CSH Surrey

Band 5 Staff Nurse Health Visiting

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Job summary

Are you a nurse thinking about working in a different way, promoting health and wellness? Interested in the opportunity to work with Families and Children within the Community setting?

This is an excellent opportunity for Registered Nurses from a variety of backgrounds and experience to develop their career in working with children and families. You will have the opportunity to deliver the 0-19 Public Health Programme for example developmental reviews, infant feeding, parenting and behaviour management advice. Promoting health through teaching children, young people and families and supporting child health clinics. Whilst working within a borough based team you will be supported by our Clinical Team Leaders, Practice Assessors , Clinical Service Managers and Safe Guarding Service.

Our 0-19 teams are innovative, enthusiastic and motivated to deliver the best healthy outcomes for children and families within Surrey. Excellent peer based support and supervision will be given while you develop your knowledge, skills and competence. In addition Children and Family Health Surrey are developing their Health visiting and School Nursing workforce and a Band 5 position will be a gateway onto sponsorship for the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.

If you have the drive and passion to influence healthy outcomes for communities and families and in doing so help make a difference to the lives of children and families then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Principal duties to include:

Undertake duties as allocated by the SCPHN.

Build and develop good working relationships the wider multi-disciplinary team.

Make contact with children, young people and families in a variety of community settings e.g. home, children centres, child health drop-ins and Schools

To deliver Health Promotion activities to parents and young children/young people and Schools

To carry out visits to review aspects of development as directed by the SCPHN

To manage a delegated case load

Provide evidence based care to parents and children e.g. breast feeding, behaviour management

Provide enuresis advice and continence assessments

Identify and support children, young people and families through health needs assessments who have unmet health needs, provide support and targeted interventions and where necessary refer to specialist services

Take appropriate action in cases of suspected or actual child abuse, working within Surrey safeguarding childrens code of practice and procedures.

Attend child protection conferences/core groups as required and participate in safeguarding supervision

Undertake health needs assessments for children and young people who are Looked After

Assist in research and service audits

Supervise junior member and pre-Registration student nurses in the 0-19 team as directed by the SCPHN. Undertake junior staff PDR appraisals and direct line management.

In accordance with the needs of the service, undertake other duties as required

About us

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.

Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and leadership courses and programmes.

We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are heard at Board level. CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.

Details

Date posted

02 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,828 to £36,311 a year inclusive of 5% High Cost Area allowance per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9074-23-2371-6

Job locations

Ashford Health Centre

London Road

Ashford

Middlesex

TW15 3FE


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be a member of the 0-19 public health team delivering the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme. Supported by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN), the post holder will participate in delivering a universal core service, provide targeted interventions, to address health inequalities and where necessary referring to specialist services. This role will also include safeguarding responsibilities, mentorship of students and staff appraisals.

Please see the attached Job Decription for full details

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be a member of the 0-19 public health team delivering the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme. Supported by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN), the post holder will participate in delivering a universal core service, provide targeted interventions, to address health inequalities and where necessary referring to specialist services. This role will also include safeguarding responsibilities, mentorship of students and staff appraisals.

Please see the attached Job Decription for full details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse (RN1)
  • Current NMC registration

Desirable

  • Registered nurse child branch
  • Mentorship qualification

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise workload and demonstrate ability to work independently.
  • Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with other both internal and external partner agencies.
  • Work under pressure and demonstrate ability to change priorities at short notice.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to recognise and respond appropriately to children and their families in challenging situations.
  • Good IT skills

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of personal development and acquisition of transferable
  • skills relevant to the job description.
  • Understanding of current issues affecting the NHS public health agenda.
  • Previous experience of working as part of a team.
  • Understanding of clinical governance with some previous experience of
  • undertaking audits.
  • Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams.

Desirable

  • Relevant experience of working with children, young people and
  • families.
  • Completion of safeguarding modules.
  • Immunisation training and/or experience Clinical supervisor
  • training and experience.
  • Knowledge of developmental milestones in children
  • under 5.
  • Infant feeding knowledge and experience.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse (RN1)
  • Current NMC registration

Desirable

  • Registered nurse child branch
  • Mentorship qualification

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise workload and demonstrate ability to work independently.
  • Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with other both internal and external partner agencies.
  • Work under pressure and demonstrate ability to change priorities at short notice.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to recognise and respond appropriately to children and their families in challenging situations.
  • Good IT skills

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of personal development and acquisition of transferable
  • skills relevant to the job description.
  • Understanding of current issues affecting the NHS public health agenda.
  • Previous experience of working as part of a team.
  • Understanding of clinical governance with some previous experience of
  • undertaking audits.
  • Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams.

Desirable

  • Relevant experience of working with children, young people and
  • families.
  • Completion of safeguarding modules.
  • Immunisation training and/or experience Clinical supervisor
  • training and experience.
  • Knowledge of developmental milestones in children
  • under 5.
  • Infant feeding knowledge and experience.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

CSH Surrey

Address

Ashford Health Centre

London Road

Ashford

Middlesex

TW15 3FE


Employer's website

https://www.cshsurrey.co.uk/about-us/about-csh-surrey (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

CSH Surrey

Address

Ashford Health Centre

London Road

Ashford

Middlesex

TW15 3FE


Employer's website

https://www.cshsurrey.co.uk/about-us/about-csh-surrey (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Services Manager

Caroline Hornby

caroline.hornby@nhs.net

07507642974

Details

Date posted

02 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,828 to £36,311 a year inclusive of 5% High Cost Area allowance per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9074-23-2371-6

Job locations

Ashford Health Centre

London Road

Ashford

Middlesex

TW15 3FE


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