We are recruiting experienced nursery nurses who have post qualification experience of working in community health settings or similar.
The successful candidate will work as part of a skilled mixed health visiting service undertaking developmental assessment and contributing to assessment of the needs of the child and family under the delegation of a health visitor or nurse. You will deliver health promotion sessions to individuals or groups of parents/carers.
You will be part of the wider 0-19 service delivering the Healthy Child Programme 0-19.
Main duties of the job
- Carry out roles delegated by a health visitor or nurse
- Contribute to assessments of family needs e.g. as part of Early Help process
- Deliver health promotion and education to individual or groups of parents/carers
- Work as part of multi agency and disciplinary teams to keep children safe and support those in need
Job responsibilities
- Work within scope of competence and practice, carry out aspects of care, support and advice/information giving, reporting any concerns physical, developmental, social or emotional and manage own day to day workload.
- Assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of programmes of care which aim to improve physical and emotional health and wellbeing such as obesity/healthy eating, parenting programmes, childrens & parental emotional health, health education & promotion activities. These programmes might be delivered to individuals or in groups.
- Support qualified nursing staff delegated duties to assess the needs of children and families through individual developmental assessment, health reviews, supporting assessment of emotional health needs, monitoring of growth and obtaining the voice of the child
- Provide care and support to identified families in a range of settings such as childrens centre, schools, clinics, their homes or community locations.
- Work in partnership with parents/carers, families and multi-disciplinary colleagues to improve the health and wellbeing of children and families
- Promote multi-agency working and support this by attendance at meetings and information sharing as required for e.g. Child Protection processes, Early Help support, adhering to the Local Safeguarding Childrens Board and Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Safely maintain confidential, professional records which are accurate, relevant, up to date and legible. E.g. Child Protection/Early Help Assessment.
- Create, maintain and enhance effective working relationships within the team, with other staff, and other agencies.
- Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with information governance policy
- The post holder must participate in clinical and other audits as required
- Participate in safeguarding supervision as per supervision framework.
- Support the team providing learning opportunities for students.
Qualifications
- NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education / BTEC National Diploma in Children's Care, Learning and Development / NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development
- Foundation Degree or evidence post qualification education and/or development
Experience
- Experience of working with a Healthy Child Programme (e.g. School Nursing/health visiting) or community settings
- Evidence of collaborative working within a multi-professional arena
- Working with Safeguarding and Child Protection
- Delivery group work with children and parents
- Delivery of health promotion sessions
- Experience of team working.
- Up-to-date knowledge of current Government and Local initiatives and how these translate into practice.
- Demonstrable experience working with children and young people
- Can demonstrate high level of interpersonal skills.
- Able to demonstrate clinically effective practice.
- Understands and can demonstrate accountability
- Computer literate - ability to use software programmes designed to maximise the contribution to the post e.g. Microsoft, Word, Excel.
- Demonstrates sound literacy/numerical skills.
Skills and Aptitude
- Ability to demonstrate effective organisational skills
- Ability to work using own initiative, and work under directed supervision
- Ability to prioritise own work and meet deadlines
- Ability to demonstrate effective time management skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-agency team
- Ability to communicate effectively with a range of people, face to face, over the telephone and in writing.
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.
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum, pro rata
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