Junior Public Health Nurse - Sunderland 5-19
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
HDFT are seeking to recruit a motivated and passionate registered Nurse to be part of the innovative 0-19 Service within the HDFT footprint, based within Sunderland.
The practitioner will work as part of the children's community health commissioned services supporting the SCPHN (Health Visitors), contributing to the delivery of high quality services for children, young people, parents, carers, and families working within the framework of the Healthy Child Programme and Best Start In Life priorities. The post holder will be pro-active in delivering the national and Public Health agendas in response to identified health and social need, working in partnership with other agencies and meeting agreed standards, objectives, and statutory requirements.
We are the largest provider of children's public health nursing services in the North East of England providing services that stretch from North Yorkshire up to Gateshead and Sunderland.
We are dedicated to working towards improved public health outcomes for children and families in the footprint, delivering high quality universal and targeted health visiting and school health services to meet the key improvement priorities for the population.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work with parents, carers, children, and partner agencies to promote the physical, emotional, and social development of children.
Contributing to the delivery of the Healthy Child programme by undertaking some mandated contacts and targeted interventions as directed/delegated by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) and working in conjunction with the SCPHN to co-ordinate, plan, implement, and evaluate a programme of care for children, young people, and families.
They will support the completion of comprehensive health needs assessments of clients, families, and community and facilitate the mobilisation of appropriate resources to meet identified needs.
The post holder will ensure inter-agency/professional partnership working between services, statutory and voluntary organisations to facilitate integrated approaches in meeting the needs of children.
About us
The post holder works as a member of the 0-19 Community Public Health Team, being responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive service which meets the needs of the 0-19 population.
The post holder will participate in delivering Public Health interventions and support to children and families in Sunderland.
Job responsibilities
Excellent communication skills and a passion for public health are essential, alongside good organisational skills, flexibility to meet the needs of the service and the ability to travel independently to meet service delivery as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registration
* Counselling qualification
Experience
* Experience of change management
* Experience of working in community settings
Other
* Able to travel to different locations in order to meet service needs
* Demonstrates Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork, and equality is important in practice
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.
Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year (pro rata)
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