Junior Public Health Nurse - Sunderland 5-19

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

HDFT are seeking to recruit a motivated and passionate registered Nurse to be part of the innovative 0-19 Service within the HDFT footprint, based within Sunderland.

The practitioner will work as part of the children's community health commissioned services supporting the SCPHN (Health Visitors), contributing to the delivery of high quality services for children young people, parents, carers and families working within the framework of the Healthy Child Programme and Best Start In Life priorities. The post holder will be pro-active in delivering the national and Public Health agendas in response to identified health and social need, working in partnership with other agencies and meet agreed standards, objectives and statutory requirements.

We are the largest provider of children's public health nursing services in the North East of England providing services that stretch from North Yorkshire up to Gateshead and Sunderland.

We are dedicated to working towards improved public health outcomes for children and families in the footprint, delivering high quality universal and targeted health visiting and school health services to meet the key improvement priorities for the population.

Main duties of the job

he successful candidate will work with parents, carers, children and partner agencies to promote the physical, emotional and social development of children.

Contributing to the delivery of the Healthy Child programme by undertaking some mandated contacts and targeted interventions as directed/delegated by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) and working in conjunction with the SCPHN to co-ordinate, plan, implement and evaluate a programme of care for children, young people and families.

They will support the completion of comprehensive health needs assessment of clients, families and community and facilitate the mobilisation of appropriate resources to meet identified needs.

The post holder will ensure inter-agency/ professional partnership working between services, statutory and voluntary organisations to facilitate integrated approaches in meeting the needs of children.

About us

The post holder works as a member of the 0-19 Community Public Health Team, being responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive service which meets the needs of the 0-19 population.

The post holder will participate in delivering Public Health intervention and support to children and families in Sunderland.

Date posted

31 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

421-CYPD-1847R

Job locations

Doxford Park, Unit 7

Camberwell Way

Sunderland

SR3 3XN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Excellent communication skills and a passion for public health are essential, alongside good organisational skills, flexibility to meet the needs of the service and ability to travel independently to meet service delivery as required.

For more information please see the job description attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information please see the job description attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registration

Desirable

Post-registration qualification
Counselling qualification

Experience

Essential

Post-registration experience
Experience of change management

Desirable

Experience of working in community setting

Other

Essential

Able to travel to different locations in order to meet service needs

Desirable

Demonstrates Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and equality is important in practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registration

Desirable

Post-registration qualification
Counselling qualification

Experience

Essential

Post-registration experience
Experience of change management

Desirable

Experience of working in community setting

Other

Essential

Able to travel to different locations in order to meet service needs

Desirable

Demonstrates Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and equality is important in practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).