Community Nursery Nurse

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The ChatHealth 0-5-year-old text messaging service supports parents and carers with expert advice from health visitors and community nursery nurses relating to a wide range of children's health and wellbeing issues including sleep, feeding, crying babies, development and behaviour. As well as giving advice, the team signpost to appropriate online resources, face-to-face services, and a range of support. ChatHealth is an integral part of the innovative and continuous digital development of the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service offer to children, young people and families across Hampshire.

Due to the continuing success of 0-5 ChatHealth, Children and Family Services is developing this as a stand-alone service with its own dedicated team. We need experts committed to delivering quality care through this innovative digital approach which supports improved access for our families.

The service runs Monday to Friday 9-5.

This new service will be an opportunity for you to work more flexibly across Monday-Friday by working from home and making use of Children and Family Services bases across Hampshire. We will ensure you will be able to meet regularly as a team to receive great support and leadership from the wider health visiting service. Safeguarding, clinical and management supervision will be provided, and you will have access to a wide range of development and learning opportunities to ensure you maintain and grow your professional skills and knowledge.

Main duties of the job

The primary role of the Community Nursery Nurse is to deliver elements of the Healthy Child Programme including the 6 High Impact Areas as delegated by 0-5 ChatHealth Team. The Community Nursery Nurse should ensure the quality of service delivery to children, young people and their families is aligned with the commissioned requirements of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19yrs and the Trust vision and values. This includes working in partnership with internal and external colleagues and partners.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Date posted

15 November 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£23,949 to £26,282 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

348-SS-C-858A

Job locations

Tidbury Farm

Unit 3, Tidbury Farm, Bullington Cross, Sutton Scotney

Winchester

Hampshire

SO21 3QQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

*To work within the 0-5 ChatHealth Service to deliver delegated components of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP), (DH 2009), monitoring quality and compliance and reporting risks by exception to the 0-5 ChatHealth Health Visitor

*To contribute to the delivery of the HCP and 6 High Impact areas via the 0-5 ChatHealth Service, including giving advice and support on;

Transition to Parenthood and the Early Weeks including infant attachment

Maternal Mental Health (Perinatal Depression)

Breastfeeding (Initiation and Duration)

Healthy Weight, Healthy Nutrition (to include Physical Activity)

Managing Minor Illness and Reducing Accidents (Reducing Hospital Attendance/ Admissions) including the prevention of accidents and promotion of key messages around child safety. Support the management of childhood illnesses through health promotion

Health, Wellbeing and Development of the Child Age 2 -- Two year old review (integrated review) and support to be 'ready for school'. To work in partnership with families and agencies to support the child's smooth transition into school.

*To work within Hampshire Safeguarding Children's Partnership and the Trust Safeguarding Policy and Procedures

*To contribute to interventions identified by the Health Visitor and refer children and families where there are identified vulnerabilities to appropriate support and services

*To deliver a safe and effective service using service user feedback to improve patient experience and outcomes

*To signpost to programmes of care for children 0-5 years with complex health needs

*Escalating IT issues and network outage to the CDTL as a matter of urgency

*To support Health Visitors with integrated working; developing and maintaining relationships with statutory and non-statutory agencies

Job description

Job responsibilities

*To contribute to the delivery of the HCP and 6 High Impact areas via the 0-5 ChatHealth Service, including giving advice and support on;

Transition to Parenthood and the Early Weeks including infant attachment

Maternal Mental Health (Perinatal Depression)

Breastfeeding (Initiation and Duration)

Healthy Weight, Healthy Nutrition (to include Physical Activity)

*To work within Hampshire Safeguarding Children's Partnership and the Trust Safeguarding Policy and Procedures

*To contribute to interventions identified by the Health Visitor and refer children and families where there are identified vulnerabilities to appropriate support and services

*To deliver a safe and effective service using service user feedback to improve patient experience and outcomes

*To signpost to programmes of care for children 0-5 years with complex health needs

*Escalating IT issues and network outage to the CDTL as a matter of urgency

*To support Health Visitors with integrated working; developing and maintaining relationships with statutory and non-statutory agencies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NNEB Diploma/NVQ QCF Diploma Level 3 in Early Years, Care and Education
Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent or a willingness to complete this
Full UK Driving Licence (and access to a car)

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience working with children, families and other agencies
Experience of working in a team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NNEB Diploma/NVQ QCF Diploma Level 3 in Early Years, Care and Education
Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent or a willingness to complete this
Full UK Driving Licence (and access to a car)