Community Public Health Nurse

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Community Public Health Nurse to join our health visiting team in Tunbridge Wells District, working with children & families in Paddock Wood & Cranbrook. Our health visiting service provides support to families (adults) with children aged zero to five. Supporting a health visitor caseload and you’ll need to be confident and flexible to provide the best support for new and growing families. You will work as part of a team to keep children safe and well by using your clinical judgment to support evidence-based care planning and make sure that children and families (adults) who use our services have a good experience. Working as part of the Health Visiting Service  you will support the delivery of the Health Child Programme in accordance with national and local strategy/guidance, a key part of your role will be to  undertake universal and targeted assessments, mandated well-being reviews and packages of care in line with evidence- based practice, recognising when to escalate concerns to the appropriate qualified Health Visitor or District Manager. This role requires you to undertake regulated activities to both Children and Adults.

Main duties of the job

• Contributing to antenatal and postnatal care programmes
• Completing HCP mandated reviews, packages of care and safeguarding.
• Undertaking a range of competent clinical and non-clinical interventions to support the outcomes for families.
• Team working environment.

We have part time opportunity a  minimum of 22.5 hours per week between 9am to 5pm. This role is a community-based role so the majority of your duties will be carried out between your base and community settings or client homes. For more information please contact: [email protected] Interviews will be held on: Face to face at Cranbrook Centre on Friday 30th August

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

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