Main area: Community Nursery Nurse
Grade: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref: 824-ONW-6589677-A
Employer: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Sudbury Primary Care
Town: Wembley
Salary: £31,081 - £33,665 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/01/2025 23:59
Community Nursery Nurse
Band 4
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
Community Nursery Nurse (Health visiting Team) - Band 4 - Brent Health Visiting teams
Are you highly motivated, flexible and a good team player? Do you want to work in an organisation rated as ‘good’ by the CQC? We are looking for staff to complement/support the 0-19 (Health Visiting Services) in Central London Community Health Care NHS Trust (CLCH).
You will work as part of the clinical team supporting the Health Visiting Service with the 0-5 caseloads and their families as delegated by the health visitor. You will participate in the delivery of The Healthy Child Programme and be expected to work in various community settings including the homes of families.
The successful candidate will be trained in delivering the Infant to School programme based on the MESCH way of working for children 2 months and 1 year prior to starting school.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a key member of the 0-5 team, with the responsibility for providing an efficient and high-quality clinical support within the health visiting team.
You will assist in or carry out clinical interventions as part of the Healthy Child programme, as delegated by the Health Visitor.
To advise parents on positive parenting skills including understanding and managing child behaviour, introduction of solid food and nutrition, play and stimulation, speech and language development, sleep management and toilet training, ensuring that advice is evidence-based to facilitate school readiness.
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. If you are quality-focused and able to promote collaborative working to improve, inform and support the 0-5 quality initiatives, then this role is for you.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
* A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
* Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
* Flexible working options
* Training, support and development in your career
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To carry out activities of the Healthy Child Programme as delegated by the Health Visitor within the team in accordance with agreed protocols, acting on own initiative as appropriate to the level of knowledge.
To advise parents/carers on positive parenting skills including understanding and managing child behaviour, introduction to solids and nutrition, play and stimulation, speech and language development, sleep management and toilet training, ensuring that advice is evidence-based to facilitate school readiness.
To support families in understanding key developmental milestones, including gross and fine motor skills and communication.
To work with specific children and families, in the home, clinic setting or school/nursery according to their individual care plan as agreed with the Health Visitor.
Plan, implement and evaluate health promotion activities, taking responsibility for certain topics once training received and competency assessment signed off within an agreed timeframe.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
* N.N.E.B./ BTEC Diploma in Child Care or NVQ in Child Care level 3 or equivalent
* Educated to Diploma level in a health-related subject.
Experience
* Experience of working with children and families in a formal health, educational or social care setting
* Evidence of ongoing training in Early Years
* Experience of working as a team member and on own
* Experience of leading group work
* Experience of working in the NHS
Skills and Knowledge
* Basic skills in numeracy and literacy.
* IT skills including Word, Excel
* Ability to assess a situation, identifying any risk or potential problem and act appropriately.
* Knowledge of safeguarding children
* Knowledge of normal child development, parenting skills and the importance of play
* Maintains high level of confidentiality
* Basic understanding of community health care services
* Teaching skills (children, parents)
Other
* Must be able to negotiate stairs and carry equipment required for the role.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email, so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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