery services and Sport and Leisure to achieve positive outcomes for families.
• Support effective transition to parenthood and adulthood, addressing inequalities through the Healthy Child Programme.
• Record, audit and plan services using expert data systems such as SystmOne, and contribute to service planning and health profiling.
• Participate in universal access and early identification of additional or complex needs, and contribute to continuous professional development with supervision and assessment of pre‑ and post‑registration students.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult, Child or Mental Health) or Registered Midwife with current NMC registration.
• Experience in child protection, safeguarding, and relevant national and local policies.
• Health promotion and multi‑agency working experience.
• Proficiency with IT and keyboard skills for report writing, information retrieval and evidence‑based practice.
• Use of expert data systems for client care, audit, service planning and health profiling (e.g., SystmOne).
• Submission of Disclosure and Barring Service check as required by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Benefits

• Access to NHS or Local Government Pension Schemes.
• Generous annual leave allowance (increases with service) plus bank holidays.
• Annual NMC fees paid by the service.
• Professional membership of iHV and/or SAPHNA.
• Agile working supported by smart phone/laptop and access to Microsoft Teams and SystmOne.
• Access to Occupational Health services, physiotherapy and counselling.
• Employee Assistance Programme with telephone helpline and online resources.
• Discounted membership of fitness and wellbeing centres, including 5 gyms.
• Benefits Plus Scheme enabling salary sacrifice for additional annual leave.
• Childcare vouchers, car leasing and cycle to work scheme.

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