Job summary
We seek 2 full time and 1 fixed term full time (1 year) Community Nursery Nurse.
Come and join
our friendly, welcoming, and inclusive 0-19 team, share our ambition to make
a fundamental difference in improving the health and wellbeing of children and
their families in Tower Hamlets.
The post holder will work as a member of the
Integrated 0 19 Service Health Visiting and School Health and Wellbeing and
in collaboration with Childrens Centres, Early Years Providers, GPs, school,
and education staff to support planned programmes of health care and health
promotion, within clients homes, Childrens Centres, GPs surgeries and
primary schools within the Borough of Tower Hamlets.
As a valued member of the health visiting team, you will join a
friendly and supportive team, and will undertake child health reviews, health
screening procedures including the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP),
vision and hearing and contribute to individual and group health promotion
activities. You will be expected to
provide specific interventions with individual children according to care plans
drawn up by the Health Visitor or School Nurse and in conjunction with parents
and school staff.
In
return, we will support you in your role, ensure we embed GP Care Group values in our
operational processes, and aid your learning to develop your skills and
competencies in meeting your role requirements.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we
receive sufficient applications for the role.
Main duties of the job
The Nursery Nurses within the Integrated 0 19 Service Health Visiting
and School Health and Wellbeing are responsible for the delivery of a range of
programmes that support the outcomes identified with the Health Child Programme
0 19. This will include the delivery
of the NCMP, vision and hearing screening with Year Reception and Year 6 pupils. Also, the delivery of health promotion mainly
within Childrens Centres and primary school setting.
About us
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.
Read up more about Tower Hamlets here: http://www.towerhamlets.is/
The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.
The key priorities for the Care Group are:
- Innovation and support for primary care
- Being a great place to work
- Integrating primary and community care
- Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
- Influencing improvements in health outcomes
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of this role includes:
- Manage, plan and implement the delivery of
the NCMP, vision and hearing screening for identified cohort of schools in a
timely manner to ensure compliance with national screening timeframe.
- Support the delivery of child health clinics.
- Undertake delegated developmental reviews and
report back to Health Visitor/School Nurse.
- Making an assessment of each childs health
in the cohort of school children in the designated primary schools, according
to service guidelines and with support and advise from the School Nurse using
Parent/carer questionnaires, teacher questionnaires and Health Visiting records.
- To review Health Visiting records of cohorts
of primary school children and to refer concerns to the School Nurse.
- To review questionnaires from parents/carers
and to check consent for child health screening tests. To refer concerns to
School Nurse.
- To review questionnaires from class teachers
regarding health of school children in designated primary schools and to refer
concerns to the School Nurse.
-
To carry out delegated health assessments
including interviews and report any concerns to the Health Visitor/School Nurse.
- To carry out delegated health screening of
school children in primary schools in accordance with organisational policies,
procedures and guidelines.
- To identify and refer to the Health Visitor/School
Nurse any concerns arising from screening procedures or highlighted by parents
or school staff.
- To make referrals to other professionals as
agreed and delegated by the Health Visitor/School Nurse.
- To work with specific children and families
in the home, school or clinic setting, according to their individual care plan
as agreed with the Health Visitor, School Nurse or Team Leader. This will include children with special
health needs, in order to promote inclusion working in collaboration with other
health professionals, early years staff, school staff and parents.
- To undertake follow up of children who have
attended Accident and Emergency, as delegated by the Health Visitor/ School
Nurse. Receiving notifications, agreeing
appropriate action with the Health Visitor/School Nurse, making contact with
parents either at home or in the school and reporting back to the Health
Visitor/School Nurse. To advise on accident prevention.
- In collaboration with the School Nurse and
school education staff, provide group health promotion sessions to children
and/or their parents in areas such as play, accident prevention, dental health,
exercise, personal hygiene, healthy eating and positive parenting.
- Assisting the Integrated 0 19 Team members
in planning, organising and delivery of health promotion sessions and
displays. This may include participation
in school parents evenings.
- To have an awareness of identification of
vulnerable children who may be subject to abuse and to follow the organisations
Safeguarding policy and procedures, referring any concerns to the Health
Visitor/School Nurse.
