This is an exciting opportunity to work in our Healthy Child Programme (HCP) 0-19 (Health Visiting and School Nursing). You will be part of the Strengthening Families team supporting babies, children and young people who are on child in need or child protection plans. You will be supported by senior Strengthening Families practitioners who are qualified health visitors and school nurses.
The ideal applicant will have experience of child safeguarding and with wider partners in early years, education, social care and voluntary sector. A commitment to keeping babies, children and young people safe and well is essential. You will be supported to develop your knowledge and skills in the area of safeguarding.
The team is part of the wider HCP 0-19 service which focuses on delivering public health services to babies, children and young people and their families. Our focus is on prevention, promotion and protection.
There are great career progression opportunities within the service including an opportunity for professional development and secondment to undertake a degree in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing to qualify as a health visitor or school nurse. PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.
Main duties of the job
As a staff nurse in the Strengthening Families Team you will manage your own caseload of babies, children and young people to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care. You will be supervised and supported by qualified School Nurses and Health Visitors supporting babies, children and young people who are subject to child in need and child protection plans. You will contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions within the wider Healthy Child Programme 0-19.
Job responsibilities
1. Responsibility for planning, coordinating and reviewing own caseload in conjunction with the team. Ensuring that workload is appropriately prioritised and managed.
2. Ensure effective communication with babies, children, young people, parents, carers and others including those whose first language is not English, liaising with and coordinating interpreting services.
3. Undertake holistic health assessments and plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for individual babies, children, young people and their families.
4. Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health education and promotion packages using evidence-based materials and methods.
5. Where appropriate, contribute to multi-agency processes to assess and develop care plans to support babies, children and young people's health and wellbeing.
6. Have a good knowledge of local services in health and partner agencies and where appropriate, liaise and refer a baby, child or young person to multi-disciplinary teams and other specialist services.
7. Where appropriate, take on the role of lead professional to coordinate delivery of care plans for children and young people e.g. Children on plans.
8. Working in partnership with the multi-agency team provide clinical advice, information and support regarding babies, children and young people with long-term conditions, disability or specific health problems to minimise negative impacts on their lives and promote health gain and social inclusion to the children, family and carers.
9. Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health promoting activities with individuals and groups, utilising evidence-based materials and methods e.g. sexual health and relationships, emotional health, growth, healthy lifestyles.
10. Develop and maintain effective communication networks and work collaboratively with key partners, health workers, statutory and voluntary agencies to actively promote national and local public health priorities.
11. Plan, deliver and evaluate group work for children and young people and/or parents e.g. emotional health groups, parenting groups.
12. Plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions to early years settings, schools and other agencies.
13. Act as a role model leading by example through practice with a positive attitude and presentation.
14. Attend regular team and service meetings to give and receive relevant information and to maintain effective team working.
15. Provide mentorship to learners including, pre and post registration nurse mentorship, supervision and support for members of the team as directed by Clinical Team Leader, commensurate with knowledge and skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications and experience
Essential
* RN or RM Current NMC Registration.
* Demonstrable evidence of personal and professional development.
* Demonstrable evidence of working with babies, children and young people.
Desirable
* Placement in school nursing or health visiting service within training.
* Demonstrable experience of working with babies, children and young people who have been subject to safeguarding support.
Skills
Essential
* Understands responsibility of working within teams.
* Able to demonstrate clinically effective practice.
* Ability to apply clinical governance framework to clinical practice.
* Understands and can demonstrate accountability.
* Effective communication skills both written and verbal with children, families and others.
* Able to establish and maintain key relationships with colleagues and other disciplines both internally and externally.
* Ability to make timely, sound clinical judgments and assessments to deliver high-quality client care.
Knowledge
Essential
* Detailed knowledge of health and social care policy relating to children's services.
* Up-to-date knowledge of current Government and Local initiatives and how these translate into practice.
* Demonstrates up-to-date evidence Community Nursing/Public Health.
* Knowledge of child health and development.
Employer details
Employer name
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Beechdale (across Walsall)
Beechdale Health Centre
Walsall
WS2 7EZ
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