Job summary
Are you a Registered Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to develop and progress your career. Are you a newly qualified nurse interested in a preceptorship offer? We are offering an opportunity to join our Health Visitor teams as a Community Nurse.
Main duties of the job
We are integrated with our Early Help and Social Care colleagues and share an integrated electronic record which supports communication and co-ordination.
Working in Cornwall has the added advantage also of having some beautiful rural areas and beaches which provide plenty of leisure opportunities to create a great work life balance. There are exciting opportunities to be part of partnership working groups and multi-disciplinary practice discussions to contribute, progress and lead innovative practice and, enhance effective partnership working with education, GPs, Childrens Services, Public Health and other key agencies.
We currently have a variety of full and part time across Cornwall:
About us
Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
a competitive salary.
a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Community Nurse is integral part of the Health Visiting team, supporting the delivery of a community public health nursing service.
You will take delegated work and be responsible for your own caseload, having a degree of autonomy over your diary and workload planning. You will be providing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the Healthy Child Programme
If you are interested in finding out more, please do not hesitate to contact:
Natasha Tootle (Team Manager)N
Cairine Edwards (Team Manager)C
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
What youll need to succeed:
You should be a Registered Nurse with experience of working with children and families being desirable. You will be working in community settings and will hold a delegated caseload, therefore time management and prioritisation skills are essential. You should be able to work alone and in a team with an ability to maintain electronic records.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Please refer to the attached role profile.