Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
Community Staff Nurse 0-19 Universal Children’s Services
A Band 5 vacancy for a Registered Nurse/Childrens Nurse to work as a Community Staff Nurse within Thurrock and join the Healthy Families service working alongside the Health Visiting and School Health teams, with the opportunity to apply for the specialist community public health nursing course in health visiting or school nursing.
Do you want to develop in a progressive, innovative environment, and enhance your career? If so we want you to join Thurrocks Healthy Families service team and find out all about the possibilities that can be opened up for you.
We have a very innovative Team in Thurrock and we have developed a very robust partnership working across the Children's services to ensure we deliver the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme and quality healthcare services to improve the health and well-being within the diverse community which we serve.
Our vision for delivering the Healthy Child Programme in partnership with key stakeholders is to ensure that every child in Thurrock has the very best start in life and grow up to be happy, safe, healthy, confident and resilient.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a Registered Nurse/children's Nurse; have proven experience of working in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings with a positive attitude towards actively engaging difficult to reach client populations. You will have experience of working closely with families and an understanding of the whole family approach to care.
If you are interested in working for us, have good clinical and leadership skills, excellent motivational skills as well as an understanding of key policies relating to children; if you are a forward thinking individual with the ability to work within a team and on your own initiative we want to hear from you.
In return for your commitment, we can offer you strong professional leadership and support. We offer a robust continuous professional development plan opening a gateway for further career progression. There is a robust system of managerial, clinical and safeguarding supervision in place to support all staff.
If you are interested in working for us, and can demonstrate that you are a forward thinking individual, working in a solution focused way with the ability to work within a team and on your own initiative we want to hear from you.
Work in accordance to the Locality commissioned service specification, under the delegation of the Health Visiting and School Nursing team to ensure that the full-service provision is attained.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Fringe Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,122 per annum pro rata).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To support the delivery of 0-19 Universal Services in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
2. To participate in the development of skill mix within the 0-19 Universal Services Team
3. To participate in Health Education programs and health promotion activities on the multi-disciplinary basis supporting immunisations and infant feeding support to increase initiation and continuation of breastfeeding.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
4. NMC Registration
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Post registration Experience
Desirable criteria
6. Post Registration Experience of working with children and families
Knowledge
Essential criteria
7. Knowledge of services provided by other agencies
Desirable criteria
8. Evidence of adaptible approach
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
9. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
10. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
11. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
12. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.