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City of York Council is offering an exciting opportunity for Registered Nurses and Midwives to join our transforming 0-19 Healthy Child Service. We are looking for high quality, innovative and enthusiastic individuals with a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people.
Our Healthy Child Nurses work in the 0-11 Health Visiting teams or in the School Aged Health Team. The role is varied, interesting and fulfilling and provides opportunities to make a real difference to children, young people and their families.
Working as a Healthy Child Nurse you will contribute to the development and delivery of public health initiatives to promote the health and well-being of children and young people, enabling them to reach their full potential. You will deliver programmes of support in various community settings, early years settings, school settings and in the homes of families as delegated by Health Visitors and School Nurses.
You will be working alongside a range of partners including early help providers, children’s services, education, housing, adult services, the voluntary and community sector, primary and secondary health services and of course children, families and communities.
York is a great place to live and work, however, we know that isn’t the case for everybody living in York. The City of York Council want to make a real difference in reducing health inequalities and the Healthy Child Service makes a crucial contribution to that aim. The Healthy Child Service is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and we have aspirations to be Outstanding. If you want to make a real difference to children and families, influence our service transformation and be part of a supportive and friendly team, please send us your application.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.
This vacancy is available as a secondment opportunity. Candidates must seek permission of their current line manager before applying for a secondment opportunity.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.
City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Council is highly committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition, we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.
To apply for this role please use this link to the NHS website – https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/F0094-PHTH005260
For further information or an informal discussion please contact
Jenny Dearing: 07415 645337
Email: jenny.dearing@york.gov.uk
Closing date: Sunday 28th July 2025 at 12 midnight
Interview date: Wednesday 6 August 2025
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