- To support students within the work
environment to gain an understanding of the Nursery Nurses role within the Integrated
0 - 19 Service.
- To be actively involved with the ongoing
development of the Service to ensure excellent quality of care is provided to
all children, young people and their families within the borough of Tower
Hamlets.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of this role includes:
- Manage, plan and implement the delivery of
the NCMP, vision and hearing screening for identified cohort of schools in a
timely manner to ensure compliance with national screening timeframe.
- Support the delivery of child health clinics.
- Undertake delegated developmental reviews and
report back to Health Visitor/School Nurse.
- Making an assessment of each childs health
in the cohort of school children in the designated primary schools, according
to service guidelines and with support and advise from the School Nurse using
Parent/carer questionnaires, teacher questionnaires and Health Visiting records.
- To review Health Visiting records of cohorts
of primary school children and to refer concerns to the School Nurse.
- To review questionnaires from parents/carers
and to check consent for child health screening tests. To refer concerns to
School Nurse.
- To review questionnaires from class teachers
regarding health of school children in designated primary schools and to refer
concerns to the School Nurse.
-
To carry out delegated health assessments
including interviews and report any concerns to the Health Visitor/School Nurse.
- To carry out delegated health screening of
school children in primary schools in accordance with organisational policies,
procedures and guidelines.
- To identify and refer to the Health Visitor/School
Nurse any concerns arising from screening procedures or highlighted by parents
or school staff.
- To make referrals to other professionals as
agreed and delegated by the Health Visitor/School Nurse.
- To work with specific children and families
in the home, school or clinic setting, according to their individual care plan
as agreed with the Health Visitor, School Nurse or Team Leader. This will include children with special
health needs, in order to promote inclusion working in collaboration with other
health professionals, early years staff, school staff and parents.
- To undertake follow up of children who have
attended Accident and Emergency, as delegated by the Health Visitor/ School
Nurse. Receiving notifications, agreeing
appropriate action with the Health Visitor/School Nurse, making contact with
parents either at home or in the school and reporting back to the Health
Visitor/School Nurse. To advise on accident prevention.
- In collaboration with the School Nurse and
school education staff, provide group health promotion sessions to children
and/or their parents in areas such as play, accident prevention, dental health,
exercise, personal hygiene, healthy eating and positive parenting.
- Assisting the Integrated 0 19 Team members
in planning, organising and delivery of health promotion sessions and
displays. This may include participation
in school parents evenings.
- To have an awareness of identification of
vulnerable children who may be subject to abuse and to follow the organisations
Safeguarding policy and procedures, referring any concerns to the Health
Visitor/School Nurse.
- To support students within the work
environment to gain an understanding of the Nursery Nurses role within the Integrated
0 - 19 Service.
- To be actively involved with the ongoing
development of the Service to ensure excellent quality of care is provided to
all children, young people and their families within the borough of Tower
Hamlets.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of being a team player and able to support others to meet the requirements of their role.
Qualifications
Essential
- NNEB or Diploma in Childcare & Education (CDE) awarded by CACHE or NHC in Childcare & Education (Scotland)/Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years (DEXCEL).
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- A sound understanding of child development, parenting and proficiency in using word and clinical IT system EMIS, Rio.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to work under delegation from the Health Visitor/School Nurse and report concerns back appropriately.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effectively uses specialist knowledge and communication skills to initiate and sustain open and honest interactions, recognising the individual and collective needs of clients and other professional agencies.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of being a team player and able to support others to meet the requirements of their role.
Qualifications
Essential
- NNEB or Diploma in Childcare & Education (CDE) awarded by CACHE or NHC in Childcare & Education (Scotland)/Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years (DEXCEL).
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- A sound understanding of child development, parenting and proficiency in using word and clinical IT system EMIS, Rio.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to work under delegation from the Health Visitor/School Nurse and report concerns back appropriately.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effectively uses specialist knowledge and communication skills to initiate and sustain open and honest interactions, recognising the individual and collective needs of clients and other professional agencies.
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.
