Overview
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We welcome applications from both experienced staff nurses and newly qualified nurses who are keen to start a career in Public Health Nursing. You will join the service at an exciting time as we progress our 0-19 pathways working more closely with Health Visiting services and our partners in education, social care and Early Help to take a family approach to promotion of health and wellbeing, prevention and early intervention.
Post holders will work within a team under the direction of a Specialist Practitioner School Nurse to deliver the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 in schools and other education settings. You will develop health promotion activities, work with partners in education, social care, Early Help and voluntary sector to deliver services to local communities. As a staff nurse you will hold a caseload of children requiring targeted and specialist HCP level support. You will carry out holistic health assessments and plan care for children and young people.
* Work as part of a team to provide advice, care and support to children and young people, their parents/carers in a locality of the borough.
* Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individual children and young people.
* Contribute to the planning and delivery of health promotion programmes and interventions.
* Work as part of multi-disciplinary and agency teams to support children, young people and families.
* Undertake health assessments to assess, plan and implement and review care.
* Deliver health promotion provision.
* Support children and young people in need of safeguarding or in need of Early Help; act as lead professional for Early Help.
* Provide advice and guidance to parents/carers and professionals on a range of health and health related issues.
* Support children and young people with continence and enuresis problems.
* Be able to produce comprehensive reports and undertake analysis of risk.
* Work with professionals from partnership agencies to provide localised support to children and young people.
Details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Education
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