Community public health nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Communication and relationship skills

• Demonstrate highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with clients, colleagues and teams Ensure effective communication with clients where there may be barriers to acceptance/ understanding e.g. child protection, domestic violence bereavement and where English is not the first language. Ensure effective communication with all members of multi-disciplinary team and multi agency partners, in particular childrens centres, early years providers, social services and GP practices. Ensure all information about patients is treated confidentially and comply with Trust policies on data protection, information sharing and governance Participate in team and other meetings as required.

1. Knowledge, training and experience

• First level registered nurse RN, RGN Post registration qualification in a relevant field, e.g. Health Promotion, Child Development. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with clients, colleagues and teams. Ability to be flexible and develop within the changing needs of the service and clients. Possessing an up to date Personal Development Plan showing evidence of continuing professional development. Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake To ensure statutory and mandatory training is kept up to date.

1. Analytical and judgement skills

• Assess, implement and plan services under the guidance of the health visitor Evaluate individual and community health care programmes in collaboration with the health visitor.

1. Planning and organisational skills

• Plan and lead the delivery of designated public health and health promotion activities Plan individual and community health care programmes Responsible for planning own work To ensure statutory and mandatory training is up to date in line with organisational policy.

1. Physical skills

• Keyboard skills Ability to travel to diverse sites in a timely manner.

1. Responsibility for client care

• To work in collaboration with the Health Visitor in planning, implementing and evaluating individual and Community Health Care Programmes. To lead the delivery of designated public health and health promotion activities. To assess, implement and plan services with individual families under the guidance of the Health Visitor. To act as an infection control link/ resource to the team Safeguard the client group by adhering to child and adult protection guidelines and procedures. Ensure effective communication with clients and colleagues To ensure the provision of a high quality service that is led by client need and is evidence based. Access clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.

1. Responsibility for policy and service development implementation

• To support the Health Visiting Team in service and practice development initiatives to improve standards and outcomes. 8. Responsibilities for financial and physical resources
• Comply with the Trusts Standing Orders and Standing Financial instructions Responsible for the safe and careful use of equipment in clinics and during home visits (e.g. weighing scales).

1. Responsibilities for human resources (HR)

• Line management of band 4 and below Participate in mentorship and education of qualified and unqualified staff gaining community experience To provide support and advice to other colleagues within the team.

1. Responsibilities for information resources

• Responsibility for timely accurate record keeping and safeguarding client confidentiality by adhering to Caldicott Principles. Record and submit accurate and timely data as required to inform service planning, management and evaluation.

1. Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)

• Completion of audits as required by the service.

1. Freedom to act

• Qualified nurse who uses own professional judgement. Able to work alone and unsupervised under the management of a qualified health visitor Adheres to the NMC Code of Professional conduct.

Person Specification

Essentiual

Essential

• good Communication skills

Desirable

• analytical and judgement skills

Children's experience

Essential

• experience of working with children

Desirable

• Community experience
• Good computer skills and record keeping

Essential

Essential

• good interpersonal skills

Desirable

• able to work with MDT

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

Medway Community Healthcare

Address

Snapdragons Centre

Cliffe Road

Rochester Kent

ME2 3FF

Employer's website

https://www.medwaycommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)