Job overview
Do you want to work as a Community Nursery Nurse in one of the most vibrant, diverse and rewarding areas in London? If so, joining Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in Camden can offer you the opportunities and experiences you are looking for. At CNWL we are fully committed to improving the health of all families living in Camden and helping to ensure that all children fulfil their potential.
Our Health Visiting service in Camden is part of a well-developed partnership with the London Borough of Camden Early Years' Service and we are presently implementing a new universal pathway for all families in the first 1001 days. All families will be offered the Newborn Behavioural Observation which strengthens parents' abilities in reading the infant’s emotional signals in a more attuned way, thus supporting children’s healthier socio-emotional development.
Main duties of the job
Community Nursery Nurses work as a member of the Integrated Early Years’ Service in the delivery of health education/health promotion and they support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to families within Camden. They work closely with children and families who use our services and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Community Nursery Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
1. keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible by recognising the limits of the Community Nursery Nurse role and working closely with Health Visitors in the planning and delivery of services.
2. contributing to the best possible outcomes for children and families by using up-to-date knowledge and skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures when delivering programmes of care to promote positive outcomes for children and families.
3. ensuring the children and families using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with families and partner agencies.
Working for our organisation
Your experience as a new starter in CNWL is extremely important to us and you can find out how your journey from your first day to the end of your first year will be supported by clicking onto “New Starter Roadmap” which is attached with the job description. Across our organisation we have a thriving set of active staff networks to promote inclusion and communication with our diverse workforce (BAME, LGBTQ+, 50+, Disabled Employees, Women’s, Carers and Lived Experience of Mental Health) and staff will have access to a range of personal, financial and wellbeing benefits. CNWL actively supports Agile Working as part of our People Plan.
As well as talking to one of our managers we would be delighted to put you in touch with a recently recruited member of staff in one of our services who can answer any questions that you might have about their experience as a new starter and of the culture in our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Community Nursery Nurses are expected to be competent and confident and will have previous experience of working with children before coming into post. They contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
4. Supporting the planning, organisation and delivery of defined aspects of the healthy child programme, including annual health reviews, parenting support, child health clinics and home visiting.
5. Working with children and families in the assessment of their health and well-being and making referrals as appropriate under the supervision of the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing team.
6. Developing and contributing to parenting support groups.
7. Support the health visiting teams in planning programmes of care to promote positive outcomes for children and families, including those requiring a higher level of health promotion or preventative intervention.
8. Communicate effectively with other members of the team regarding the management of individual clients and issues relating to service delivery.
9. Referring to other teams or services as appropriate.
10. Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by: communicating well with all members of the team understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives Ø reflecting on their own practice regularly identifying how care could be improved
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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