Job summary
Public Health Staff Nurse with School Nursing team - North Devon
Are you a nurse thinking about working in a different way, promoting health and wellness?
Interested in the opportunity to work with Families and Children within the Community setting?
This is an excellent opportunity for Registered Nurses from a variety of backgrounds and experience to develop their career in working with children and families. You will have the opportunity to deliver the Healthy Child Programme with Health Visitors, to develop skills in public health and multi-agency working to support the health needs of the children and families.
We currently have a vacancy in North Devon with 30 hours available.
Other positions are available within Public Health Nursing across Devon-please see our other adverts for those roles on Devon Jobs!
Our Public Health Nurse teams are innovative, enthusiastic and motivated to deliver the best healthy outcomes for children and families within Devon. Excellent peer-based support and supervision will be given while you develop your knowledge, skills and competence.
You should have evidence of recent professional development and an understanding of Community Practice and Public Health Issues. If you have the drive and passion to influence healthy outcomes for communities and families and in doing so help make a difference to the lives of children and families then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Participate in the assessment of health needs and formulation of care plans for children, young people, their families and communities. This includes the implementation of programmes of care, offering support and advice to parents and families in the home, clinic, school or community setting ie: parenting skills, public health, group work and community clinics.
In collaboration with the public health nursing team, identify individuals and groups within the community where collaborative working and advice would forward the interests of public health and promote healthy living, in particular seeking to identify disadvantaged groups and address health inequity.
Offers advice and support to children, young people and adults in accordance with evidence based practice. To actively take responsibility for appropriately identifying, accessing and participating in supervision, according to individual need Child Protection, Restorative, and Clinical.
Support the delivery of key performance indicators by working collectively across wider geographical areas.
About us
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- NHS pension scheme
- Development Opportunities
- Perks at Work and Discounts Scheme
- Flexible working within service hours
We are proud to have received a CQC rating of 'good' across all domains at our recent inspection.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Children in Care Council, 2016
We need workers who think about how they treat us. This means workers who treat us fairly and who show us they care. We dont want to be labelled and we should be treated like normal people; dont look down on us. Workers need excellent communication skills, this includes listening skills. Our workers need to be able to listen to our views, ask how and what we are feeling and make sure they understand what we are saying by checking back with us. We expect our workers to demonstrate that they respect us and our experience in real ways by not taking phone calls during meetings, and by writing down what we say and talking in short simple language. Finally, we expect our workers to work hard for us. This means doing what they say they will do, sticking to promises and not making excuses. We expect our workers to respond promptly to us and provide up to date contact details, especially for out of hours. It is important that workers build good relationships with us and are flexible and willing to change their view and always do what is best for us.
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Person Specification
Experience
Essential
1. Clear understanding of the needs of Children/Young People and their
2. families.
3. Knowledge of national and local strategies pertaining to Children and
4. Young people and the public health agenda.
5. Evidence of continuing professional development.
6. Proficient in assessment of health needs, evaluation and action
7. planning.
Desirable
8. Experience of working with Public health activities.
9. Experience of teaching or mentorship.
Qualifications
Essential
10. RN or RMat degree level or professional equivalent. with active NMC Registration
11. Evidence of continuing professional development