Job summary
Are you a nurse who would like to work with children and families promoting health and wellness in the community setting? An excellent opportunity for a Registered Nurse from a variety of backgrounds and experience has arisen to join our friendly Health Visiting team in Woking.
With guidance, training and support you will have the opportunity to deliver the Healthy Child Programme with the Health Visiting team, to develop skills in public health and multi-agency working to support the health needs of children and families. Whilst working within the Woking area you will be supported by our Health Visiting Team, Clinical Team Leader, Practice Assessor, Clinical Service Manager and Safeguarding 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 may be a gateway onto sponsorship for the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse course.
Golden Hello eligible! A Golden Hello payment of £2000 ( £1000 upon commencement and a further £1000 following successful completion of a six month probation period) will be made, provided that the eligibility terms are met.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more details and requirements for the role.
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.
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.
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 undertake development assessments when trained to do so.
- 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
- Assist in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19
- 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.
- Take an active part in clinical supervision
- Participate in meetings as appropriate
- Be prepared to be flexible within contracted hours
- In accordance with the needs of the service, undertake other duties as required
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.
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 undertake development assessments when trained to do so.
- 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
- Assist in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19
- 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.
- Take an active part in clinical supervision
- Participate in meetings as appropriate
- Be prepared to be flexible within contracted hours
- In accordance with the needs of the service, undertake other duties as required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse/ midwife Current NMC registration
Desirable
- Registered nurse child branch Mentorship qualification
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.
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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse/ midwife Current NMC registration
Desirable
- Registered nurse child branch Mentorship qualification
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.
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
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).
