INTERNAL MPFT APPS ONLY Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
At MPFT, we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can offer you:
* Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental, and financial health.
* Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters.
* "In our Gift" providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change.
* The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
* Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role).
* Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in-house training programs.
* Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the Advancement of Research Skills).
* Child Care Vouchers Scheme.
* Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards, and Staff Engagement Surveys.
* NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes.
Main duties of the job
Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the role. Demonstrate at all times the Partnership Trust Values of: "Putting Quality First, We Care About People, and We Take Responsibility." Be a qualified health visitor or school nurse and have a detailed professional and clinical knowledge base. Work autonomously and collaborate with partners in other services involved in locality community initiatives and community development to promote and facilitate the shift of provision of health services offered from the 0-19 service to be community-focused where appropriate. Act to support best practice of service provision with partners and act as a resource regarding community initiatives for the locality 0-19 team. Act as a named practitioner in relation to communication with partners regarding health initiatives from the 0-19 service operated within the local community. Plan, deliver, and evaluate training and update study days to service users and partners as required. Be skilled in profiling health requirements of the population within a district and map current services available to meet these needs, identifying areas for development to support increased provision working with partners to meet identified community health-related needs. Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities, and in return for this, we will support you by:
* Supporting your career development and progression.
* Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
* Options for flexible working.
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate.
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI, and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rate.
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k.
* Free car parking at all trust sites.
* Free flu vaccinations every year.
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met).
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation, and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job responsibilities
To assess new service user referrals and care/support needs. Assess service users and formulate, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes of treatment/care/support for children, young people, families, and carers. The care and support plans may include the following: Promoting independence/self-management and maintaining safety; Increased functional ability; Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health; Interventions in disease/condition management; Prevention and reduction of health inequalities; Admission avoidance; Early supported discharge; Case management/treatment/care plans; Palliative and end of life care; The safeguarding and protection of children, young people, and families; Delivery of the health child programme.
Person Specification
NMC registered
* NMC
SCPHN
* SCPHN
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.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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