Healthy Child Practitioner

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

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Job summary

The Shropshire School Nursing Service covers from Oswestry to Ludlow and Bridgnorth to Market Drayton and Whitchurch. Although we cover a large rural area, we are a close, friendly, respectful and supportive team. We are looking for motivated, innovative applicants to join our expanding team.

The Children, Young People and their families are at the heart of everything we do. If you are client-focused, with a strong sense of advocacy and a belief in equitable services, we would love to hear from you! Our practitioners are autonomous and we welcome applications from individuals who would describe themselves as independent, confident and committed to deliver a quality service.

We are advertising for a Healthy Child Practitioner to cover a caseload in Whitchurch. We are a 9-5, Monday - Friday service and are committed to working flexibly.

If you would like to discuss any of our current opportunities, please contact: Kat Sealey on 07964 134121.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

We welcome applications from people with extensive experience working with children, young people and their families, you must hold a relevant Level 3 qualification.

The post involved travelling around the county and would best suit a car driver with access to a vehicle that can be used for work.

Our Healthy Child Practitioners work closely with support workers, staff nurses and specialist public health nurses to provide health education and promotion to children, young people and their families. The role requires you to communicate well with different ages groups and provide consistent public Health information and signposting to our clients. We also work closely with vulnerable families and individuals as well as with a wide multi-agency team of professionals.

More information about the role is available by researching the Healthy Child Programme.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

18 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-6417300-OPS

Job locations

Whitchurch Community Hospital

Claypit St

Whitchurch

SY13 1NT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oAn Early Years qualification at Level 3. i.e., Early Years Care & Education, Childcare & Education, or equivalent
oOther relevant short courses (e.g., Attachment, Observation and Planning)

Experience

Essential

oA wide range of community based, children related or transferable experience
oExperience in enabling parents/Carers/professionals to carry out tasks
oExperience of accurate observation of children's communication/interaction with others - children and adults
oSignificant post qualification experience including identifying needs associated with emotional health and wellbeing
oEvidence of continual professional development

Knowledge

Essential

oIT skills and computer literacy
oKnowledge of child development and knowledge and skills of behavior management
oEnable active participation of the family in decision making.
oEvidence of health promotion activities
oKnowledge of Child Protection legislation
oAbility to establish good working relationships with child and family

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oAn Early Years qualification at Level 3. i.e., Early Years Care & Education, Childcare & Education, or equivalent
oOther relevant short courses (e.g., Attachment, Observation and Planning)

Experience

Essential

oA wide range of community based, children related or transferable experience
oExperience in enabling parents/Carers/professionals to carry out tasks
oExperience of accurate observation of children's communication/interaction with others - children and adults
oSignificant post qualification experience including identifying needs associated with emotional health and wellbeing
oEvidence of continual professional development

Knowledge

Essential

oIT skills and computer literacy
oKnowledge of child development and knowledge and skills of behavior management
oEnable active participation of the family in decision making.
oEvidence of health promotion activities
oKnowledge of Child Protection legislation
oAbility to establish good working relationships with child and family

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).

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