Staff Nurse Strengthening families

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work in our Healthy Child Programme (HCP) 0-19 (Health Visiting and School Nursing). You will be part of the Strengthening Families team supporting babies, children and young people who are on child in need or child protection plans. You will be support by senior Strengthening Families practitioners who are qualified health visitors and school nurses.

The ideal applicant will have experience of child safeguarding and with wider partners in early years, education, social care and voluntary sector. A commitment to keeping babies, children and young people safe and well is essential.  You will be supported to develop your knowledge and skills in the area of safeguarding.

The team is part of wider HCP 0-19 service which focuses on delivering a public health services to babies, children and young people and their families. Our focus in on prevention, promotion and protection.

There are great career progression opportunities within the service including an opportunity for professional development and secondment to undertake a degree in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing to qualify as a health visitor or school nurse PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.

Main duties of the job

As a staff nurse in the Strengthening Families Team you will manage your own caseload of babies, children and young people to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care. You will be supervised and supported by qualified School Nurses and Health Visitors supporting babies, children and young people who are subject of child in need and child protection plans. You will contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions within the wider Healthy Child Programme 0-19.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Responsibility for planning, co-coordinating and reviewing own caseload in conjunction with the team. Ensuring that workload is appropriately prioritised and managed.

Ensure effective communication with babies, children, young people, parents, carers and others including those whose first language is not English, liaising with and co-ordinating interpreting services.

Undertake holistic health assessments and plan, implement and evaluate evidence based nursing care for individual babies, children, young people and their families.

Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health education and promotion packages using evidence based materials and methods.

Where appropriate, contribute to multi agency processes to assess and develop care plans to support babies, children and young people’s health and wellbeing

Have a good knowledge of local services in health and partner agencies and where appropriate, liaise and refer a baby, child or young person to multi-disciplinary teams and other specialist services.

Where appropriate, take on the role of lead professional to coordinate delivery of care plans for children and young people e.g. Children on plans

Working in partnership with the multi-agency team provide clinical advice, information and support regarding babies, children and young people with long term conditions, disability or specific health problems to minimise negative impacts on their lives and promote health gain and social inclusion to the children, family and carers.

Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health promoting activities with individuals and groups, utilising evidence-based materials and methods e.g. sexual health and relationships, emotional health, growth, healthy lifestyles

Develop and maintain effective communication networks and work collaboratively with key partners, health workers, statutory and voluntary agencies to actively promote national and local public health priorities

Plan, deliver and evaluate group work for children and young people and/or parents e.g. emotional Health groups, parenting groups

Plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions to early years settings, schools and other agencies.

Act as role model leading by example through practice with positive attitude and presentation.

Attend regular team and service meetings to give and receive relevant information and to maintain effective team working.

Provide mentorship to learners including, pre and post registration nurse and mentorship, supervision and support for members of the team as directed by Clinical Team Leader, commensurate with knowledge and skills.