Band 5 Healthy Child Programme Nurse

Job summary

Exciting opportunities have arisen to join Healthy Together teams, working within Public Health Nursing to deliver the Healthy Child Programme. This opportunity is currently available within a variety of locations across Leicestershire County. Permanent all year-round post.

We would love to meet you if you are an enthusiastic and self-motivated Registered Nurse who has experience of working with children, young people and families.

Public health nursing is a discipline of its own which seeks to promote and protect the health of our population. We do this by promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing the likelihood of ill health through delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.

Public health nursing is central to giving children the best start in their lives. We offer early intervention as physical and mental health issues emerge.

We are a 0-11 service which works with children, young people and their families to deliver care within their local area.This role involves working across the 0-5 age range and its great to be able to signpost new and expectant mums to a whole range of online resources, such as Bumps to Babies antenatal programme, or weaning and portion size advice.

You will be supported through preceptorship and an extensive training programme covering areas such as Solihull approach, childhood nutrition and infant feeding.

Main duties of the job

Main duties and responsibilities: See addendum for Band 5 nurse.

• Delivery of effective health care within the organisation.
• Support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme using evidence-based practice to actively promote the health of children, young people and families.
• Develop, deliver and engage in health promotion programmes that aim to prevent ill health, support early identification of health needs and work with individuals, education and communities to reduce health inequalities.

Pre-school elements:

• Complete 6-8 week review to assess health and development of baby and maternal mental health.
• Carry out universal and targeted 1 year development reviews.
• Universal 2-year review and delegated targeted 2 year development reviews.

Please see job description and person specification for full details. Interviews will be held on the 23rd and 24th June. Details of qualifications and experience need to be clearly evidenced within your application. You will need a full UK driving license and use of a car for this role.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

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

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