Scphn - Health Visitor - East Grinstead, United Kingdom - Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

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East Grinstead, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you looking for an opportunity to join a leading foundation trust with a thriving HCP service in the beautiful county of west Sussex

We're looking for enthusiastic, innovative and motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) Health Visitors to join our 0-5 Healthy Child Programme teams in West Sussex.

We have full and part time vacancies in East Grinstead and Burgess Hill

Our Healthy Child Programme teams offer a proactive approach to delivering the Healthy Child Programme, working in partnership with school nurses, early help staff at children and family centres and multi-agency teams to deliver the best outcomes for children.

Our service in West Sussex has achieved full Unicef UK Baby Friendly accreditation and we recently received the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Gold Award.

Staff joining our team receive two days' infant feeding training, along with promotional guides training and speech and language training.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) is the largest community healthcare provider in Sussex.

Over 8,400 full time, part time and bank staff members
Medical, nursing and therapeutic care provided to over 10,000 children and adults a day
July 2018 Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating of 'Good' with 'Outstanding' features
Flexible working patterns offered across all services
Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader

The post holder will work within a skill mixed team to promote the health and wellbeing of children and young people, aged 0 - 5, and their families.

The post holder will provide specialist practitioner knowledge and advice; assessing care needs to provide a child and young person centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible Healthy Child Programme.

The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) will establish links with communities, schools, Primary Care Colleagues and the wider Children's workforce to develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care and public health developments in the community, liaising and collaborating with other agencies as required.

To promote the physical and emotional well-being of children and young people, supporting them to establish good health now and in the future and promote early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment, social inclusion and the reduction of health inequalities.

Make referrals as appropriate, to enable access to relevant professionals and support children and young people to reach their personal and educational potential.

Health Visitor SCPHNs will be expected to complete the mentorship module within two years of consolidation in order to support pre-registration and specialist practice students

Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) may be required to work anywhere in the Sussex Community Foundation NHS Trust area in order to meet the needs of the service.

In order to ensure all staff have a fair exposure to the affluent and more deprived areas across within the organisation, SCPHN's may be expected to move to a contrasting caseload periodically as identified through the appraisal process and in discussion with the post holder.

Please see the attache JD and PS for further details.