Job summary
If you're looking for a new challenge and would like an opportunity to grow, and share in our ambition to create high quality, compassionate care and well-being for all then come and join us in Leicester City, as a Healthy Child Programme Nurse.
Our teams are full of committed and skilled staff who want to deliver the best possible care for children and their families.
If you are a registered nurse who is innovative, tenacious, and have experience working with children, young people, and families we'd love you to join our service.
You will be well supported, nurtured and offered bespoke training for this role. You will gain valuable experience and a long term opportunity to progress to become a Band 6 Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting)
Main duties of the job
We currently have vacancies in Leicester city. We provide a Monday-Friday service excluding bank holidays and consider requests for flexible working.
You must have a full driving licence that allows you to drive in the UK and the use of a car for this role.
You will work as an integral part of the clinical team working with children from birth to school age. You will participate in the delivery of The Healthy Child Programme and be expected to work in various community settings including family homes.
You will need to be someone who can use your initiative and be attentive to detail. You should be able to work autonomously, but also be part of a team.
Your development in this role will be supported through a bespoke package of training including healthy growth; breastfeeding; healthy bladder/healthy bowel; Solihull; and Safeguarding.
For more information please contact Isabel Mooney on 07810 656646 or email
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 24th September or Friday 27th September 2024
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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