- Working with clients in a variety of community settings home, clinic, children's centre, educational establishment etc.
- Undertake Family Health Needs Assessment as directed by the Health Visitor ensuring prompt feedback of all client contact (contemporaneously) to line manager.
- Working with the team to implement and prioritise planned programmes of health promotion, education and advice on all aspects of prevention of ill health to individuals, families and groups.
- Undertake child and or family health assessments, including screening, in line with the Healthy Child Programme and according to local guidelines in various community settings as required, reporting back on any ensuing health problems.
- Experience in the acute sector/ community setting for one year
- An understanding of Working in partnership in relation promotion of to childrens health
- Awareness of the Child health promotion plan
- Awareness of the importance Child Protection
- Good interpersonal and written communication skills
- Commitment to professional development
- Ability to prioritise workload and to work unsupervised as necessary
- Teaching skills
- Maintenance of high quality contemporaneous records
- Effective IT skills
- Registered Nurse part 1 or Registered Nurse Part 8
- Project 2000
- Registered Nurse-Part12 or
- Registered Nurse Part15 Children
Community Paediatric Staff Nurse - Carshalton, United Kingdom - London Borough of Sutton Council
2 weeks ago
Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified nurse to join the Sutton Health Visiting Team, working with families and carers of children under five. This post is full time, working 36 hours a week. The successful candidate will support the Health Visitors to deliver the Healthy Child Programme, gaining and developing skills within a diverse local community, public health
Salary Grade 7 (Band 5) £38,364 to maximum £44,019 inclusive of recent pay award
Reporting to the Health Visitor Team Leader, we have a great opportunity for a Community Paediatric Staff Nurse to contribute to the successful delivery of the 0-19 health and wellbeing service for children & families.
An induction programme will be provided for the successful candidate to support their transition into the community health visiting team. Candidates do not need to have experience of working within the health visiting service but do require knowledge and understanding of the current health visiting service and safeguarding practice. The successful applicant may have the opportunity to apply for Health Visitor training. To meet the requirements of this post you are required to be able to drive between different community sites.
Main duties of the job
About us
Our Cheam and South Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington and Central Sutton Specialist Public Health service (health visiting and school nursing) teams improve outcomes for our children, focusing in particular on improving school readiness, mental health and well-being and our SEND provision.
The service delivers the Healthy Child Programme for children aged year. We work closely with the iHV and our service prides itself in active partnership working with the iHV; staff members are encouraged to submit articles related to innovation and evidence-based practice where opportunities arise.
We offer staff comprehensive training and encourage everyone to undertake personal development opportunities whether in leadership, specialist training around speech and language, children with extra needs, perinatal mental health, alongside personal preferences expressed by individuals to progress their interests and careers. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged. We pride ourselves in hearing staff voices in improving our service offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff allowing you to work flexibly from our main bases, whilst on the move, and at home following the introduction of Google Chromebooks, Apps and technology, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative, streamlined and flexible working. You will get a great feel for working in our friendly and collaborative environment whilst working at Sutton.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of the LocalityTeam delivering a preventative service for children and their families. The aimis to achieve equity of health outcomes for the local population by deliveringthe Healthy Child Programme. Under the supervision of the Health Visitor, thepost holder will participate in a universal core service, and deliver targetedinterventions, to address health inequalities. The Service will be offeredwithin the framework of national and local targets and available resources.
To enable development and to broaden experiencethe post holder will be expected to be part of a regular rotation withcolleagues within a Locality team.
Person SpecificationExperience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential