Job responsibilities
Purpose of the Role:
Contribute to the realisation the
outcomes for North East Lincolnshire, in particular to enable all people in
North East Lincolnshire to feel safe and be safe, to have good health and
wellbeing and to realise their potential through skills and learning. This will
be achieved through the effective delivery of a range of support to young
people and families in the locality, in order to improve their health and
wellbeing and reduce the need for statutory intervention.
Main Responsibilities
1.The post holder will work with
Specialist Childrens Public Health Nurse on a caseload and will agree work to
be undertaken with the Specialist Childrens Public Health Nurse within the
team.
2. Take an active part in the expanding public
health work undertaken by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse by
undertaking health appraisals and reporting any concerns or problems back to
the Practitioner, health education and health promotion as decided by the
senior staff.
3. Manage a universal corporate
caseload of children aged 5-19 years, taking the lead from locality public
health colleagues where need is identified.
4. Identified need or concerns will be raised
with the appropriate Specialist Community Public Health Nurse dependent on the
age of the child.
5. Understand typical ages and stages of child
development including the development of children disabilities and additional
needs
6. Maintain clinical records
either in paper or electronic form in accordance with North East Lincolnshire
Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) policy.
7. Be able to work unsupervised but work will
be designated, monitored and reviewed by a Specialist Community Public Health
Nurse within the team.
8. Work with colleagues to plan and deliver
health promotion and health education, as part of a programme of health
interventions connected to public health priorities.
9. Assess and analyse the needs
of individual children and young people, and implement an appropriate clinical
pathway. This may include joint work with parents/carers and schools to develop
an appropriate care plan,
10. Make appropriate referrals to
colleagues and partner agencies, following discussions with the Specialist
Community Public Health Nurse within the team.
11. Participate with supervision
and clinical audit as part of the health team.
12. Report to Childrens Public
Health Service Lead when demands of work load are not being met because of
sickness, holidays or lack of resources.
13. To contribute to deliver
support, advice and signposting to families, professionals and other agencies
via the school nurse duty line.
14.Undertake such other duties as may be reasonably expected at this
level.
Additional
Responsibilities
Communication/Relationships
1. Develop strong communication links, both
written and verbal, between members of the team, education staff, children and
young people, parents and carers, other professionals and agencies taking into
account the need to ensure that all information is relayed in a manner
appropriate to age, culture, language and understanding.
2.Demonstrate an ability to
convey information to other team members, parents, children and young people
and other professionals and agencies using tact and empathy.
3. Attend professional
development group meetings passing on to the rest of the team any work they are
involved in to update them.
4. Notify senior staff of resources required and when routine stock is
running low.
Documentation
1.Ensure that all personally
written records and activity data are maintained in accordance with
professional and Council standards
Leadership and Line Management
1. Review and reflect on own
practice in line with NMC and local guidelines by means of annual appraisal,
clinical supervision and personal reflection.
2. Ensure preparation for timely
revalidation on the NMC register.
3. The post holder will act as a mentor to
student nurses and new health screening practitioners to the team and as a
preceptor to any new Public Health Nurses joining the team once relevant
training has been undertaken.
Professional development
1. Identify through annual
appraisal where training needs lie and undertake appropriate training as
defined through this process.
2. Maintain own portfolio in line with NMC
requirements.
3. Undertake mandatory training and clinical
updates as required by the Local Authority (including Signs of Safety and
Restorative Practice).
Training & Development
1. Act as a mentor for students
and preceptor for new staff to the team once trained and competent.
2. Act as a resource/educator for
age 5-19 provision and the team by delivering training for parents, children,
young people and school staff as appropriate e.g. Epipen use.
Service development and
delivery
1. Participate in the operational
planning and implementation of policy and service development within the team,
and commenting on Council policies.
2. Ensure stock levels are
maintained for health promotion and health education and advise on resources
required.
Clinical Governance and
quality standards
1. Contribute
to the Councils clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda, including
monitoring of practice standards
Research
and Practice development
1. Undertake
literature searches as appropriate for practice and audit as part of the team
and feedback results as required by the team.
General
This job description reflects the current main
organisational priorities for the post. In the context of rapid change taking
place within the Council, these priorities will develop and change in
consultation with the postholder in line with service business needs and
priorities. Other work and general duties as delegated within the overall
purview of the post.
As well as the
departmental rules and procedures, which you are required to observe and
follow, the council has developed a number of general policies and procedures
that apply to your employment.
Whilst the
council recognises specific responsibilities fall upon management, it is also
the duty of all employees to accept personal responsibility for the practical
application of these policies, procedures and standards. You should familiarise
yourself with these and ensure that you understand and adhere to them.
This job description is not a definitive or
exhaustive list of the responsibilities but identifies the key tasks and duties
of the post holder. Specific objectives for the post holder will be regularly
agreed and reviewed as part of the personal development review process.
The duties and responsibilities in this job
description are not restrictive and the post holder may be required to
undertake any other duties which may be required from time to time. Any such
duties should not however substantially change the general character of the
post.
Safeguarding people responsibility
Safeguarding
children and adults at risk of abuse or neglect is a collective responsibility.
There
is an expectation that all staff develop and maintain their role relevant
safeguarding people competencies and comply with local safeguarding
partnerships practice. Alongside this employee who are registrants are reminded
of their professional duty of care.
Safeguarding
means protecting a citizens health, wellbeing, and human rights; enabling them
to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. It is an integral part of providing
high quality health care.
Those most in need of protection include:
o
Children and young people
o
Adults at risk, such as those receiving care in
their own home, people with physical, sensory, and mental impairments, including those with learning disability.
