About the role
Would you like to be part of an innovative skill mix team of health visitors, school nurses, public health staff nurses and nursery nurses? This is your chance to work with an outstanding group of safeguarding and health professionals. The service has close working relationships with the early help service, multi‑agency safeguarding hub (MASH), education, housing, primary care, midwifery services and sport and leisure, which ensures good outcomes for families and provides positive working relationships for staff.
The Signs of Safety model is embedded throughout the service and robust safeguarding supervision is provided to staff by Safeguarding Nurse Advisors. North Tyneside Children’s Social Care has been graded Outstanding by Ofsted in 2025. Staff are provided with support and supervision from the Nurse Manager throughout their probationary period and beyond and have access to an identified preceptor.
Are you a qualified staff nurse/staff midwife with knowledge of current issues relating to public health priorities and an understanding of the national drivers with regards to providing a 0‑19 service to provide evidence‑based interventions within the 0‑19 service? A CQC inspection of the service in May 2023 recognised areas of outstanding practice and acknowledged managers’ drive for continuous improvement. The service was reaccredited in 2025 with the UNICEF Baby Friendly Gold Award and is supported by a Specialist Infant Feeding Team.
Key responsibilities
The post holder will support the delivery of the healthy child programme within the context of integrated prevention and early help locality teams. They will ensure that the universal offer is delivered to all children aged 0‑19. Additional support and targeted interventions will be offered to those families where additional need is identified. 0‑19 Staff use Chathealth and ParentLine, a confidential texting service, as additional support for the families in North Tyneside.
The post holder will promote and protect the health and well‑being of children, young people and their families from the ante‑natal period through to age 19 and address inequalities.
Essential qualifications
* Registered Nurse / Adult / Child / Mental Health or Registered Midwife
* Current NMC registration.
* Relevant and recent nursing experience.
* Knowledge of current issues relating to public health priorities and addressing inequalities in outcomes.
* Understanding of adult/child safeguarding procedures.
* Understanding of the national drivers with regards to providing a 0‑19 service.
* Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.
The 0‑19 service offers opportunity for career progression and provides an atmosphere of continuous professional development with supervision and assessment of pre and post‑registration students.
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