Community Public Health Nurse- School Nurse (Universal team)

Job summary

Band 6 Specialist Community Public Health Nurse- School Nurse (Universal team)

The Families' Health and Wellbeing Service (0-19) in Lichfield have a permanent, Term Time Only 22.5 hours vacancy for a universal School Nurse. We are looking for a School Nurse who lives the values and behaviours of our trust. We are seeking a person who will be caring and compassionate providing excellent support to parents and their families, having the ability to actively listen and have a warm approachable manner. You will lead by example and encourage effective team working, someone who wants to develop others and ensure the best outcomes for our parents and families are achieved through evidence based practice. In return you will be professionally supported and empowered to deliver a child friendly service within the 5-19 element of the service. We are a friendly team and we welcome experienced or a newly qualified School Nurse to join our diverse team, where you will be supported in your induction program.

Main duties of the job

• Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the
• Work within their scope of practice
• Demonstrate at all times the Values of Midlands Partnership
• Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner and have a detailed professional and clinical They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in public health across the 0-19 agenda.
• Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community and
• Be skilled in the assessment of children and young people's care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support
• Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
• Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to
• Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management
• To deliver commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring key objectives and outcomes are met.

Please see attached JD and personal specification for further details regarding this post.

About us

The Families' Health and Wellbeing Service (0-19) in Staffordshire offers an integrated, flexible and family focused service providing high quality, support and care to Children and Young People across Staffordshire. You will be part of a team delivering the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme for a varied, unique and diverse population, in a supportive skill mix team, working closely with our partner agencies across health, social care and the local authority.

As a Trust we are committed to supporting your professional and personal development and have excellent training opportunities. We also provide the Transfer of Fields (TOF) training which is an opportunity to develop your skills within the 0-5 years element of the service.

The successful applicant must have the ability to travel within the Trust.