Community Nursery Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to appoint inspirational and enthusiastic Community Nursery Nurses, to join the Gosport Health Visiting Teams The post holder may be required to support other teams in the South East with the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme core contacts.

You will be joining a leading organisation that is both forward thinking and innovative. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the quality of child health services across Hampshire and takes pride in rewarding the success of its staff.

We are looking for a motivated professional with excellent communication skills who has the ability to work independently and as part of a corporate skill mixed team delivering the Healthy Child Programme (HCHC, 2009) using a public health approach.

As a team player, you will work under the leadership and supervision of the Health Visitors. Your role will require excellent assessment skills, partnership working and a strong commitment towards achieving the outcomes of 'Every Child Matters'. You will be expected to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of all aspects of safeguarding children whilst being supported by robust organisational supervision, guidelines, and policies.

With a positive approach to customer care, you will need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, prioritise your workload and manage your time efficiently.

Main duties of the job

To work within a Health Visiting Team to deliver delegated components of the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme (HCP), (DH 2009), monitoring quality and compliance and reporting risks by exception to the Clinical Team Leader.

To promote child health and parenting skills for individual families and groups by participating in planned programmes under the supervision of a Health Visitor in line with the 6 High Impact Areas including: Transition to Parenthood and the Early Weeks including infant attachment, Maternal Mental Health, Breastfeeding, Healthy Weight and Healthy Nutrition, Managing Minor Illness and Reducing Accidents, Health, Wellbeing and Development of the Child Age 2 -- Two year old review.

To work within Hampshire Safeguarding Children's Board (4LSCB June 2018) and the Trust Safeguarding Policy and Procedures (March 2017) (SH CP 56)

To contribute to interventions identified through the child protection plan as delegated by the Health Visitor, and support children and families where there are identified vulnerabilities.

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

To assist in programmes of care for children 0-5 years with complex health needs.

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

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alpha Court

Unit A6, Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5RQ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alpha Court

Unit A6, Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5RQ

Employer's website

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

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